West Indies bowl; India relaxation Rohit and Kohli as Hardik leads and Samson returns
Toss West Indies selected to bowl vs India
West Indies gained the toss and opted to bowl within the second ODI towards India at Bridgetown on Saturday. They made two modifications to the aspect that lost the opener by 5 wickets, with Alzarri Joseph and Keacy Carty coming in for Rovman Powell and Dominic Drakes.
India, in the meantime, opted to relaxation Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, with Hardik Pandya main the staff for the second outing. Rohit batted solely at No. 7 within the first ODI whereas Kohli was not even wanted as India chased simply down the 115-target in 22.5 overs.
Hardik, whose solely earlier expertise of main India in an ODI got here earlier this March against Australia, stated he would have most well-liked to bat. India included Axar Patel and Sanju Samson within the aspect in the one two modifications from the primary ODI.
Samson final performed an ODI in November 2022, and has, of late, struggled to make it to the taking part in XI. Axar has more moderen ODI sport time beneath his belt having final performed towards Australia in March.
The second sport is a must-win for West Indies, who’ve misplaced their final 5 residence ODI collection and path three-match collection 1-0.
West Indies: 1 Kyle Mayers, 2 Brandon King, 3 Alick Athanaze, 4 Shai Hope (capt, wk), 5Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Keacy Carty, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Yannic Cariah, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Gudakesh Motie, 11 Jayden Seales
India: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Sanju Samson, 4 Hardik Pandya (capt), 5 Suryakumar Yadav, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Umran Malik, 11 Mukesh Kumar