West Indies choose to bat; India hand T20I debut to Jaiswal
Toss West Indies selected to bat vs India
It was West Indies who had the luck of the draw on the toss within the third T20I, with house captain Rovman Powell selecting to bat. Both captains stated batting first was the popular possibility on this used Providence floor, however Hardik Pandya stated he “wouldn’t mind” chasing.
India have by no means misplaced three T20I video games in a bilateral collection, and for them, the five-game collection is on the road having gone 0-2 down already. Kuldeep Yadav recovered from an damage to return rather than Ravi Bishnoi, whereas there was a T20I debut for Yashasvi Jaiswal, changing fellow left-hand opener Ishan Kishan on the prime.
Jaiswal had just lately impressed with 171 on Test debut and a half-century in his second Test outing, and in addition received the Emerging Player Award at IPL 2023. He scored 625 runs in 14 innings through the IPL which additionally included the quickest fifty within the event’s historical past. Sanju Samson will now preserve wicket.
A knee damage saved Jason Holder out of the West Indies XI, with Roston Chase changing him and providing one other spin possibility for the house captain. If West Indies win, it is going to be their first T20I collection win over India since August 2016, ending a five-series dropping streak towards the opponents.
“Beating India in a T20 series will go well not just as individuals, but also as a board,” Rovman Powell stated on the toss. “The boys are optimistic about our chances. If you get predictable against India, they will destroy you.”
Hardik admitted Nicholas Pooran, who has scored 67 and 41 within the two video games this collection, “has been batting very well.” He stated India’s plans had been to “keep things simple to him, rather than trying a lot of things.”
There is a small likelihood of rain within the afternoon, nonetheless on the toss, the skies had been vibrant and situations had been sunny.
West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Johnson Charles, 4 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 5 Rovman Powell (capt), 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Roston Chase, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Obed McCoy
India: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Hardik Pandya (capt), 6 Sanju Samson (wk), 7 Axar Patel, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Mukesh Kumar.