West Indies, 2-0 up with three T20Is remaining, have the prospect to win their first sequence of two or extra matches towards India, in any format, since 2016. They even have the prospect to finish back-to-back T20I sequence victories for the primary time since 2017. If they handle to tug it off, will probably be a large confidence increase for West Indies, who will probably be co-hosting a T20 World Cup lower than a 12 months from now.
Whether they'll seal the sequence on Tuesday could come down as soon as once more to how they sort out India's spinners, which they did fairly nicely within the first two matches.
West Indies WWWLW (Last 5 accomplished T20Is; most up-to-date first)India LLWWL
India captain Hardik Pandya has exuded cool-guy vitality regardless of the losses. "It is what it is," he mentioned, moderately philosophically, after their loss on Sunday. While he is discovered his bowling rhythm, his batting has not reached its regular stage, and he is additionally been beneath scrutiny for his ways on the sphere. In the primary T20I, Hardik gave the final over of the powerplay to Axar Patel, regardless of the in-form and left-handed Pooran's presence within the center; that over ended up costing 14 runs. In the second T20I, Hardik didn't bowl out his greatest bowler - Yuzvendra Chahal - throughout a nail-biting chase when West Indies' decrease order was struggling. The fixed presence of left-handers on the crease additionally meant Axar ended up enjoying as a pure batter within the second T20I, after being taken for 22 runs in two overs within the first recreation.
The hosts are unlikely to make too many adjustments to their successful mixture.
West Indies (possible): 1 Brandon King, 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Johnson Charles (wk), 4 Nicholas Pooran, 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Rovman Powell (capt), 7 Jason Holder, 8 Romario Shepherd, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Obed McCoy
India (possible): 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Ishan Kishan/ Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Hardik Pandya (capt), 6 Sanju Samson (wk), 7 Axar Patel, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Mukesh Kumar
The floor for the second T20I at Providence Stadium was a sluggish one, and it is more likely to stay that method; count on spin and slower balls to have their say as soon as extra. The climate is predicted to be cloudy with an opportunity of rain within the afternoon.
"We decided on just looking at some players' workload [for the West Indies T20I series], that we wanted to make sure that they get enough break time and manage them. I definitely fall in that [category] as well. There is another reason to come here [to the USA]. Because you know the World Cup is coming. In June [2024], there will be the T20 World Cup happening in this part of the world. So I'm pretty sure everyone is excited."India's common captain Rohit Sharma throughout an occasion within the USA
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