India vs West Indies T20 Playing XI: With the collection already of their bag, India can have the freedom to experiment within the third and last T20I towards the West Indies in Kolkata on Sunday. With Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant given a 10-day break, the house crew is ready to lastly embody the gifted Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad within the taking part in XI.
In the absence of KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan has didn’t impress on the prime of the order and his place might be given to the gifted Gaikwad, who has been warming the bench till now.
In the middle-order, Shreyas will substitute Kohli, who has been given a much-needed break forward of his landmark a centesimal Test.
Shreyas, who was the third greatest purchase on the IPL public sale however couldn’t match into India’s T20 mixture for the primary two matches towards the West Indies, would be the apparent alternative.
Recently appointed as Kolkata Knight Riders skipper, Shreyas had performed a match-winning knock throughout the ODI in Ahmedabad, and he would look to seize the chance of taking part in on the Eden Gardens — his new “home ground”.
It stays to be seen whether or not Rohit would look to change his bowling mixture by bringing in Mohammed Siraj. The uncapped Avesh Khan, too, provides him an choice. Khan lately grew to become the costliest uncapped Indian participant within the historical past of the IPL public sale after being picked up by Lucknow Supergiants for 10 crore.
Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan , Harshal Patel, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Hooda, Kuldeep Yadav and Harpreet Brar.
West Indies: Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran (vice-captain), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Brandon King, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh Jr.
Probable XIs
India XI: Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Kuldeep Yadav.
West Indies XI: Brandon King, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran, Kyle Mayers, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Sheldon Cottrell, Hayden Walsh Jr.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
