Rohit Sharma Nicholas Pooran
Reflexes
- First T20 match of the series between India and West Indies
- The first T20 match will be played on Friday
- India made a clean sweep of the Windies in the ODI series
IND vs. WI 1st Q20I: After clearing out the West Indies in the ODI series, it is now the turn of the T20 series. India will take on the Windies in the first match of the five-match T20I series at the Brian Lara Stadium in Turuba, Trinidad. This match will be played on Friday, July 29. India had also defeated England 2-1, 2-1 in the T20 and ODI series on the same ground before sweeping the Windies in the ODI series. That is, according to the credibility and current strength, India can also be considered as the favorite in the next series. In such a situation, the end of this journey from the first game may also be an ODI series after the last two games in Lauderhill, Florida.
Heavy India on Windies
The Indian team is in the first position in the ICC T20 international ranking, while the Caribbean team is far behind in the seventh position. So far, 20 T20 International matches have been played between India and West Indies, out of which 13 matches were won by Team India and 6 matches were on behalf of Windies, while one match ended inconclusive.
India team will be changed
There will be many changes in the Indian team in this series. Many famous T20 players have joined the India team for this series. The biggest change will be in the captain’s face. Shikhar Dhawan, who led the team in the ODI series, is not part of this series. Regular captain Rohit Sharma will captain the team in the T20 series. Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav will be seen teaming up with him. On the other hand, KL Rahul will not be able to participate in this match due to being Kovid positive.
Strong Windies Story
The control of the Caribbean team will be in the hands of Nicholas Pooran as in the ODI series. The biggest test of him in this series will be getting winning performances from his hitters. His team’s batsmen had failed to win even against Bangladesh before their crushing defeat against India. However, West Indies players have been considered better for the T20 format than ODIs. Windies won the T20 World Cup twice in 2012 and 2016 based on his charismatic performance. In such a situation, captain Rohit Sharma will not make the mistake of taking the hosts lightly because of the recent performance.
