India and the West Indies will lock horns against each other in the deciding T20I at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday. The visitors were able to level the series in Hyderabad as they registered a 24-run win.
Shai Hope has been the star of the show for the tourists as he has delivered consistently in both the white-ball series. The WI captain has scored 261 runs in four T20Is of the series and there is no doubt that he is going to hold the key in the final game.
Keemo Paul bagged a five-wicket haul in the previous game, returning with figures of 5-41 and thus played a key role in the tourists’ win.
On the other hand, the Indian bowlers were not able to execute their plans as they conceded 247 runs in the last game. Many experts feel that Kuldeep Yadav should return to the playing XI and the team should back the specialist bowler ahead of batting all-rounders.
Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and Nitish Kumar Reddy did impress with the bat but the other batters failed to get going in the previous match.
The Bengaluru pitch is known to be a happy hunting ground for the batters and there will be no respite for the bowlers, once again.
Head-to-head: Matches: 34, Won by India: 22, Won by West Indies: 12, No result: 1.
India’s T20I squad: Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir
West Indies T20I squad: Shai Hope (C & WK), Jewel Andrew, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Keemo Paul, Kamil Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Springer
