Toss West Indies selected to bowl vs India
The second T20 worldwide between West Indies and India lastly started across the time it was scheduled to finish – and the three-hour maintain-up was brought on by the delayed arrival of the crew kits in St Kitts. After the toss finally happened at 1.00 pm native time, Nicholas Pooran selected to bowl in West Indies’ bid to attract degree within the 5-match sequence.
The hosts made two adjustments to the crew that misplaced the primary T20I in Trinidad by 68 runs, bringing in batters Brandon King and Devon Thomas for Keemo Paul and Shamarh Brooks.
India made one swap, selecting quick bowler Avesh Khan for legspinner Ravi Bishnoi, and captain Rohit Sharma stated the change was due to the smaller boundary dimensions and wind situations at Warner Park in Basseterre. Seamer Harshal Patel was not obtainable for choice for this recreation and the following due to a rib damage.
The delay additionally implies that there might be a niche of solely 18 hours between the 2nd and the third T20I, which is scheduled to start in St. Kitts at 10.30 am native time on Tuesday.
West Indies: 1 Kyle Mayers, 2 Brandon King, 3 Nicholas Pooran (capt & wk), 4 Jason Holder, 5 Rovman Powell, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Devon Thomas, 8 Romario Shepherd, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Obed McCoy
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Suryakumar Yadav, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Rishabh Pant (wk), 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Dinesh Karthik, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Arshdeep Singh
