IND vs WI: India opts to bat in the final 50-over clash of this series

By Aditya Bhagchandani On Jul 27, 2022

India’s skipper Shikhar Dhawan has won the toss and opted to bat first as the blues will be looking to fire and give their batters a lethal chance to play with a high-scoring motive.

West Indies (Playing XI): Shai Hope(w), Brandon King, Keacy Carty, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran(c), Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Akeal Hosein, Hayden Walsh, Jayden Seales

India might witness Rahul Dravid’s motive to let the backup and benched players carry on with some good finish in this dominating series. India sealed the ODI series despite the Windies’ best efforts.

India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson(w), Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna

A look at our Playing XI for the final ODI.

One change for #TeamIndia. Prasidh Krishna comes in for Avesh Khan.

Ravindra Jadeja was not available for selection for the 3rd ODI since he is still not 100 percent fit.The medical team will continue to monitor his progress.#WIvIND pic.twitter.com/4bkh524SBu

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 27, 2022

During Toss:

Nicholas Pooran: The first two games, we were heartbroken. We are motivated today, we need to get over the line. We spoke about batting 50 overs, but we need to be more consistent. We will get to see the result eventually. Holder, Keemo and Carty are in. Alzarri, Rovman and Shepherd are out.

Shikhar Dhawan: We will bat first. We will like to post a good score. The best thing is everything is performing, nice to see that. That’s a big positive for us, happy with that. I feel that intent is important, but at the same time you need to be smart. Dravid is doing a good job, the more the players will play, the better they will get. We got one change. Prasidh comes in for Avesh Khan.