Mumbai: So, from tomorrow another T20I series between India and West Indies will begin. India has brought in pacer Mohammad Shami in place of Khaleel Ahmed. Sanju Samson is been replaced in place of injured Shikhar Dhawan. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja who is in great batting form of his life has been added to the team in place of Krunal Pandya.
Stats preview:
1. Since June 2016 when West Indies were ranked on 2nd place in T20I now are at 2nd last position.
2. Their win percentage is 30.77 and is just better than Zimbabwe who has 30.43.
3. In last 6 T20I matches after Semi-final of WT20 2016 India have won all 6 matches.
4. Virat Kohli has bettered his personal record as in 8 innings against West Indies he scored 318 runs at an average of 45.42. With the Strike rate of 139.47.
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5. Chahal needs 3 more wickets to become India’s leading wicket-taker in T20I’s. Chahal has 50 T20I wickets on his name.
6. Pollard this year in T20’s has played 56 innings and has scored 1299 runs at an average of 35.10 and SR of 146.94.
7. West Indies have worst balls per wicket ration i.e, 14.4 and worst runs per wicket i.e, 15.10. Worst than any other T20I team.
With Shikhar Dhawan injured it has pushed India to pick dynamic opener KL Rahul who is been in fine form in Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali tournaments. With him being playing shots it will give Rohit some time to set. Rahul, Rohit, Kohli and Shreyas, these are a very dynamic and threatening group of 4 batsmen. As Virat Kohli mentioned in a press conference its been cleared that India will play with 5 bowlers and 1 all-rounder. But India has to find a way to play Manish Pandey. With KL Rahul Manish also had a great tournament averaging above 50 in both the tournaments.
India’s Probable 11- KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(VC), Virat Kohli(capt), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(wk), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal.
India T20I Squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
West Indies T20I: Fabian Allen, Brandon King, Denesh Ramdin, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Khary Pierre, Lendl Simmons, Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard (C), Hayden Walsh Jr, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran, Kesrick Williams.
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