Venue For 1st T20I Between India And West Indies Shifted To Hyderabad From Mumbai
Mumbai: The first T20I series between India and West Indies will begin from 6th December and 1st match of this upcoming series against West Indies will now be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on December 6.
The match was originally scheduled to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Now, Mumbai will host the last T20I of the series on December 11.
Earlier, various media reports had suggested that the Mumbai police had asked the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to shift the match out of the city, expressing their inability to deploy adequate police force for the game.
The scheduled match on December 6 was clashing with the death anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and many people would come out in big numbers to celebrate the ‘Mahaparinirvan Divas’.
Sanju Samson has been declared as a replacement for Shikhar Dhawan who has been ruled out of the T2OI series against Windies due to a knee injury.
India and West Indies are slated to play three T20Is and three ODIs against each other.
India’s squad for 3 T20Is: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sanju Samson.
India’s squad for ODI’s: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
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