Rohit Sharma’s Team India will take on hosts West Indies at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad on Friday (July 29). India have already won the three-match ODI series 3-0 and will look to continue their dominance in the T20 series as well.


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The Cricket West Indies (CWI) men’s senior selection panel has recalled left-handed batter Shimron Hetmyer in the 16-member squad for the five-match T20I series against India and the three-match fixture against New Zealand, while left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell and all-rounder Fabien Allen are not in the side for different reasons.


While Cottrell is recovering from injury, Allen is also unavailable for personal reasons. The T20I series against India begins later on Friday at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad with the last match scheduled on August 7.


After the series against India, the same pool of 16 players will then travel to Jamaica for the three-match T20I series against New Zealand at Sabina Park that starts on August 10. “We welcome back Hetmyer and it is good to see him again in West Indies colours. He will fortify the batting group and with his experience and adaptability we have a finisher who can add value and win matches for the team and delight the supporters,” said CWI lead selector Desmond Haynes.


“Everything we do, we have to take into consideration we have a big tournament coming up later this year, which is the ICC T20 World Cup (in Australia), so we are planning and gearing up towards that event. It is good to give the players some exposure to the international stage and look to find the right combinations,” he added.


Match Details


West Indies vs India, 1st T20


Venue: Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad


Date & Time: July 29 at 8 PM IST


Live Streaming and TV details: Fancode


WI vs IND Dream 11 Prediction


Wicketkeeper: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran


Batters: Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmeyer, Kyle Mayers


All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda


Bowlers: Obed McCoy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Alzarri Joseph


Captain: Hardik Pandya


Vice-Captain: Kyle Mayers


WI vs IND Probable Playing XI


West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran (c & wk), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Hayden Walsh, Obed McCoy


India: Rohit Sharma (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav/Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshawar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel