Rohit Sharma’s presence as the new leader, with a fresh template to arrest the familiar ‘middle-order muddle’, is exactly what the Indian team needs while ushering in a new era, which will begin with the ODI series against the West Indies, beginning in Ahmedabad on Sunday (February 6). After a rude reality check against a weak South African side in the away series, India are now back in familiar settings with a new ODI captain in Rohit, who will team up with illustrious Rahul Dravid and strive to get India back to winning ways.


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The series-opener is the historic 1000th ODI for India, who would like to begin their preparations for the 2023 World Cup after failing to win the coveted trophy in 2015 and 2019, and the team will indeed look at a paradigm shift in strategy. The ‘Rohit-Dravid’ duo over the course of the next few months will underline the Men-in-Blue’s philosophy in the 50-over format after it became clear that some rejigging is needed as a part of course correction. The series beginning Sunday would be the perfect platform to focus on setting their struggling middle-order right.


Firstly, skipper Rohit, one of the finest white-ball exponents, will have to lead from the front. With KL Rahul unavailable in the first game, and other specialist openers Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad both testing COVID-19 positive, it will be Ishan Kishan who would be opening the batting with the skipper.


Match Details


India vs West Indies, 1st ODI


Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad


Date & Time: February 6th at 1.30 PM IST


Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar website and app


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Wicketkeeper: Nicholas Pooran, Shai Hope (VC), Rishabh Pant


Batters: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (C), Shamarh Brooks


All-rounders: Jason Holder, Washington Sundar


Bowlers: Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Alzarri Joseph


Captain: Virat Kohli


Vice-Captain: Shai Hope


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India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna/Mohammad Siraj


West Indies: Shai Hope (wk), Nkrumah Bonner/Brandon King, Shamarh Brooks, Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard (c), Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd/Hayden Walsh Jr, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach


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