The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Venue: Holkar Stadium, Indore
West Indies (Playing XI): Shai Hope(w/c), Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Keemo Paul, Roston Chase, Shamar Springer, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav
West Indies have won the toss and have opted to field
What to expect:
Four T20Is have been played in Indore, with 200 being the average first-innings score. India have won three out of the four matches played here, the last of which came against Afghanistan in January 2024. Back in 2017, India posted 260, with Rohit Sharma scoring a 43-ball 118. December 5, 2024 was the last time a competitive men's T20 match was played at this venue, with Gujarat scoring 251 against Karnataka in the SMAT. Temperatures are expected to be in the late 20s around the match time, with no forecast for rain.
"You don't shrug off any defeat. If you want to keep improving, you don't want to put anything under the carpet. We are a world champion team, so we want to keep improving. And obviously these are toughconditions to bowl. We know that flat wickets with the dew, obviously it's tough. But we need to figure out the way...to try and stop the opposition" - Gautam Gambhir, India head coach.
Pitch Report | Daren Ganga and Abhinav Mukund: In Madhya Pradesh at the Holkar Stadium, here for this third match of the five-match series between the West Indies and India. Now it's nice and warm as we get deeper into the night. It's the center pitch being used, and watch the boundary dimensions. Bowlers, look away, cover your eyes, cover your ears, because down the ground it's 72, square equidistance only 63, and behind the stumps 55 meters. So batters will enjoy this opportunity
West Indies have won the toss and have opted to field
Shai Hope: I think we all know what I am going to do, so we are going to bowl first again. It's going to be challenging when you are playing all three formats. Just about learning as quickly as possible in these conditions. We always know that catches determine a lot of games. Romario is okay but he is resting. Keemo Paul is in for Akeal.
Shreyas Iyer: The dew factor played a massive role in the previous game, on a given day it happens you need to have that mindset to put it behind. It's important that we adapt and assess quickly to get to a commendable total. Shivam Dube out, Nitish in. Kuldeep out and Prince Yadav in. Given the dimensions we made those changes and we also needed someone who can hit the yorkers.
Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are at the crease.
Sanju Samson is on strike.
Roston Chase will open the attack
0.3
Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, 1 run, turning back in, Sanju works it to through mid-wicket
IND 4-0(1) CRR:4
Sanju Samson 2 (4)
Abhishek Sharma2 (2)
Roston Chase 1-0-4-0
1.1
Shamar Joseph to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, oh inside edge past the stumps! Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Abhishek looks to push off the back foot, ball escapes to fine leg
1.4
W
Shamar Joseph to Sanju Samson, out Caught by Kamil Pooran!! Sanju looks at the bottom of the bat and mistiming this. Pressure was building and he wanted to break-free. 150-8kph on this full ball from Shamar Joseph, Sanju wanted to flick it over the infield
Sanju Samson c Kamil Pooran b Shamar Joseph 3(6)
Ishan Kishan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
1.5
Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, byes, FOUR, beats the bat and the keeper! Good length delivery moving away from the pitch, Ishan poked at it away from the body. Ball escapes past the bat and then wobbles to the right to force a fumble from Hope. Ball hits the keeper's glove and goes for four
