IND vs WI 3rd T20 Highlights: Here are the two squads:
India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Axar Patel, Deepak Hooda, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson
West Indies Squad: Kyle Mayers, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Hayden Walsh, Devon Thomas, Brandon King, Romario Shepherd, Dominic Drakes
India need 9 from 12 balls. This might be all she wrote for the West Indies. That's four from 4 balls. And a four to end this one. India win by 7 wickets.
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On to the 18th over now and it's getting closer for India. Holder is in the attack and Pandya is gone!!! It's nicked and goes straight to the keeper. India lose 3rd wicket. IND 149/3 after 17.2 overs.
Drakes in to bowl the 15th and what do you know!! Gets slapped for a four as well as a 6 before picking up the wicket of his tormentor. SKY is gone. IND 135/2 after 14.3 overs
And that's gone. Akeal Hosein with the breakthrough for the West Indies as Shreyas iyer is stumped. Comes down the ground, misses and gone. IND 105/1 after 11.3 overs.
After 10 overs, India are 96/0 and will be banking on their chance to finish this one. On to the 11th and Drakes will bowl to iyer now. the third ball is hit straight to the boundary. Is that a caught behind? West Indies reviewing. Nothing doing. IND 104/0 after 11 overs.
Holder in to bowl the 8th over and he is slapped for a four and a six in his 3rd and fourth balls. The next over Suryakumar hits his 50. In just 26 balls.
Last over inside powerplay now. Holder will bowl to Shreyas. A single off the second ball and 50 is up for India. A four off the fifth ball and India are holding steady. Marvellous from SKY. IND 56/0 after 6 overs.
Rohit is walking off now. Holds his back while leaving the field. No idea what just transpired. Is it an injury or is it someting else. We'll give you more info as it becomes available.
Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Obed McCoy will open the attack. The second ball of McCoy is slapped for a four by SKY. Another 4. IND 9/0 after 1 over.
Arshdeep to bowl the last over and the death over specialist is hit for back to back boundaries by powell. Not the start Arshdeep would have wanted. And he's gone te next ball!!! Powell hits long and Hooda takes his catch. There's a review on Hetmyer now. And yes, he's run out!!! WI end at 164/5 after 20 overs.
Time for the 19th over now and Avesh will bowl this one. Starts with a wide as the skipper urges him to speed things up. Just 4 runs from the next 4 balls. Very good by Avesh. And just as I was saying this, Hetmyer hauls him for a mighty six!!! And another one follow. What power. WI 154/3 after 19 overs
Mayers hits Bhuvi for a 6!!! And Mayers is gone!!! Bhuvi gets the crucial wicket. Another nick and another behind. Pant takes the card. WI 131/3 after 16.5 overs.
Bhuvi begins the 15th over and Pooran smashes him for a six, right off the bat. The indian seamer would get the last laugh though as Pooran is then dismissed after an edge carries to Rishabh Pant. WI 107/2 after 14.4 overs
On to the 13th over and Ashwin will bowl this one and Mayers clubs him for a 6 to get his 50. His 2nd one in T20I. WI 84/1 after 13 overs.
10th over now and Hardik Pandya will bowl this one. Just 2 runs from in, pretty nifty over under the circumstances. We are halfway done. WI 65/1 after 10 overs.
Hardik in to bowl the 8th and strikes immediately!!! King swipes and the ball rattles the leg stump. Just the breakthrough India needed. WI 57/1 after 7.2 overs
Last over inside the powerplay and Arshdeep to bowl this one. Briiliant over, considering the circumstances but concedes a four. India won't mind that at all. IND 45/0 after 6 overs
Bhuvneshwar will start the 4th and he gets the same treatment. Two fours and a caught behind review which India end up losing. Not going their way, this one. WI 32/0 after 4 overs
Avesh Khan in to bowl te 3rd and the WI batters start where they left off yesterday. Hammers him for a four and a six!!! He is not having a good time in the middle. WI 22/0 after 3 overs
Bhuvi to bowl the second over and after a quiet couple of balls, King unleashes hinself for the 1st boundary of the innings. WI 7/0 after 2 overs.
Brandon King and Mayers are at the crease. Brandon King is on strike. Hooda will open the attack. 1 run from the first 3 balls. That's just 1 from this over. WI 1/0 after 1 over.
We wanted to bat first as well, this is a ground where chasing is the preferred option. But now we need to put up a good score on the board and defend it. Credit to the bowling group, they performed well as a unit, they did come hard at us, but we stuck to our task. We did speak about the left-arm option, we spoke about it during the team meetings. That's why we have one change today - Dominic Drakes is in, he replaces Odean Smith. We are backing our boys and it's important to have the right guys in the right positions.
We will field first, not looking at the conditions, but this is what we prefer to do. We want to capitalize on the powerplay, this is a small ground, a six hitting ground, the average score isn't big and we need to keep that in mind as well. The guys have been given the chance to express themselves, so the high-risk shots come into play, but we do understand that. I don't know about that, as a team we want to improve in all aspects of the game, but in the last few series, the left-arm seamers have done well against us. But it's not that the guys are struggling, it happens when you're trying to score quickly. But we do need to understand when we come up against certain bowlers, we just want to come out and express ourselves, that's what we want to continue doing. Just one change, Jadeja has been rested, Hooda is in.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh
West Indies (Playing XI): Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Devon Thomas(w), Rovman Powell, Dominic Drakes, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
The coin goes up and India have won the toss and have opted to field
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will lock horns against each other in the Men’s Asia Cup, starting from August 27. India and Pakistan will face each other in the A Group opener in Dubai on August 28. There is a high chance that the two countries will be up against each other more than once in the tournament. They are likely to play against each other in the Super 4 stage and might end up playing in the final of the Asia Cup as well.
The temperature of Basseterre city of St Kitts on August 2 (Tuesday) is expected to be 30° Celcius during the day and it may fall to 26° Celcius at night. According to weather.com, the sky will be partly cloudy during the day and night.
The pitch for the 3rd T20I is set to host its 2nd game in 24 hours. The Warner Park track in St Kitts proved that it has not been easy for batting in the international games. The second India-Windies game also displayed the same. As the match has been delayed, it will be even more difficult for the batters to make their mark in this match.
West Indies Probable XI: Shamarh Brooks, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran (c & wk), Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
India probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh
After a narrow defeat to West Indies in the 2nd T20I, Rohit Sharma's India will look to buck up and win the 3rd one in order to get their noses in front in the 3rd T20I. The Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Tuesday announced a revised start time of the third T20 International. The second match on Monday night finished late, which was twice delayed because of luggage issues.