Team India look to make a winning start in three match ODI series against down in confidence West Indies on the 2019 tour
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India will play The West Indies on Thursday in first ODI of the three match series as both teams look to make it count in the one-layers after disappointing world ups. Team India go into this game as the favourites.
Date and Time : 8th August 2019, 7:00 PM IST
Venue : Providence Stadium, Guyana
Team India after a brilliant showing in the T20I series actually clean sweeping the Caribbean side will hope to keep the winning run going as they take on their opponents in the ODI series.
The World Cup will be very disappointing to think of if you are an Indian fan but we will move forward and have the job done in this series to make the happiness again their back on everyone. But branded cricket needs to be played.
It shouldn’t be disappointing the fact that we will have to be at the very best against West Indies who are probably not that good a side as they used to be before but an all-round performance having the batters and bowlers need to be played.
If India bats first then 300+ should be the focus always as Windies have batsmen who can shift to T20 mode. While Bowling first it should be bowlers amongst wickets as well fielders their up for the contest.
On the other hand, The West Indies are a good side and they should always play to potential against any team they play in the world.
It shouldn’t be that hard a job for them to be at their best against an Indian side who will be their looking for the win. They will need to play quality cricket against a team like India who are amongst the best.
Batting and Bowling are both their strong points and a bit of both in the game against India should spell magic. They should look forward to scoring high runs and matching them with wickets.
India are behind in terms of the ODI head to head against The West Indies and they will look to improve upon the fact.
Team news and possible line-ups
Jason Holder will captain the West Indies against India in the ODI series.
As for Team India, Kedar Jadhav is available and will likely play.
West Indies XI : E. Lewis, Gayle, S. Hope (WK), Pooran, Hetmyer, J. Holder (C), C. Brathwaite, F. Allen, Roach, Cottrell, O. Thomas.
India XI : R. Sharma, Dhawan, V. Kohli (C), M. Pandey, Jadhav, Pant (WK), R. Jadeja, B. Kumar, Shami, Chahal, K. Yadav.
Prediction
India should dominate here, if anything The West Indies should come up with a fighting game which means a good game to see.
