🏏India vs West Indies: 1st ODI at Kensington Oval - 27/07/2023🏏 - Page 2

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India will look to get their house in order before the massively important Asia Cup.

India vs West Indies 1st ODI live streaming: The road to trying to lift the World Cup trophy at home begins in Bridgetown, Barbados for Rohit Sharma and his unit. The white-ball matches between the West Indies and India come fast on the heels of the conclusion of the Test series, with focus shifting to ODI cricket in particular.

Riding high on confidence after clinching the Test series, the Indian team will also be looking to carry their winning momentum into the white-ball format. However, they will miss the services of their star pacer, Mohammed Siraj, who has been rested for the 50-over matches to manage his workload. Siraj’s sensational performance in the Test series played a crucial role in India’s success, and his absence will undoubtedly affect the team.

Welcome to Bridgetown, ladies and gents! With the Tests done and dusted, West Indies and India turn their eyes to the ODI series. Unfortunately for the West Indies, the series holds a lot more context for the visitors than it does for them. While the Shai Hope-led outfit crashed out of the World Cup Qualifier in unceremonious fashion, making the 2023 World Cup the first one they will miss out on, India will look at these three games as an opportunity to try different combinations, both in the bowling and batting department. Today Ekanth will join me as we bring you all the action from the series-opener.

As far as the Men in Blue are concerned, they will be eager to put their best foot forward ahead of a home World Cup. Siraj has been rested for this series and India haven’t named a replacement for him. With India preferring a three all-rounder strategy in recent times, it is likely to be a toss up between Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur depending on the conditions. Who will be entrusted with the wicketkeeping duties? Will it be Samson or Kishan? In the pace department, the likes of Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat and Mukesh Kumar have an opportunity to impress. Kuldeep has been brilliant for India lately and he might get the nod ahead of Chahal. A lot to look forward to. Stay wth us as toss and team lineups will be announced shortly...

Speaking of West Indies, the Men in Maroon captain Shai Hope will shoulder the huge responsibility of leading his team’s resurgence in the ODI format and rebuilding the side after the massive setback of not qualifying in the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time in history.

• First ODI: July 27 at Kensington Oval in Barbados, 7:00 pm IST/ 01:30 pm GMT / 09:30 am local
• Second ODI: July 29 at Kensington Oval in Barbados, 7:00 pm IST/ 01:30 pm GMT / 09:30 am local
• Third ODI: August 1 at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, 8:00 pm IST/ 02:30 pm GMT/ 10:30 am local

As far as the Men in Blue are concerned, they will be eager to put their best foot forward ahead of a home World Cup. Siraj has been rested for this series as a precautionary measure for his sore ankle and India haven’t named a replacement for him. With India preferring a three all-rounder strategy in recent times, it is likely to be a toss up between Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur depending on the conditions. Who will be entrusted with the wicket-keeping duties? Will it be Samson or Kishan? In the pace department, the likes of Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat and Mukesh Kumar have an opportunity to impress. Kuldeep has been brilliant for India lately and he might get the nod ahead of Chahal

"Consideringthe asian games as a major league and Ruturaj is hoing to lead the team, why can't Rohit be rested and rutu gets the nod to ooen and lead the team to get some international exposure?" Well, it's an ODI World Cup year and the Indian skipper will want to get as many minutes under his belt and be prepared in this format as much as possible going into the tournament.

There is some big news coming in today with regards to India and their World Cup preparations. No, this is not a drill. Jasprit Bumrah is set to make his comeback after a back surgery. He is likely to be picked for India's three T20Is against Ireland next month.