IND vs WI 1st ODI preview: Can Chris Gayle revive Windies' fortunes?

India may rest Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bring Mohammed Shami to pair with and Navdeep Saini who making his ODI debut.

India cricket team would look to continue the dominance over West Indies cricket team in the first match of the three-match ODI series at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Thursday.

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With Shikhar Dhawan back in the side, he will take his place at the top of the order alongside Rohit and like the initial matches of the World Cup, KL Rahul is likely to go back to being the number four batsman. With Kedar Jadhav expected to come in at No 5 or 6 depending on how Rishabh Pant is used as a floater, it will be a toss up between Manish Pandey and Shreyas Iyer for the remaining middle-order slots.

Both are players with a certain amount of flair but Pandey couldn't exactly seal it in the T20 Internationals and it's about time that the team management would think of giving Iyer a go and see how it pans out.

India may rest Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bring in Mohammed Shami to pair with and Navdeep Saini who making his ODI debut.

The World Cup disappointment will continue to linger but Kohli will fancy his team's chances in the series, notwithstanding the return of the swashbuckling Chris Gayle. Because, apart from a handful of options in bowling, India also have quite a few swashbucklers of their own.

To start with, Rohit Sharma will look to continue his golden run with the bat in the 50-over format, having caressed his way to a record five centuries at the World Cup just weeks back.

No less daunting a prospect for the West Indies bowlers will be Rohit's opening partner, Shikhar Dhawan, whose World Cup campaign was cut short by a finger injury following a fine hundred against Australia.

Kohli, who also enjoyed a great run in the mega event, will not be short on motivation despite the lack of world beaters in the opposition camp. The batting mainstay is also aware that a section of former players raised question mark around his captaincy in the limited overs format.

While the stage in the Caribbean islands is no match to the one at the World Cup, Kohli will still be too pleased with a commanding performance by his team. Runs and wickets from the likes of young Rishabh Pant and Krunal Pandya in the just concluded T20 series will boost their confidence to afce the upcoming challenge.

Thoroughly outplayed in the shortest format, West Indies will hope the return of the talismanic Gayle bolsters them. Gayle during the World Cup had announced that the home series against India will be his last.

Left-handed opener John Campbell, Roston Chase and all-rounder Keemo Paul have all been recalled to the 14-member squad for the matches which will be contested at the Guyana National Stadium on Thursday, and on August 11 and 14 at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad.

Here are the playing 11 prediction of both the teams

India playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Krunal Pandya, Mohammed Shami

West Indies playing 11: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Keemo Paul, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Rovman Powell

India vs West Indies, first T20 match timings and streaming details

Date and Day: August 8, 2019, Thursday.

Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana

Time: 7:00 pm IST, 01:30 pm GMT, 9:30 am local

The India vs West Indies 1st ODI match will be broadcast live on Sony Ten 1 HD, Sony Ten 1 with English Commentary and Sony TEN 3 HD, Sony TEN 3 with Hindi Commentary. The live streaming of the India vs West Indies 1st ODI match will be available on Sony Liv app and website.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini

West Indies: Jason Holder (capt), Chris Gayle, John Campbell, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Fabian Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Keemo Paul, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Kemar Roach.