Anshul Kamboj has been handed an ODI debut while Nitish Kumar Reddy and Mohammed Siraj return to India’s playing eleven as captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat first against the West Indies at the New PCA Stadium on Saturday.
That will make a huge difference for us,” said Gill, who won the toss for third straight time. “We need to keep trying and be better. I think the more we play, it is better as our bowling is inexperienced.
15-20 runs make a huge difference.
The visitors have made three changes:- Jewel Andrew, Matthew Forde and Gudakesh Motie come into the playing eleven in place of Keacy Carty, Roston Chase and Shamar Joseph. “I just want to be consistent with the bat. I thought we’ve been playing some really good cricket in the batting side of things. It’s just about being a little bit better with the ball and executing more on our plans. But just on that, you just got to look at the positives, got to make sure that we’re building on that and then find ways to improve the weaknesses. When you come to India, you want to play against the best teams in the world and they really embraced it. I can see that the effort they fight and it’s good to see they’re learning a lot in the short space of time. So hopefully they can continue to grow as strong cricketers. India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, and Gurnoor Brar
Kamboj had joined the team on Friday after being pulled out of India A’s second four-day game against Australia A in Puducherry, as Prasidh Krishna was ruled out due to a left hamstring injury sustained in Guwahati. India have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-game series and a win on Saturday will help them get a 3-0 series triumph.
West Indies captain Shai Hope said he hopes his team are more consistent with the bat here. Quizzed on the exposure and development of the young players in the team touring India for the first time, Hope said, “It’s really good.
