West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has won the toss and asked India to bat first in the third and final T20I at the Eden Gardens. India have already won the series with a game to spare.
For India, there are four changes, with Avesh Khan making his debut. Along with that Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur and Shreyas Iyer coming into the team. Along with Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant, the duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal miss out on the final T20.
Rohit said that India will open the batting with Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
“Feels good to bat first given that we did well in the last game. We have some guys missing. We have four changes: Virat, Bhuvi. Pant and Chahal miss out. Avesh Khan makes his debut. Ruturaj and Ishan will open the batting. There is a lot of cricket ahead of us and the challenge for the World Cup would be to make sure we are mentally and physically fresh. We have an eye on that but at the moment everything looks fine and we are just taking it one game at a time,” Rohit said at the toss.
“We are going to bowl first. Nothing much has changed in these last two games, the ball comes onto the bat nicely. We have four changes: Walsh, Fabian, Drakes and Hope come back in. When we look at the two games that we lost, we have batted well but we faltered during our fielding and bowling at the death. It is also an opportunity for the guys to have a taste of the conditions and see what they can offer,” Pollard said at the toss.
India (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan
West Indies (Playing XI): Kyle Mayers, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Dominic Drakes, Fabian Allen, Hayden Walsh
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