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India chose to bat vs West Indies
Anshul Kamboj flew in as an injury replacement and walked straight into the India XI for his ODI debut in New Chandigarh. However, he didn’t take the place of the bowler who got injured, Prasidh Krishna. That place went to Mohammed Siraj, who had been on the bench for the first two matches. Kamboj replaced Auqib Nabi at No. 8, which suggests the team management expects Kamboj to be able to at least be able to hit a few if needed with the bat.
In one other change, India left out Ravindra Jadeja for Nitish Kumar Reddy. It is rare that India play without either Jadeja or Axar Patel. If you leave out the Afghanistan series earlier this series, the last time both of them missed out on the final XI was in January 2023, well before the last World Cup.
On expected lines, India chose to bat first after having won the series 2-0 winning the first two matches when chasing.
West Indies, who have lost their last seven matches batting first, were relieved to be chasing. They also made three changes to their XI. In came Jewel Andrew at the top of the order, and Matthew Forde and Gudakesh Motie with the ball. Out went Keacy Carty, Roston Chase and Shamar Joseph, making it two frontline spinners in the XI.
This is the first men’s ODI in New Chandigarh.
India 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill (capt.), 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 5 KL Rahul (wk), 6 Naman Dhir, 7 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 8 Anshul Kamboj, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Gurnoor Brar, 11 Mohammed Siraj.
West Indies (probable): 1 John Campbell, 2 Jewel Andrew, 3 Shai Hope (capt. & wk), 4 Amir Jangoo, 5 Sherfane Rutherford, 6 Keemo Paul, 7 Matthew Forde, 8 Gadukesh Motie, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Jayden Seales, 11 Vitel Lawes.
