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WI vs IND | Yashasvi Jaiswal Debuts, Ishan Kishan Out As West Indies Elect To Bat First In 3rd T20I

image-ll2dqahpWest Indies have won the toss and have elected to bat first (Twitter)

It's time for the third T20I between India and West Indies and India have made a big decision to give Yashasvi Jaiswal his maiden T20I cap in a do-or-die encounter. West Indies have won the all-important toss and have decided to bat first in their bid to win the first T20I series against India since 2016. The home team though is missing the big man Jason Holder in this game and Roston Chase replaces him.

India have made two changes with Yashasvi Jaiswal coming in for Ishan Kishan at the top of the order. Kuldeep Yadav has also been drafted back into the team in place of Ravi Bishnoi who was bit expensive in the second T20I.

Here are the playing XIs of both the sides:

India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar.


West Indies Playing XI: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers (vc), Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell (c), Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy.

Both games in these series have gone down to the wire, and we can expect another close encounter as India aim to make a comeback. Indian batting has been pretty below-par so far in this season, and they need to get their house in order, if they want to get past a strong Windies team here.

West Indies, on the other hand, have played some quality cricket. Nicholas Pooran has been in stellar form while their bowlers too have shown the discipline that is needed on slow and low wickets here in the Caribbean.