West Indies v India-only T20: Match Preview
The new-look Indian team has reached West Indies after a gab of half decade to play a bilateral series of 1 T20 and 4 ODIs. The series will be opened with the T20 game on June 4 at Port of Spain.
With Team India composed of the youngsters, the Windies have a golden chance to defeat them at home.
On the other hand, the World Cup victory has much emboldened the Men in Blue and the continuous 17-weeks of cricket at their soil has put them on the fast train of form. But, as per a contrasting view, this form can be turned into fever by the fatigue that
the Indian cricketers have for their long on-field time.
Views of the two sides
As India’s spin strength is a major threat for the Windies, their coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358, is confident of his team’s competency to defend it.
The new Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539, thinks this tour a good chance for the youngsters to shine.
The new Indian coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742, hopes that his team will do well against the Caribbean.
Last tour at glance
India last visited West Indies in 2006 under the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brian-Charles-Lara-c48471. The two teams played a Test series that India won.
Last T20 encounter
India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 2010 at Kensington Oval. West Indies won the game by 14 runs.
Team talk:
India: Team India is going to play the game without all the big names like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379---all have opted out of the squad given their IPL fatigue.
The team is led by a young eleventh hour-picked captain who does not have handsome experience of leadership.
Without Zaheer, their pace attack is fragile enough.
However, the spin attack is to be led by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228, the hero of Chennai Super Kings’ IPL final victory, also adds great strength in India’s spin department.
The middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737, is in good form after his successful IPL campaign that he has concluded as the second highest scorer.
Yusuf Pathan is a reliable and consistent all-rounder.
Overall, the team has good spirit and high passion, thanks to their World Cup glory.
West Indies: Dropping http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, the top scorer of the recently concluded IPL-4, is a irreplaceable loss for the Caribbean.
The Windies have just finished up a home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
However, their morals are somewhat down as they have not made any impact in the series.
Devendra Bishoo, the left-arm spinner, is their major bowling strength against India.
The skipper, Darren Sammy, has been in great form.
Ravi Rampaul is a good batting strength for the Caribbean.
The absence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 will be felt during the game.
Squads
India: Suresh Raina (captain), R. Ashwin, S. Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392.
West Indies: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Krishmar-Santokie-c71724.
Last word
The absence of the ace and experienced Indian players may cause huge damage to the side provided the Windies cash the opportunity properly. It will be a rip-roaring competition as both the sides are to play after a long interval in any bilateral series.
Let us see which wins and which is destined to wane.
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