Probable XI –
India –
Rohit Sharma (c), Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shardul Thakur / Deepak Chahar, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammad Siraj
West Indies –
Shai Hope (wk), Brandon King, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard (c), Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Fabian Allen / Hayden Walsh Jr, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach / Romario Shepherd
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Shai Hope
2. Rohit Sharma(VC)
3. Virat Kohli
4. Lokesh Rahul
5. Washington Sundar
6. Jason Holder(C)
7. Fabian Allen
8. Yuzvendra Chahal
9. Akeal Hosein
10. Mohammad Siraj
11. Prasiddh Krishna
– Jason Holder looks safest captain choice considering his 4-5 down batting and atleast 7-8 overs with bowl.
– Rohit Sharma might be a good VC choice as he looked in lethal touch during the last match.
– Expecting Shai Hope to come good with bat in this game as he has done well in H2H matches.
– Can take Rishabh Pant or Suryakumar Yadav at the place of Siraj or Prasidh krishna while batting in first innings.
– Taking punt on Fabian Allen who can come handy with bat at down the order and bowling some part time overs.
– Akeal Hosein and Washington Sundar will be crucial picks again at this turning surface.
– Virat Kohli and Lokesh Rahul are other good C/VC choices for SL combinations.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Virat Kohli(C)
2. Rishabh Pant
3. Rohit Sharma
4. Lokesh Rahul
5. Fabian Allen
6. Kieron Pollard
7. Jason Holder
8. Washington Sundar
9. Shardul Thakur
10. Yuzvendra Chahal(VC)
11. Akeal Hosein
– Expecting Virat Kohli to go big after getting out very early during the last innings.
– Taking risk on Yuzvendra Chahal as VC who might get a couple of wickets again at this surface.
– Kieron Pollard might be a decent punt as he can score big after getting out at duck during the last match.
– Rishabh Pant will be a crucial pick especially if India gets to bat in first innings.
– Expecting atleast a couple of wickets from Shardul Thakur who went wicketless during the last match.
– Must try Lokesh Rahul as C/VC in risky SL or 10-20-339 members league.
Grand League Combination –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Virat Kohli
3. Darren Bravo
4. Shamrah Brooks
5. Kieron Pollard
6. Fabian Allen
7. Jason Holder
8. Washington Sundar
9. Yuzvendra Chahal
10. Shardul Thakur (C)
11. Akeal Hosein (VC)
– Going a bit heavy on Windies in GL as they might put up a good show to win this encounter.
– Shardul looks an open captain choice as he can come good with bat if top order batters depart early and expected to remain amongst the wickets.
– Akeal Hosein might be a good VC choice as he has the potential to come good with both bat and ball especially at these kind of surfaces.
– Expecting a couple of top order batters from Windies to come good and score some decent runs.
– Must try Kieron Pollard and Rishabh Pant as C/VC in a couple of GL combinations.
– Alzarri Joseph, Nicholas Pooran and Shai Hope can be picked in different combinations of GL.
