1st ODI, West Indies tour of India at Chennai, Dec 15 2019 - 01:30 PM IST

[tweaker]

When India take the field against West Indies in the first ODI at Chepauk on Sunday, foremost among the concerns for India will be the notorious middle-order situation. It was one of the reasons for India's downfall in the World Cup in England six months ago and hasn't yet been satisfactorily solved.

 

The brilliance of  Rohit Sharma and skipper  Virat Kohli at the top of the order has been such that it seldom provides a chance for those following them to face enough balls and build confidence.

 

 

Squad

India: 1 KL Rahul, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Kedar Jadhav, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Mohammed Shami

 

West Indies: 1 Sunil Ambris, 2 Shai Hope, 3 Roston Chase, 4 Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Romario Shephard, 8 Kharry Pierre, 9 Hayden Walsh, 10 Keemo Paul, 11 Alzarri Joseph

 

Edited December 15, 2019 by tweaker

[wanted_desi]

6 Kedar Jadhav

 

I hope its different Kedar Jadhav who wasn't the one dropped in middle of World Cup!

[Norman]

Wait a minute ! Thigh slapper is injured ? 

 

So, that's why he didn't play the T20S. We were giving undue credit to the TM then. 

[bowl_out]

Will the match even happen? I hear it's been raining like crazy in Chennai.. Any Chennai folks with a weather update?

[test fan]

BBC weather report showing no rain today but met office prediction some rain today but still match will happen .

[ssurenn]

2 hours ago, bowl_out said:

Will the match even happen? I hear it's been raining like crazy in Chennai.. Any Chennai folks with a weather update?

no rain .. its sunny here 

[speedheat]

Want to see Dubey at no.5 or 6

[Stan AF]

Would have settled for a 5 match T20I series.

[tweaker]

Dube should make his debut.His bowling can be assessed when he bowl's in the middle overs 

[GeeGaw]

Good news if you're in the USA and have a willow.tv subscription.  They have teamed up with hotstar and grant access to this match free of charge so long as your willow subscription is in good standing.

[jf1gp_1]

why is kedhar playing ahead of Manish ?

[Ajju]

Kedar jadhav

jadeja

i should nt have activate star sports 1

[GeeGaw]

Is Andre Russell still alive?

[Ankit_sharma03]

jadhav + dube is our 5th bowler 

[raki05]

Jadhav

[express bowling]

13 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

jadhav + dube is our 5th bowler 

Very weak 5th bowling options.

[adi B]

What a joke of a team ,kedar jhadav ,shivam dube,jadeja lol .all bits and pieces !

This TM is still not getting it ,the middle order looks shaky ,the 4th ,5th bowling options are non existent 

[GeeGaw]

What kind of crap anthem is that from West Indies.  They should break out Bob Marley's "Stir it Up".

[GeeGaw]

Just now, adi B said:

What a joke of a team ,kedar jhadav ,shivam dube,jadeja lol .all bits and pieces !

This TM is still not getting it ,the middle order looks shaky ,the 4th ,5th bowling options are non existent 

India loses in WC and ICF whines we should play new guys in meaningless matches for experience.

India trots out new guys in meaningless match and ICF whines about crap squad.

Bunch of punk ass bitches.

[tweaker]

Here's the playing XI of the two squads. Shivam Dube to make his ODI debut.