IND vs. WI 1st T20 Prediction: Ishan Kishan is expected to open the innings with Rohit Sharma
IND vs. WI 1st T20 Prediction: In the three-match T20I series against West Indies, Ishan Kishan is expected to open with Rohit Sharma.
IND vs. WI 1st T20 Prediction India vs. West Indies T20 Playing XI: With a busy T20 schedule ahead of the marquee event in Australia beginning October 16, India will look to make amends and rebuild the side.
Rohit, who has led the Mumbai Indians to five IPL titles, will address the opening blues. The middle-lower order problem, and bowling strategies. And he’ll have a lot of happy headaches while trying to bolster the squad.
Just the different day, at the IPL mega auction, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan struck gold by signing a Rs 15.25 crore contract with Rohit’s franchise Mumbai Indians.
Kishan is likely to get the nod, but KL Rahul’s absence allows India to revisit the Rohit-Kohli combination in the three-match series.
The opening combination would also be ideal to partner the skipper in the shortest format. With his regular KL Rahul out with a left hamstring strain would be the first order of business.
Ishant played the first match of the three-match ODI series against the Caribbean team in Ahmedabad. But the skipper also used Rishabh Pant and Shikhar Dhawan.
Then there’s Venkatesh Iyer, the KKR all-rounder who rose to prominence. As a big-hitting opener in the UAE leg of the previous IPL. Scoring 320 runs at an average of 40 and a strike rate 125. He was only slightly behind Gaikwad, who had more runs (407) during this period.
It’ll also be interesting to see if Virat Kohli comes out to open with Rohit to get some runs in as he’s been going through a dry spell. His most recent International century came here in November 2019 in the pink ball day/night Test against Bangladesh.
India’s team consists of Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper). Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rutura
Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran (vice-captain), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Jason Holder. Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Brandon King, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Kyle Mayers, and Hayden Walsh Jr.
