After a successful ODI series, India have its eyes set on the T20Is. India won the ODI series 3-0 and with that, Shikhar Dhawan became the first ever Indian captain to whitewash West Indies in ODIs in their own backyard.
Nevertheless, the focus now shifts to T20Is and the West Indies might look to give India the taste of their own medicine. After losing the ODI series, Nicholas Pooran and Co. would be looking to make amends.
Here is all you need to know about the T20Is:
Timings:
All matches will begin at 8PM IST. and 10:30AM local time in Caribbean.
Schedule:
The five T20I series is set to begin from July 29 lasting until August 7.
First T2oI – July 29 – Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad – 8pm IST
Second T20I – August 1 – Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts – 8pm IST
Third T20I – August 2 – Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts – 8pm IST
Fourth T20I – August 6 – Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida – 8pm IST
Fifth T20I – August 7 – Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida – 8pm IST
Where to watch?:
In India, DD Sports will telecast the T20I series against West Indies. Fancode app will do the livestreaming of the same. In the West Indies, Sportsmax will do the live telecast and FlowSports will do the livestreaming.
Australia -FoxSports will be doing the telecasting while Channel 7 will do the live streaming.
US – Willow TV will present the live telecast of the series.
Canada – ATN Cricket will provide the telecast of the series.
South Africa – SuperSports will do the live telecast of the West Indies vs India, series.
United Kingdom: SkySports will present the telecast of the matches.
New Zealand – SkySports will do the live telecast of the series.
Squad:
Team India is back with an aggressive squad for the T20I series. They have included Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Ashwin for the series. KL Rahul will miss out the entire T20I series due to Covid. Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested. Sanju Samson missed out on the squad after playing the ODI series.
Team India Squad: - Rohit Sharma (C), Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh
West Indies are yet to announce their T20I squad.