LUCKNOW, India, Oct 6, CMC – India elected to field after winning the toss against the West Indies in the opening T20I at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday.
Kamil Pooran will make his debut for the West Indies, while Naman Dhir makes his T20I debut for India.
It will be Akeal Hosein’s 100th T20I for the West Indies.
SQUADS
INDIA: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh.
WEST INDIES: Shai Hope (captain), Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Roston Chase, Shamar Springer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph.
Umpires: Nitin Menon, Virender Sharma.
TV Umpire: Rohan Pandit.
Reserve Umpire: Jayaraman Madanagopal.
Match Referee: Prakash Bhatt.
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