India vs West Indies 3rd ODI: Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl first against West Indies in the third ODI at the Maharashtra Cricket Association in Pune.
Quite expectedly, India have brought back Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in place of Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav. Indian captain Virat Kohli refused to believe the decision to bring back their ace fast bowlers was influenced because of the way the Windies batsmen have treated the Indian bowler in the series so far.
"It was always the plan to bring Bhuvi and Bumrah back, that's why selected the team for the first two ODIs and not five. We want to give as much game time as possible to each player but at the same time want the guys who are certain for World Cup to play together," Kohli said at toss-time.
"It looks like a good wicket. The ball comes on much better in the evening. We will try to restrict Windies to a decent total and chase it down."
Interestingly, Ravindra Jadeja made way for young left-arm medium pacer Khaleel Ahmed with India deciding to go back to their three seamers and two spinners theory.
For West Indies, Fabian Allen makes his ODI debut - the third debutant for West Indies in this series after Oshan Thomas and Obed McCoy.
We would have liked to bowl first too. But it is a good track and batsmen would like to bat on this track. India are an excellent side and we have to perform well in all three departments to compete against them. We have made one change in our team.
Windies (Playing XI): Kieran Powell, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope(w), Marlon Samuels, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder(c), Fabian Allen, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Obed McCoy
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Rishabh Pant, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal