West Indies are out of SF race, while India needs to keep winning to qualify.
Timings: 3 PM IST
The 34th match of the ICC World Cup 2019 will be played between West Indies and India. The West Indies is out of the World Cup tournament after their loss to the New Zealand team. India, on the other hand, needs to keep on winning in order to make their way into the final four.
West Indies team cannot seem to get a break from injuries as after Andre Russell, even Evin Lewis suffered an injury during the Kiwi game and it means either Darren Bravo or Sunil Ambris, who came in as a replacement for Russell, might come into the team. They have talent in the cricket to achieve everything but the inconsistency with both bat and ball have cost them a chance to qualify for the semis. Now against India, they will hope to play party poopers as a win here will ensure the Men in Blue stay on course for a semis berth.
Indian team kind off got out of the jail against Afghanistan as their middle order totally failed to get them to a formidable total. MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav received a lot of flak for their slow batting with even the great Sachin Tendulkar criticizing the duo. This was the one time the middle was tested and they got a D grade for effort. The Indian team will be wary of the short ball barrage from the West Indies pacers. Though India might be tempted to bring in Rishabh Pant, given the unpredictability of the West Indies team, no changes are expected in the playing XI.
West Indies Predicted Playing XI:
Sunil Ambris, Chris Gayle, Shai Hope (WK), Nicolas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder (C), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas
India Predicted Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (C), MS Dhoni (WK), Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal