Team India registered a thrilling two-wicket victory over West Indies in the second ODI in Trinidad on Sunday (July 24).
With this victory, the Men in Blue took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The third ODI, slated to take place at the same venue on Wednesday (July 27), will now be a dead rubber.
Following the ODI series, the focus will shift to the five-match T20I series, scheduled to get underway on July 29.
For the T20I series, Indian players, who were either rested or not picked for the ODIs, arrived in the Caribbean on Tuesday (July 26). The likes of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, and Kuldeep Yadav checked into the team hotel in Trinidad.
Taking to Twitter, BCCI shared a video of the same with the caption: “The T20I squad members have arrived here in Trinidad. The 5-match T20I series is all set to commence on July 29.”
Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant also posted a picture with Rohit and Karthik on Instagram, announcing their arrival in Trinidad.
Top-order batter KL Rahul, who has also been named in the T20I squad, is likely to miss the series after being diagnosed with Covid-19.
India T20I Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
