Dec 15, 2019
14:00 IST / 8:30 GMT
MA Chidambaram Stadium - Chennai, India
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India are favorites to win
After clinching the T20I series, India will now look to continue their dominance over the West Indies in the longer version of the game. The first of the three one-day internationals is scheduled to be played on December 15 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Live telecast of the match will start at 2 PM local time.
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With dew expected to settle in during the second period of play, the toss-winning team may opt to bowl first in this match.
A bit of cloud cover is expected on match day. However, no rain has been forecast and we should have a full game.
The wicket at the MA Chidambaram Stadium has generally favored the batsmen more especially during the first-half of a match. Spinners will play a big role in the middle overs.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for India vs West Indies, 1st ODI 2019...
The Indian selectors will have to choose between Manish Pandey and all-rounder Kedar Jadhav as one of the team's middle-order batsmen. It will also be interesting to see whether captain Kohli decides to play both the wrist-spinners - Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal - or pick seam-bowling all-rounder Shivam Dube in place of one of them.
India's top three - Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli are the big guns in the batting line-up. Kohli was the leading run-getter in the preceding T20I series and he has an impressive ODI average of 76.64 against the West Indies. Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the main threats with the ball. Chahal is likely to trouble the West Indian batsmen the most as the pitch is expected to assist the spinners more.
India have shown impressive form in the game's fifty-over format in recent times and have won nine of their last eleven completed matches. They have played just one ODI series since their semi-final loss at the ICC Cricket World Cup in England; a three-match series in the West Indies where they won 2-0.
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kedar Jadhav/Manish Pandey, Shivam Dube/Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal
| BATSMEN | ALL ROUNDER | WICKET KEEPER | BOWLER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shimron Hetmyer | Kieron Pollard | Shai Hope | Sheldon Cottrell |
| KL Rahul (vc) | Jason Holder | Mohammed Shami | |
| Virat Kohli (c) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | ||
| Shreyas Iyer | Yuzvendra Chahal |
West Indies are sweating over the fitness of their opening batsman Evin Lewis who hurt his knee while fielding in the third T20 international. In case he fails to recover in time for this game, Brandon King will probably be made to open the batting alongside Sunil Ambris. Kieron Pollard will be leading the Windies in this ODI series.
Evin Lewis looked in good form in the T20Is but his availability for this first ODI is not confirmed as of yet. However, the Windies still have enough batting firepower in Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and skipper Kieron Pollard. Hetmyer scored the most runs for the team in the T20I series and the left-handed batsman will be expected to carry that form into the ODIs. West Indies will rely heavily on Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph to get rid of India's top-order early on in the innings.
West Indies have not been faring too well in ODIs - they have lost eight of their last twelve completed matches in the format. However, they outplayed Afghanistan in their most recent ODI assignment which came last month. It was a three-match series played at Lucknow, India which the Windies swept 3-0.
Sunil Ambris, Evin Lewis/Brandon King, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Sheldon Cottrell, Alzarri Joseph, Hayden Walsh
India and West Indies have played 130 one-day internationals against each other till date with both the teams having won 62 matches. Two of those encounters have resulted in ties while four have ended in no results.
| Matches Played | IND Won | WI Won | Tie | No Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 62 | 62 | 2 | 4 |
India secured a thumping win by 67 runs in the third T20I to win the series 2-1 and that will give them confidence and momentum going into this opening game of the ODI series. The hosts have been in impressive form in this format and are very hard to beat in their own conditions. The Windies do have a few batsmen in their side who can take the game away from the opposition, but if India bowl well, Virat Kohli and Co. should not have much problem in picking up a win on Sunday.
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