West Indies Tour of India 2019: IND vs WI 1st ODI Dream 11 Predictions

After the Twenty20 International series, both India and West Indies will play the three-match ODI series, starting from December 15. While India will try to continue their winning momentum, West Indies will try to bounce back. Here is the?IND vs WI 1st ODI?Dream 11 Predictions.

Match Details

The first ODI between India and West Indies will take place in?MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on December 15.?The match is scheduled to start at 1:30 PM Local.

Team News:

India

India called Mayank Agarwal to replace Shikhar Dhawan in the ODI squad. However, KL Rahul is expected to open the innings along with Rohit Sharma.?Dhawan’s absence will give him an opportunity to show his calibre which might give selectors’ a headache for their next ODI series. Rishabh Pant, on the other hand, will try to give a fitting reply to his critics.

However, India got a big blow ahead of the series as their pace spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar got injured. Shardul Thakur has recalled as a replacement but his absence might give a chance for Deepak Chahar to stamp his authority on white-ball cricket. However, it will be interesting to see who will make it to the cut between Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav in Chennai’s slow pitch or Virat Kohli will include both of them in the playing XI.

Probable XI:

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (C), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami

West Indies

West Indies have won the series against Afghanistan before they faced the loss to India. However, Evin Lewis sustained an injury in the final T20I against India. If he misses out the game, Brandon King might get the chance in the playing XI.

They have a few young batsmen in their hut. But as their assistant coach said, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran will have to learn from Virat Kohli how to improve their game. It will be interesting to see how they will perform in the series.

Probable XI:

Evin Lewis/Brandon King, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Kieron Pollard (C), Jason Holder, Sheldon Cottrell, Romario Shepherd, Hayden Walsh, Alzarri Joseph

Pitch and Weather Conditions

The Chennai pitch always stays on the slower side. It had rained over the last 48 hours although the weather is clear for Sunday.

IND vs WI 1st ODI?Dream 11 Predictions