IND vs WI Live: Why is Kieron Pollard Not Playing Today? Who is West Indies Captain?

The West Indies team will be facing the Indian team in the 3rd ODI, which is the final fixture of the ODI series. Here’s the latest news coming from Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

IND vs WI Live: Why is Kieron Pollard Not Playing Today? Who is West Indies Captain?

The West Indies team will again be without their key player and regular captain Kieron Pollard for the 3rd ODI as well. The experienced player is said to be not yet recovered from a niggle, he sustained after the 1st ODI match. The wicket keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran will again lead the West Indies side in this fixture.

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Here is what Pooran said at the toss,

I wanted to bowl first again. Couldn’t get over the line in the last game, hopefully we do it today. The batters need to bat for long and not leave it for others. We need to win those important moments. Akeal Hosein is out and Hayden Walsh is in.

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The spinner Akeal Hosein is dropped from the side due to his average performance. In place of him, the West Indies have included Hayden Walsh in the 11 for 3rd ODI.

India vs West Indies 3rd ODI Live: India make 4 changes

The Indian team has made 4 changes to their line up for the 3rd ODI against West Indies.

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IN– Shikhar Dhawan, OUT– KL Rahul
IN– Shreyas Iyer, OUT – Deepak Hooda
IN– Deepak Chahar, OUT– Shardul Thakur
IN– Kuldeep Yadav, OUT– Yuzvendra Chahal

IND Playing 11 for 3rd ODI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

The likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer have recovered from COVID 19 and are back in the 11. While the talented bowlers, Deepak Chahar and Kuldeep Yadav will be looking to take full use of the opportunity and help in the series white wash for the team.

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