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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: India opt to bat against West Indies

India are playing the same XI which featured against Afghanistan in their previous match, whereas West Indies have made two changes. Sunil Ambris came in for Evin Lewis and Fabian Allen came in for Nurse.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: India opt to bat against West Indies

India's Rohit Sharma leaves the pitch after losing his wicket for 18 during the 2019 Cricket World Cup group stage match between West Indies and India at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England, on June 27, 2019. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat first in their World Cup tie against the West Indies at the Old Trafford, Manchester on Thursday.

India were 77for 1 after 17 overs. Rohit Sharma (18) departed off a reaper from Kemar Roach.

India are playing the same XI which featured against Afghanistan in their previous match, whereas West Indies have made two changes. Sunil Ambris came in for Evin Lewis and Fabian Allen came in for Nurse.

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” We are gonna bat first. Looks like a hard surface. We’ve got two wrist spinners and Kedar Jadhav is the third spinner. It’s a used pitch, we see it slowing down. There are a few rough patches at the right spots for our wrist spinners. A lot more application, understanding the situation. When there’s a 50-60 partnership, make it into a big one. I think closing out situations and capitalising on them will be the key. Same team,” said Kohli after winning the toss.

Jason Holder: We wanted to bat as well. If there’s anything in the wicket, it’s probably first-up. Hopefully we get early wickets. We have got two changes. Sunil Ambris comes in for Evin Lewis and Fabian Allen comes in for Nurse. Evin’s struggling for the last couple of days. We thought Fabian is well suited against this Indian team. Hopefully, he does well. We are getting closer and closer. It’s about putting in a complete game. Today’s another opportunity.”

Here are the Playing XIs of both the teams:

West Indies (Playing XI): Chris Gayle, Sunil Ambris, Shai Hope (wicketkeeper), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder (captain), Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Kemar Roach, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas

India (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (captain), Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni(wicketkeeper), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

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