Three Reasons Why Windies Might Dominate Men In Blue In The T20I Series

Windies is one of the best teams in the shortest format of the game. They are the only team to win the ICC World T20 twice. Not surprisingly, there is a chance that they might dominate India in the upcoming T20 series.

Moreover, the Caribbean team always produce quality players and hard-hitting batsmen. Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, DJ Bravo, Darren Sammy, Jason Holder, Carlos Brathwaite, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Samuel Badree are currently the biggest T20 stars in the world.

Windies recently lost to India in the Test as well as in the ODI series. India whitewashed Windies by 2-0 in the Tests and 3-1 in the ODIs. In addition to that, Windies are lagging due to experience as their big shots are playing franchise cricket or some are at home. But they will be bolstered by the return of some big names for the T20Is.

The visitors have declared their squad which goes as follows:

Carlos Brathwaite (C), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Oshane Thomas, Khary Pierre, Obed McCoy, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran.

Here are the three reasons why Windies might dominate Men in Blue in the T20I series:

IPL Experience with the Windies Player

Indian Premier League (IPL) has brought up many new talents in the cricketing world. Many of the players are associated with the Cash-rich league. Moreover, players of the T20 squad like Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians), Carlos Brathwaite (Sunrisers Hyderabad), Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) and others have played in the cash-rich T20 league.

Virat Kohli and Co. need to be extremely cautious while facing their bowling attack. Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav have been taken in the squad to look after the bowling department of India.

India’s record against Windies

India couldn’t win the last four T20I games against Windies as the Caribbean outfit won three while the remaining one did not yield result.  Windies also defeated Indian team in the semi-finals in WT20 in 2016. Evin Lewis and Lendl Simmons boast of  excellent records against India.

The Men in Blue have failed to dominate Windies in T20Is as the win-loss is 2-5.

Match winners in T20 format

Carlos Brathwaite will lead the T20 side. The series will start at the Eden Gardens, the same stadium where Brathwaite had hit four consecutive sixes in the last over to guide Windies to World T20 title in 2016. Andre Russell also knows the ground very well because of his IPL team  – Kolkata Knight Riders.

With India also boasting of some of the biggest names in the game, the upcoming series is looking set to be a blockbuster of an affair.

India will play the first T20Is against Windies on November 4 (Sunday).