WI vs IND: India’s Predicted Playing XI Against West Indies, 5th T20I

Updated - 07 Aug 2022, 03:53 PM

India National Cricket Team (Image Credits: Twitter)
India National Cricket Team (Image Credits: Twitter)

India is set to face West Indies in the 5th and final T20I of the ongoing series. WI vs IND 5th T20I will take place on August 7 (Sunday). The venue of the clash is Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Florida, United States. Rohit Sharma is the skipper of India in the series.

Nicholas Pooran leads West Indies in the series. India defeated West Indies in the 1st T20I by 68 runs. Later, they lost the 2nd T20I by 5 wickets. India won the 3rd T20I by 7 wickets. Ahead of WI vs IND 5th T20I, here we talk about India’s predicted playing XI in the match.

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WI vs IND: India’s Predicted Playing XI Against West Indies, 5th T20I

Rohit Sharma (C)

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma. (Photo: Twitter)

Rohit Sharma is the skipper of India in WI vs IND T20I series and will lead the team in the 5th T20I as well. The right-handed batsman played a good knock of 64 runs in one game. He has scored 75 runs so far at an average of 37.50. Sharma will be one of the openers for the team.

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Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav (Image Credits: Twitter)
Suryakumar Yadav (Image Credits: Twitter)

Suryakumar Yadav might be another opener for the team in WI vs IND 5th T20I. The right-handed batsman has scored 111 runs so far at an average of 37.50. He played a match-winning knock of 76 runs in the 3rd T20I for which he also won the player of the match award.

Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer might be the one-down batter for the team in WI vs IND 4th T20I. The right-handed batter has scored 34 runs so far. He played a knock of 24 runs in one game but has not managed to smash a big knock in the series so far. He will look to come up with a big knock in the next match.

Rishabh Pant (WK)

Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant. (Photo: Twitter)

Rishabh Pant might be a middle-order batsman and wicketkeeper for the team in the next match. The left-handed batsman scored unbeaten 33 runs in the 3rd T20I. Pant has scored 71 runs so far at an average of 35.50. He will be a crucial batter in the middle-order for India.

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Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya. Image: Twitter
Hardik Pandya. Image: Twitter

Hardik Pandya might be an all-rounder and middle-order batsman for India in the next match. The right-handed batsman has scored 36 runs in 3 games with a top knock of 31 in one game. He has also picked 2 wickets for the team so far at an average of 30.0 and an economy of 5.30.

Deepak Hooda

Deepak Hooda
Deepak Hooda. Image: Twitter

Deepak Hooda might be another all-rounder for the team in WI vs IND 5th T20I. The right-handed batsman has only played 1 game in which he scored unbeaten 10 runs. He also picked 1 wicket in that match. He might get an opportunity in the next game as well ahead of Ravindra Jadeja.

Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik (Image Credits: Twitter)
Dinesh Karthik (Image Credits: Twitter)

Dinesh Karthik might be a lower-order batsman for the team in WI vs IND 5th T20I. The right-handed batsman played a match-winning knock of 41 runs in the 1st T20I. He also won the man of the match award for that knock. He has scored 48 runs in 2 innings so far.

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Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin. Image: Twitter

Ravichandran Ashwin might be the spinner for the team in WI vs IND 5th T20I, The right-arm spinner has done a decent job so far in the series. Ashwin has picked 3 wickets in 3 games at an average of 26.66. He holds an economy of 6.66.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Image Credits: Twitter)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Image Credits: Twitter)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar might be one of the pacers for the team in the next game. The right-arm pacer has picked 3 wickets in 3 games so far. He holds an average of 19.33. He also owns a good economy of just 6.91 in the series so far.

Harshal Patel

Harshal Patel
Harshal Patel Pic Credit- BCCI

Avesh Khan might be replaced by Harshal Patel in the next match. Avesh Khan has failed to get wickets and also emerging very expensive for the team. Harshal Patel might get an opportunity in the final game. Patel is an emerging bowler in T20I who has picked 23 wickets in 17 T20Is so far.

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Arshdeep Singh

Arshdeep Singh (Image Credits: Twitter)
Arshdeep Singh (Image Credits: Twitter)

Arshdeep Singh might be another pacer for the team in WI vs IND 5th T20I clash. The left-arm pacer has done a decent job so far in the series. Singh has scalped 4 wickets in 3 games so far at an average of 20.75. He holds a good economy of just 6.91.

 

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