India vs West Indies Match Preview- West Indies Tour of India 2022, 1st T20I

India vs West Indies Match Preview- West Indies Tour of India 2022, 1st T20I. India and West Indies will take on each other in a three-match T20I series. The India vs West Indies T20I series will observe 1st encounter on February 16 (Wednesday). The venue of the clash is Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.

India recently defeated West Indies in the ODI series 3-0 recently. India managed to outplay West Indies in all three games and bag a clean sweep. India won the 1st ODI by 6 wickets, 2nd ODI by 44 runs, and the 3rd ODI by 96 runs. India will be led by Rohit Sharma in India vs West Indies T20I series. Kieron Pollard is the skipper of the West Indies.

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India and West Indies have faced each other in 17 T20I so far in head-to-head encounters. India has won 10 matches while West Indies has won 6 matches. While playing in India, India has won 5 matches out of 7 while West Indies bagged victories in 2 games.

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At Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, India and West Indies have played just 1 T20I game so far which was won by India. In the last five T20I encounters, India has dominated West Indies. India has won 4 matches out of the last 5 T20I matches while West Indies has managed to win just 1 match.

India vs West Indies Match Preview- West Indies Tour of India 2022, 1st T20I

India

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India is led by Rohit Sharma in India vs West Indies T20I series. In the three-match India vs West Indies ODI series, Suryakumar Yadav was the top run-getter for India with 104 runs in 3 innings. However, Shreyas Iyer with 80 runs in 1 game also deserves a mention.

In bowling, Prasidh Krishna emerged as the player of the series for bagging 9 wickets in 3 games at an average of 7.56. He was followed by Mohammed Siraj and Yuzvendra Chahal, who picked 5 wickets each.

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India Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (WK), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Venkatesh Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel

West Indies

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West Indies will be led by Kieron Pollard in India vs West Indies T20I series. However, he was absent from the last two ODI matches and might miss the 1st T20I as well. In the India vs West Indies ODI series, Jason Holder scored the most runs for West Indies, hitting 65 runs in 3 games.

He was followed by Nicholas Pooran with 61 runs in 3 games and Odean Smith with 60 runs in 2 matches. In the bowling department, Alzarri Joseph picked most 6 wickets for the team in 3 matches. He was followed by Jason Holder with 5 wickets in 3 games and Odean Smith with 3 scalps in 2 games.

West Indies Squad: Kieron Pollard (C), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh, Rovman Powell, Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes.

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