IND vs WI T20: Top player out from team, strongest playing XI

India takes on the West Indies in the first of the five-match T20I series in Tarouba, Trinidad on July 27. The Men in Blue won the ODI series against the West Indies 3-0 and will head into this series as the number one ranked T20I side. The best thing was that India was able to achieve this feat even with a String B side led by Shikhar Dhawan. IND vs WI T20: Top player out from team, strongest playing XI.

Now, the upcoming T20 series brings a fresh challenge to the Indian team. Unlike the recent encounters for Team India, this series will have 5 matches instead of the normal 3 matches. While 3 matches will be played in the West Indies, the last two matches shall be played in the US to boost the game in the country. The squad for Team India will also see a revamp. Most of the players that played the ODI series aren’t available for the T20 series.

These include the likes of Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna, who aren’t available for the T20 series vs West Indies. For the T20 series, Rohit Sharma will be back as captain. So, with new players being added and KL Rahul unavailable due to Covid, Let’s find out in the article. Before that, let’s quickly skim through our official squad for the T20 series.

IND vs WI T20 Series Squad Players List for Team India:

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, & Suryakumar Yadav

Wks: Dinesh Karthik, Ishan Kishan & Rishabh Pant

All-rounders: Axar Patel, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya & Ravindra Jadeja

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin & Ravi Bishnoi

Coach: Rahul Dravid // Captain: Rohit Sharma

The biggest question for Team India would be the choice of the second opener alongside Rohit Sharma. The Top player out from t20 against West Indies. Team India opener absence of KL Rahul leaves India with two options. One we have the primary backup opener Ishan Kishan. Whereas second, we have the make-shift experimental opener, Rishabh Pant. Both have a strong case, but the choice of opener should most-likely be Rishabh Pant.

Pant was selected ahead of Kishan as the opener in the England T20 series. Having played two T2I0s, Pant did a decent job. So, with the same strategy, India would like to continue playing Pant as the opener alongside Rohit Sharma.  The other way how both Ishan Kishan and Rishabh Pant can play together is by leaving out Shreyas Iyer. That way Kishan will open with Rohit, SKY will play at 3, Rishabh Pant at 4, and so on. However, this move looks unlikely given that it changes the batting order to some extent.

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