India vs West Indies 3rd ODI: Big changes, Virat Kohli playing or Not

Team India will look to bounce back from their loss in the second ODI on Saturday and seal a series win over hosts West Indies in the third and final ODI match at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad, on Tuesday. India vs West Indies 3rd ODI: Big changes, Virat Kohli playing or Not.

Virat Kohli did not have much to do in India’s three-match ODI series against the West Indies. In the first ODI, which India won by five wickets, Kohli didn’t bat despite being in the playing eleven. In the second match at Kensington Oval, which India lost by six wickets, Kohli was rested along with regular skipper Rohit Sharma.

The batting order was changed again as middle-order aspirants like Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav, were tried out in the run-up to the 2023 ODI World Cup. After the loss in the second one-day international, Team India coach Rahul Dravid revealed the reason for Kohli and Rohit’s omission.

“I think we will always look at the bigger picture. To be very honest with you, at this stage in the cycle with the Asia Cup and World Cup coming up, and the injuries we have, we have to look at the big picture. We have to look at things like that. We can’t get worried about every single game and every single series. If we do that, I think that will be a mistake,” he had said at the post-match press conference.

On Monday, social media was abuzz with speculation over Kohli’s availability for the ODI series decider to be held at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba on Tuesday when he wasn’t spotted in a video of the travelling team contingent to Trinidad. Social media was buzzing all through the day with claims that Kohli will not only miss the third ODI but also that he will return home before the end of the ODI series.

IND vs WI: Probable XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar

West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Alick Athanaze, Shai Hope (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Keacy Carty, Romario Shepherd, Yannic Cariah, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Jayden Seales.

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