India will square off against the West Indies in the first T20I at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Tuesday. India recently won the Gold medal at the Asian Games after beating Pakistan and this win would have given them a lot of confidence.
West Indies, on the other hand, have been a powerhouse in T20Is and they would look to challenge the potent Indian team. However, India will be without the services of Jasprit Bumrah and the tourists would look to cash in.
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Indian opener Abhishek Sharma needs 74 runs to complete 2000 T20I runs.
Kuldeep Yadav needs five wickets to complete 100 scalps in T20Is.
Indian opener Sanju Samson needs six sixes to complete 100 maximums in the T20I format.
West Indies captain Shai Hope needs eight sixes to reach 100 maximums in T20I format.
Sherfane Rutherford needs 98 runs to complete 1000 runs in T20Is.
Rovman Powell needs eight fours to complete 150 boundaries in the T20I version of the game.Romario Shepherd needs 91 runs to complete 1000 runs in T20Is.
Gudakesh Motie needs one wicket to complete 50 scalps in T20Is.
Akeal Hosein, who will play his 100th T20I game for the West Indies, needs six wickets to complete 100 wickets in the format.
Head to Head: Matches: 31, Won by India: 20, Won by West Indies: 10, No result: 1.
India’s T20I squad: Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir
West Indies T20I squad: Shai Hope (C & WK), Jewel Andrew, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Keemo Paul, Kamil Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Springer
