West Indies vs India 1st ODI: Match Details, Where to watch, Possible playing XIs, head-to-head record and fantasy team prediction

After a 1-0 win in the test series, the Indian team will take on the hosts West Indies in the first ODI at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown. Post their failure in the ICC World Cup qualifiers, West Indies will try their best to bring the glory days back in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, the Indian team will look to test them out as they prepare for their biggest goal, ICC World Cup 2023, coming in October/November. Stay tuned with us as we bring you all the detail of the West Indies vs India 1st ODI match in Barbados.

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Match Details | West Indies vs India

Date: 27th July 2023
Time: 7 pm IST
Venue: Bridgetown

How to watch the WI vs IND, 1st ODI in India?

The first ODI between West Indies and India will be LIVE streamed on Fancode. DD Sports will be telecasting the match on Indian television.

West Indies vs India | Head-to-head in ODIs

Both India and West Indies have faced each other 139 times in One-day cricket. India have won 70 of them while West Indies have won 63 times. Two times the match ended in a tie and four times there were no results due to rain.

West Indies vs India, 1st ODI | Team News

Team News | West Indies

With no bigger goal in ODI cricket to look forward to in the recent future, it will be interesting to see how the West Indies team management takes this series against India. The 2027 World Cup qualifiers are far away from now and they are not in the 2023 ODI World Cup as well. Hence as they try to bring back their glory days, the Carreibean team must ensure their plans before that.

The biggest positive for the West Indies team will be that Hetmyer and Oshane Thomas will be back for them in Maroons while they will miss Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran and Keemo Paul. In that case, a fairly new looked Carrebean team will be out there against India in the first ODI. A look into the future? Only the future will tell us.

Team News | India

Mohammed Siraj has been rested for the entire WI vs IND series. The pacer have flown back to India along with other players like Ajinkyya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin.

India's biggest test will be sending the best-possible combination on the field. In recent times, Indian team management have been criticised for their team selection in crunch times. As the rehearsal for the ICC World Cup 2023 starts, players like Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav and others will be under the scanner this time.

With everyone fit and available for the selection, it will be interesting to see India's bowling lineup in the match. Newcomer Mukesh Kumar along with Jaydev Unadkat and Umran Malik will be fighting for the two pace bowling options. Post that, Rohit Sharma will have to choose between Axar Patel or Shardul Thakur to be their third all-rounder along with Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja. Not to mention the fight for the keeper's spot between Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan as well.

Possible Playing XIs | West Indies vs India, 1st ODI

West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope (capt & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Kevin Sinclair, Alzarri Joseph, Oshane Thomas, Jayden Seales

India:  Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Umran Malik

West Indies vs India | Stats to watch out

• India have won their last eight One Day International (ODI) matches against West Indies. Their most recent loss was in Chennai in December 2019.
• Jadeja needs nine wickets to join the group of seven Indian bowlers who have taken 200 wickets in ODIs. If he achieves this, he will be the first Indian player since Kapil Dev (who scored 3783 runs and took 253 wickets) to reach the milestone of scoring 2000 runs and taking 200 wickets in ODIs.
• West Indies captain Shai Hope needs just 171 more runs to reach the 5000-run milestone in One Day Internationals (ODIs), making him the 11th West Indies player to achieve this feat.

West vs India | Fantasy team prediction

Shai Hope (wk), Virat Kohli( C), Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shimron Hetmyer, Bradon Kig, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav