West Indies v India, 3rd ODI, St Lucia- Ishant, Nayar in as India field
Friday, July 3, 2009
Toss India chose to bowl v West Indies
On a humid day, on a damp pitch with moisture lurking under the surface, Mahendra Singh Dhoni won his third toss of the series and chose to bowl. With rain in the air, it was the obvious choice. West Indies have gone in with an unchanged side while India have made two changes - Ishant Sharma in for Praveen Kumar and Abhishek Nayar replacing Ravindra Jadeja.
India's batting line-up hasn't clicked for some time now and they have tended to depend heavily on Yuvraj Singh, who pulled them out of trouble in the first ODI. His early exit in the second ODI saw India fold up cheaply. The top-order was troubled by the short-pitched stuff in the first game and undone by swing bowling in the second. There was some talk prior to the game that India might draft in M Vijay to bolster their batting but they have only tinkered with the bowling options.
West Indies were expected to struggle in their bowling department due to the absence of Fidel Edwards but Ravi Rampaul rose to the occasion. Jerome Taylor has bowled fast and straight and has been the pick of the bowlers. The batsmen were not rattled by the big score in the first game and comfortably chased down the below-par target in the second. They will be batting first for the first time in the series and it has to be seen how they deal with the pressure of setting up a target.
West Indies: Chris Gayle (capt), Runako Morton, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Dinesh Ramdin, Jerome Taylor, David Bernard, Sulaimenn Benn, Ravi Rampaul
India: Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, Aashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma
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