Windies opt to field in T20 match vs India
India's captain Virat Kohli scores a run during the T20 match between West Indies and India at the Sabina Park Cricket Ground in Kingston, Jamaica, on July 9, 2017. (Photo: AFP)
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July 8, 2017

Windies opt to field in T20 match vs India

KINGSTON, Jamaica — West Indies have won the toss and elected to field in their one-off Twenty20 firxture against India here at Sabina Park.

India has  made one change to their team that won the five-match One-Day International series 3-1 on Thursday, while the West Indies line-up has been given some heft by the likes of Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Kieron Pollard among others.

West Indies XI: C Gayle, E Lewis, C Walton (wk), M Samuels, K Pollard, R Powell, C Brathwaite (c), S Narine, S Badree, J Taylor, K Williams

India XI: S Dhawan, V Kohli (c), R Pant, D Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), K Jadhav, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, K Yadav, M Shami, B Kumar

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