WI vs IND: Hardik Pandya elects to bat as West Indies make a couple of key changes for series decider in Florida

India captain Hardik Pandya won the all-important toss and elected to bat first in the 5th and final T20I against West Indies at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida.

SportsTak

• Sun • 13 Aug 2023

India captain Hardik Pandya won the all-important toss and elected to bat first in the 5th and final T20I against West Indies at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida. The Men in Blue went in with the same XI that featured in the fourth T20I. Meanwhile, the Men in Maroon made two changes to the playing XI that featured in the previous match. Roston Chase and Alzarri Joseph were included in the XI in place of Odean Smith and Obed McCoy.

India playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sanju Samson(w), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar

West Indies playing XI: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph

West Indies won the opening two matches of the series while India made a resounding comeback, winning the next two matches to tie the series at 2-2. The 5th T20I is going to be a do-or-die game for both nations as the winner will claim the series and the trophy.

Squads

India: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravi Bishnoi, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan.

West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Rovman Powell (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Shai Hope, Roston Chase, Oshane Thomas, Odean Smith.