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In another blow to the Indian fans watching the limited overs series in West Indies, the Cricket West Indies (CWI) board have changed the time for the third T20I match, from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm, in order to give the players proper rest ahead of their third outing against each other.
"Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed a revised start time of 12pm (11 am Jamaica/9:30 pm India) for the third match between West Indies and India in the Goldmedal T20I Cup, powered by Kent Water Purifiers to be played at Warner Park in St Kitts on Tuesday 2nd August," the official statement on the CWI website said.
"Following the delayed start on Monday, the teams have agreed to start the third Goldmedal T20 Cup match at a later time to ensure that the players receive adequate rest and recovery time for the back-to-back matches in St Kitts and in consideration of the back-to-back matches to come in Florida."
On Monday, the match between the two teams was delayed for a bizarre reason — the team luggage has not arrived. Earlier, Cricket West Indies (CWI) delayed the game by two hours but it was later extended by an hour. Both the teams did not arrive at the stadium until 10 PM IST.
“Due to circumstances beyond CWI’s control, there have been significant delays in crucial team luggage arriving into St Kitts from Trinidad. As a result, today’s match 2nd Goldmedal T20 Cup match is due to start at 12:30 pm (11:30 am Jamaica/10 pm India). CWI regrets any inconvenience caused to our valued fans, sponsors, broadcast partners and all other stakeholders,” CWI had said in a statement released on Twitter.
India are currently leading the five-T20I series. Rohit Sharma-led India won the first T20I convincingly by 68 runs. If India win the second T20I, they will surpass Pakistan on the list of most T20I wins against the Caribbean side.
India
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Axar Patel, Deepak Hooda, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson
West Indies
Kyle Mayers, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Hayden Walsh, Devon Thomas, Brandon King, Romario Shepherd, Dominic Drakes
