KOLKATA, India —
India won the toss and elected to bowl against the West Indies, who
were to be led by fit-again Kieron Pollard in the first of the three Twenty20
internationals on Wednesday.
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The hosts, who
swept the one-day series 3–0, handed an international debut to leg spinner Ravi
Bishnoi.
Skipper Rohit
Sharma said the team will have the upcoming
T20 World Cup in mind while playing
the short-format encounter.
“One eye has to be
on Australia, we got to keep ticking the boxes,” Rohit said at the toss.
“We’ve played
really well as a team, just those little moments of the game we’ve got to
seize. Good opportunity against West Indies, a quality side and they’ll
challenge us.”
Ishan Kishan, who
was the costliest player to be sold in the recent IPL auction after he went for
$2 million to Mumbai Indians, was to open the batting with Rohit.
Pollard returned
to the West Indies side after he missed the final two one-day matches due to a
knee injury.
Star all-rounder
Jason Holder missed out after getting hit in a training session and
Roston Chase made the team.
“We have to bat
and we have to bat well,” said Pollard, whose side failed to cross 200 in the
three 50-over matches.
“Our analyst said
194 is the par score, so we have to bat and bat well,” he added, laughing.
“Let’s see how
well we can capitalize in the first six overs and then at the back-end, which
has been a strength for us.”
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