After the three-match ODI series, India will host the West Indies for five T20Is. Here’s the schedule, venues, and all you need to know.
The five T20Is will be played from October 6 to October 17 across five different venues, in Lucknow, Ranchi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. All the matches are scheduled to commence at 7pm IST (2:30pm UK time).
India will host the West Indies for a men’s bilateral T20I series for the first time since February 2022: they had won the series 3-0. India had also won the T20 World Cup Super Eights game at the Eden Gardens earlier this year.
IND vs WI T20Is: Full schedule, venues and timings
Fixture | Date | Venue | Local time |
1st T20I | October 6 | Lucknow | 7pm IST |
2nd T20I | October 9 | Ranchi | 7pm IST |
3rd T20I | October 11 | Indore | 7pm IST |
4th T20I | October 14 | Hyderabad | 7pm IST |
5th T20I | October 17 | Bengaluru | 7pm IST |
IND vs WI T20Is: Team news
India recently clinched the gold medal at the Asian Games. They will be bolstered by the services of the three Yadavs – Kuldeep, Mayank, and Prince, and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Jasprit Bumrah will sit out due to workload management.
The West Indies have included opener Kamil Pooran on the back of an impressive CPL stint, in which he amassed 273 runs from eight innings at 160. Shimron Hetmyer, who was not a part of the ODI squad, will join the team for the five T20Is. Howover, Jason Holder, a marquee player in the West Indies setup, will miss out on the T20I series as well, after being rested.
IND vs WI T20Is: Squads
India
Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav.
West Indies
Shai Hope (c & wk), Jewel Andrew, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Keemo Paul, Kamil Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Springer.
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