TEAM NEWS: India bring in Ravindra Jadeja and Kedar Jadhav for Yuzvendra Chahal and Rishabh Pant, respectively. West Indies make one change: Keemo Paul in for Obed McCoy.
PLAYING XIs
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West Indies: K Powell, C Hemraj, Shai Hope, S Hetmyer, Marlon Samuels, F Allen, R Powell, Jason Holder (c), Keemo Paul, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach
TOSS NEWS: India decide to bat first.
TOSS: The coin will go up in the air in about 15 minutes from now.
QUICK PREVIEW: A month before India's popular festival of Diwali, people spend their time, money and resources trying to beautify homes and repair anything that needs a makeover.
The Cricket Club of India, once home to cricket in India's bustling metropolis, too is decked up not just because it's Diwali time. Because it's ready to welcome international cricket back again at the Brabourne Stadium after a gap of nine years as West Indies and India contest the fourth ODI of the five-match series on Monday.
It's the first time that India will play a D/N ODI at the venue and against the same opponents who featured in the very first Test held here in 1948. West Indies also were involved in the last ODI staged here, the Champions Trophy final in November 2006 against Australia. Curiously, CCI is one of the few venues where the visitors have played more games (4) than the hosts (1).
The hosts would have been jolted after the Windies surprised them by 44 runs in Pune after the tie in Vizag. CCI though will bring back happy memories even though India last played a Test here in 2009 when they beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs. MS Dhoni, the captain then, is the only member of that clash still playing. He was also captain of the first-ever T20 International on Indian soil in 2007 when India beat Australia.
The CCI is a popular venue with the players as the club goes out of its way to be a great host. The wicket helps teams dish out entertaining cricket. Quintessential brown soil, an ever-present component in the pitches in western India, offers bounce to the pacers and turn to the spinners. The ball also comes on to the bat. Short, inviting boundaries also potentially mean plenty of runs.
The broadcasters have billed the series as battle of the sixes, considering the six-hitting prowess that both sets of batsmen possess. So far it has lived up to the billing with 52 sixes being struck in three games. One can expect a generous addition to that total on Monday too.
While one expected Windies to be more competitive in white-ball matches, India would not have bargained for what has happened. They have conceded 320-plus in two games and 283 in the third.
Barring Virat Kohli, the others have not contributed consistently. Opponents realise that if India's top three (Rohit, Shikhar, Virat) have a bad day collectively like in the Champions Trophy final, the rest of the batting can implode.
In Pune, it happened despite Kohli's ton.
But it's not just the batting that is worrisome. The seam bowling too needs attention. Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav were expensive and were benched in favour of the trusted Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah. While Bumrah justified his recall in Pune, Kumar missed his length too frequently in the final overs and was carted around by Ashley Nurse. Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer have negotiated the spinners expertly.
With 15 ODIs remaining before the World Cup, time and opportunities are in short supply for the support cast to step up.
The Windies too will be justified in asking for support to Jason Holder with the ball and Hope and Hetmyer with the bat. The trio has carried the team thus far.
Nurse chipped in with an allround show in Pune and Samuels was a surprise success with the ball. Will the others rise to the occasion to script a stunning upset?
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