OVER 11.5: Ravindra Jadeja strikes after the first maiden, Marlon Samuels goes into the shot early and spoons a catch to Virat Kohli in the covers
OVER 8.2: Khaleel Ahmed introduced in the attack and Marlon Samuels hits him straight over the top for the first six of the match
OVER 1.4: Second wicket comes in the second over, Shai Hope edges a Jasprit Bumrah delivery onto his stumps
OVER 0.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar gives India the first breakthrough, Kieran Powell goes for the drive but edges it and MS Dhoni dives to his left to take the catch
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TEAM NEWS: India field an unchanged XI, while West Indies bring in Devendra Bishoo and Oshane Thomas in place of Ashley Nurse and Hemraj Chandrapaul, respectively.
PLAYING XIs
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
West Indies: Kieran Powell, Shai Hope (wk), Marlon Samuels, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder (c), Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul, Devendra Bishoo, Oshane Thomas, Kemar Roach
TOSS NEWS: West Indies win the first toss of the series and Jason Holder says they will bat first.
12:40 pm All in all, a lot to look forward to as we build-up to the toss that is 25 minutes away.
12:39 pm The other notable heads-up for the match is that MS Dhoni, who has been under scrutiny for his struggles with the bat, needs just one more run to complete 10,000 runs for India in ODIs.
As far as the venue is concerned, the last time Thiruvananthapuram hosted an ODI was 30 years ago in 1988. Incidentally, it was against the West Indies as well.
12:39 pm India lead 2-1, with one match ending in a tie, which means the hosts can't lose the series. But a drawn series, in case West Indies win today, will be an upset for the fancied Virat Kohli & Co.
West Indies haven't beaten India in an ODI series since 2006. In fact, the Windies haven't won two matches in a series against India after 2011. That's how much is riding on this game for the visitors.
12:38 pm Good evening and welcome to TimesofIndia.çom's coverage of West Indies' tour of India that has reached the last destination of the ODI leg, with the fifth and final match of the series in Thiruvananthapuram.
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