West Indies vs India, WI vs IND, Today Match Prediction 07 August 2022

win vs ind Match Prediction & Analysis

India won the fourth T20I match comfortably by 59 runs and sealed the series 3-1. India might look to continue their experimentation with trying different players in the playing XI and finding the best balance and depth in the squad. West Indies did not have a good time in the series and will be looking to finish with a victory.  This might be a dead rubber but with teams will be looking to build their team with their bigger picture of World Cup this match holds a lot of context. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

West Indies Preview

West Indies tried to take a leaf out of the India's leaf playing aggressive  brand of cricket with the bat. Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell top scored with 24 runs and looked to be in great touch while their stay. Brandon King suffered a injury in the last game and Shamarh Brooks might replace him in the playing XI. 

Akeal Hossein and Alzarri Joseph were superb with the ball claiming 3 wickets between them and gave runs at just 7 RPO. Holder and Drakes did not take wickets but gave just 65 runs in their combined 8 overs. Obed McCoy had an off day as he went for 66 runs in his 4 overs. 

Key Players: Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hossein, Jason Holder

West Indies Predicted Playing XI:

Brandon king, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas pooran, Devon Thomas, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hossein, Dominic Drakes, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy

West Indies Actual Playing XI:

Obed McCoy, Devon Thomas, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Shamarh Brooks, Dominic Drakes, Hayden Walsh, Rovman Powell, Keemo Paul, Jason Holder, Odean Smith

India Preview

Indian openers Rohit Sharma (33 runs) and SKY (24 runs) set the tone of the match. Rishabh Pant continued the good work in the middle overs and scored 44 runs to keep the scorecard moving. Sanju Samson (30 runs) and Axar Patel (20 runs) gave a superb finish to the innings as they took the total to 191 runs. 

Avesh Khan was superb with the ball in the last game and had figures of 4-0-17-2. Axar Patel went for few runs but picked up 2 important wickets. Ravi Bishnoi took 3 wickets in the match bowling effectively in the middle overs. 

Key players: Rohit Sharma, Avesh Khan, SUrya kumar Yadav

India Predicted Playing XI:

Rohit Sharma, Surya kumar yadav, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Dinesh Karthik, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar

India Actual Playing XI:

Ravi Bishnoi, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Avesh Khan, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Lauderhill is expected to have a cool and breezy climate with no weaher interuptions expected in the match. 

Venue Details

The pitch is slightly slower and the batting becomes difficult as the match progresses especially with spinners operating. We expect the scores to be around 160-170 runs in this match. 

Toss: To Bat

Teams always prefer chasing nowadays but with the slow nature of the track both captains might opt to bat first.