NEW DELHI: West Indies captain Rovman Powell won the toss and opted to bat against India in the third game of the five-match T20I series at Providence Stadium in Guyana on Tuesday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has been handed his T20I cap, will make his India debut in the format, replacing wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan, while Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav comes in place of leggie Ravi Bishnoi.
Jaiswal amassed an impressive 266 runs in the two Tests at an average of 88.66, including one century and one fifty against the West Indies.
The extremely talented youngster was also the fifth-highest run-getter of IPL 2023 and finished with 625 runs in 14 matches at an average of 48.08, with one century, and five fifties.
Roston Chase replaced Jason Holder, who will miss the game due to a niggle, in Windies playing XI.
"Don't mind chasing. Obviously I would've preferred to bat looking at the surface. Might get slower. It is what it is. Pooran has been batting very well. Would like to keep things simple to him, rather than trying a lot of things. Two changes, Yashasvi makes his debut, Kuldeep comes in for Bishnoi. Ishan misses out," India skipper Hardik Pandya said at the toss.
"We'll bat first. Looks a little slow wicket. Holder in the last game picked up a niggle to his knee. He misses out, Chase comes in. Guys are excited, we are on the doorstep of history. They have such quality players, have to keep them on their toes. If you become predictable, they will destroy you," Windies skipper Powell said after winning the toss.
India: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar.
