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Published: Oct 9, 2026, 1:19 PM (9 mins ago)
Toss West Indies choose to bowl vs India
Shai Hope did what has seemed improbable - win a toss against Shreyas Iyer - and decided to do what you do in India: chase in a night game. India confirmed they would have chased themselves had they had the opportunity. A lot of dew was anticipated in the higher altitude of Ranchi.
India resisted the temptation of including Prince Yadav in place of Mayank Yadav, who didn't have a great game in Lucknow. West Indies did make one change, though, adding the left-arm spin of Gudakesh Motie at the expense of Matthew Forde.
India, who are currently on a ten-match winning streak in T20Is, last lost a series at home in 2019. They currently lead the five-match T20I series 1-0.
India 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt.), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Naman Dhir, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mayank Yadav, 11 Arshdeep Singh.
West Indies 1 Shai Hope (capt. & wk), 2 Kamil Pooran, 3 Shimron Hetmyer, 4 Rovman Powell, 5 Sherfane Rutherford, 6 Romario Shepherd, 7 Roston Chase, 8 Shamar Springer, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Shamar Joseph, 11 Gudakesh Motie.