After a spot of seven months, Ruturaj Gaikwad bought a chance to don the blue Indian jersey in what was his first worldwide recreation on residence soil. In the third and the ultimate T20I towards West Indies, he discovered a spot within the enjoying XI and walked out to open with Ishan Kishan. But as soon as once more, the dynamic batter from Maharashtra failed to go away an impression as he was dismissed early.
Despite having an honest begin to his innings, he fell prey to an outswing whereas making an attempt to play a giant shot. In the third over of the Indian innings, Jason Holder bowled a size supply whereas Gaikwad shuffled throughout to play it down the leg facet. The ball took a forefront and went straight to Kyle Mayers on the third man. (IND vs WI, 3rd ODI Live Coverage)
Though it regarded like a sitter, Mayers picked it up after two makes an attempt as he juggled the ball earlier than grabbing it neatly. West Indies had an early breakthrough as Gaikwad walked again after scoring simply 4 off 8 deliveries.
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Earlier, West Indies have received the toss and invited the hosts to bat. Team India made 4 modifications to the enjoying XI. Avesh Khan made his worldwide whereas Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer got here in to exchange Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant, who have been launched from the bubble on Saturday. Wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has been rested and Shardul Thakur got here in his place.
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“We have some guys missing. We have four changes: Virat, Bhuvi. Pant and Chahal miss out. Avesh Khan makes his debut. Ruturaj and Ishan will open the batting. There is a lot of cricket ahead of us and the challenge for the World Cup would be to make sure we are mentally and physically fresh. We have an eye on that but at the moment everything looks fine and we are just taking it one game at a time,” stated Rohit after dropping the toss.
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