By IND vs WI: Can West Indies Defeat India? Check What Pooran Has To Say: West Indies, limited overs captain Nicholas Pooran, is hopeful that the hosts can challenge India in the upcoming home series. Let us tell you, a three-match ODI and five-match T20 International series will be played between West Indies and Team India from July 22.
West Indies’ recent performance in ODI cricket has been extremely disappointing, suffering an embarrassing 3-0 home series defeat against Bangladesh, while they lost 3-0 in ODIs against Pakistan and India earlier this year. Despite this disappointing performance, the West Indies captain is hopeful of a better performance from his team in the upcoming series against the Indian team.
WI vs IND: Nicholas Pooran praised the Indian team
Nicholas Pooran was quoted by The Times of India as saying: “India has millions of players who can play the role of match-winners. They have many match winners who can win matches with their batting and bowling performance. But we can challenge them in the upcoming series, which will show the cricket world the strength of West Indies. If we can do that, it will be wonderful for us.”
On West Indies’ recent form in ODI cricket, the skipper said: “We are trying to find out the right mindset for ODI cricket. As soon as we get the right mindset, the improvement in our performance will come automatically. We look forward to the upcoming series against India and aim to be competitive and play exciting cricket. We will try to do our best.”
Here’s a look at the West Indies ODI team –
Nicholas Pooran (captain), Shai Hope (vice-captain), Shamrah Brooks, Keesey Carty, Jason Holder, Akil Hossein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Meyers, Gudakesh Moti, Keemo Paul, Rovman Powell, Jaden Seals
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