Nov 27 2013: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first in the third ODI against West Indies in Kanpur today.
Indian Captain Dhoni said "We are looking to bowl first. It is an early morning start and there will be a bit of help for the seamers. It really helps when the game starts at 9:00 AM."
"It has been a good series, lot of positives from the last game as well. We have to adjust with the sun which is hitting directly. We are playing the same team as the last match"
West Indies Captain Bravo said "Yes, we would have liked to bowl as well. We will look to bat well and give our bowlers something to bowl at. It will be good to win the series as we will beat a team above us but we will take it step by step. We are going in with the same side."
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami
West Indies (Playing XI): Kieran Powell, Johnson Charles(w), Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo(c), Darren Sammy, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Veerasammy Permaul
Indian Captain Dhoni said "We are looking to bowl first. It is an early morning start and there will be a bit of help for the seamers. It really helps when the game starts at 9:00 AM."
"It has been a good series, lot of positives from the last game as well. We have to adjust with the sun which is hitting directly. We are playing the same team as the last match"
West Indies Captain Bravo said "Yes, we would have liked to bowl as well. We will look to bat well and give our bowlers something to bowl at. It will be good to win the series as we will beat a team above us but we will take it step by step. We are going in with the same side."
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami
West Indies (Playing XI): Kieran Powell, Johnson Charles(w), Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo(c), Darren Sammy, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Veerasammy Permaul
