IND vs WI, 3rd T20I: West Indies opt to field as Avesh Khan makes debut

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and
opted to bowl first in the third T20I against India at the Eden Gardens in
Kolkata on Sunday. Fast bowler Avesh Khan made his debut for India, while the
West Indies four changes to their playing XI.

Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal have been rested for the match.

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India have already won the first two T20Is of the
three-match series. In the first T20I, India defeated West Indies by six wickets, while in the second T20I, India won by eight runs. 

Earlier, India won the ODI series 3-0 against the visitors.

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Rohit Sharma: Feels good to bat first given that we
did well in the last game. 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.

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Kieron Pollard: We are going to bowl first. Nothing
much has changed in these last two games, the ball comes onto the bat nicely.
We have four changes: Walsh, Fabian, Drakes and Hope come back in. When we look
at the two games that we lost, we have batted well but we faltered during our
fielding and bowling at the death. It is also an opportunity for the guys to
have a taste of the conditions and see what they can offer.

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Teams:

West Indies (Playing XI): Kyle Mayers, Shai Hope,
Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Roston
Chase, Romario Shepherd, Dominic Drakes, Fabian Allen, Hayden Walsh

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India (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan(w),
Rohit Sharma(c), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar,
Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan