Pacer Prasidh Krishna replaced Avesh Khan in India’s playing 11 in the 3rd ODI vs West Indies on Wednesday. The two teams lock horns at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad. Shikhar Dhawan and co have already won the three-match affair 2-0. 

India captain Dhawan won the toss and elected to bat. 

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Khan made his ODI debut in the second game against Nicholas Pooran’s men. The fast bowler went for 54 runs in six overs. At the toss, Dhawan said that players need to be smart through and through. 

“We will bat first. We will like to post a good score. The best thing is everything is performing, nice to see that. That’s a big positive for us, happy with that. I feel that intent is important, but at the same time you need to be smart. Dravid is doing a good job, the more the players will play, the better they will get. We got one change. Prasidh comes in for Avesh Khan,” Indian skipper Shikhar Dhawan said at the toss. 

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West Indies made three changes. All-rounder Jason Holder, Keemo Paul and Keacy Carty are in the playing 11 for lzarri, Rovman and Shepherd.

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“The first two games, we were heartbroken. We are motivated today, we need to get over the line. We spoke about batting 50 overs, but we need to be more consistent. We will get to see the result eventually. Holder, Keemo and Carty are in. Alzarri, Rovman and Shepherd are out,” Pooran said at the toss. 

Teams:

West Indies (Playing XI): Shai Hope(w), Brandon King, Keacy Carty, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran(c), Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Akeal Hosein, Hayden Walsh, Jayden Seales

India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson(w), Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna