India and West Indies will head into their fourth ODI match on Friday at 5:00 a.m. ET with one win apiece after the third match was washed out. Live stream the match by clicking this link.
The match will be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. After West Indies won the first ODI in Kochi pretty handily, India bounced back with a late win in Delhi. West Indies looked to be in control of the match until giving up their last eight wickets for 45 runs. Still, West Indies manager Richie Richardson chooses to focus on the positives from the last match to keep his team's confidence high.
"We were good for eighty overs and lost our way in the next 20," Richardson said, according to ESPNCricinfo. "We need to think about the positives rather than the negatives and continue the way we have been playing."
The West Indies batsmen will have to continue to produce in the absences of stars Chris Gayle and Lendl Simmons. Captain Denesh Ramdin will have to duplicate his first-match score of 61 at the top of the order. Jerome Taylor will also play a key role in Friday's match following his three-wicket performance in the last ODI.
Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra played key roles in India's win in Delhi and will have to play well again. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will also be important in keeping the West Indies batsmen in check.
Both teams hope to build momentum heading into the World Cup. India, in particular, still needs to decide on its best combination at the top of the order. The two remaining matches of this series will be their final home ODIs before the World Cup, so time is of the essence.
Starting Squads
India: MS Dhoni (capt. and wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Murali Vijay, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel.
West Indies: Dwayne Bravo (capt.), Dwayne Smith, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Jason Holder, Leon Johnson.
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