Chennai: India will be aiming to complete a clean sweep when they take on West Indies in the third and final T20 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here tomorrow.
Having sealed the series with a comprehensive win in the second T20 at Lucknow, India would now look to give their bench strength an opportunity before the tour of Australia.
Ahead of the third T20, the selectors rested Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav and wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav with Siddarth Kaul being added to the squad.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed will be expected to lead the attack in tomorrow’s match.
The visitors, on the other hand have been at sixes and sevens in the T20s after posing an unexpected challenge to the Indians in the ODIs.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul.
West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite (Capt), Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Obede McCoy, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Sherfane Rutherford, Oshane Thomas.
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