After a clean sweep in the ODI series, now Team India will face the Caribbean team in the T20 series. The first match will play at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Trinidad. The Indian team is also a favorite for the series. If the team in blue wins all the five matches of the series, then it will make a new record. Rohit & Co will become the team to beat the Caribbean team for the most number of T20 matches at home.
At present, the English team has won the maximum number of T20Is in West Indies, 6 T20Is. Similarly, Pakistan’s team is at number two. They have also made 6 matches to their name. Team India has played 4 matches against West Indies on their home so far. The team in blue has faced 2 wins and 2 losses. Hence in which form the team is playing could become the number-1 by winning all the five matches.
Pitch Report
The Brian Lara Stadium has not hosted any international match yet. This will be the 1st international match here. It remains the low-scoring cricketing venue in the CPL tournament. The average 1st innings score here is 141. There is a prediction of some rain in the match too, hence toss winning team may choose to ball first here. The overcast condition always favors the pacers too.
Weather Forecast
Some rain is expected for the game today. But the good thing is it will not affect the match much. The temperature for the day will also remain moderate. It will help team India.
Temperature- 32/24
Wind- 16 km/h
Humidity- 64%
Chances of Rain- 20%
Head to Head
India is leading the head-to-head battle between the two teams. Both teams have played 20 T20 Internationals so far. In which, India won 13 while West Indies won 6. One match remained with no result.
Suryakumar Yadav Will look to score the runs
SKY has failed to score runs in the recent ODI series against West Indies. He will definitely look to score big runs in the first match and start the series on a good note. Surya had scored a brilliant century against England in the T20 series. He had also played some valuable knocks in the ODI series against England.