India beat South Africa by 26 runs in the tournament opening game. West Indies beat Pakistan by two wickets in a low scoring match in their previous game.
It may be intresting for many to know that India and West Indies have never played against each other in England in 30 years.
When India last played West Indies in an ODI in England, ODI cricket and West Indies were the kings. India upset West Indies that afternoon, became the new kings of ODI cricket, and paved the way for a whole new commercial explosion in the format, reports cricinfo.
Thirty years later, as they face off in England again, India are the world champions and the No. 1 ODI side, but the format itself is fighting for relevance, at least in popular discourse.
The likely opposing teams for the match are:
India squad
MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik†, V Kohli, B Kumar, A Mishra, IK Pathan, SK Raina, I Sharma, RG Sharma, M Vijay, R Vinay Kumar, UT Yadav
West Indies squad
DJ Bravo*, D Ramdin†, TL Best, DM Bravo, J Charles, CH Gayle, JO Holder, SP Narine, KA Pollard, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach, DJG Sammy, MN Samuels, RR Sarwan, DS Smith
Umpires Aleem Dar and AL Hill
Forecast at the Oval is very different to the previous games with cloud cover and 30% chance of rain, the conditions are going to be typical of early summer in England. if utilized well swinging although the use of the crappy Kookaburra ball does negate this a tad.
The match is scheduled on Tuesday, 11 June (09:30 GMT) | at Kennington Oval, London.
If you are one of the fans located at different destination and miss the chance to visit the stadium to watch your favorite team, You can now watch the match live on your laptop or desktop computer, FREE, provided you have an internet connection, from the links given below:
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