West Indies vs India, 5th T20I Weather Forecast: Bright Lauderhill to host teams for final match
India Today
Rohit Sharma-led India secured the T20I leg 3-1 in the fourth match against West Indies. India will aim to finish off their tour of West Indies on a high in the 5th and final match on Sunday.
India will take on West Indies in the fifth and final T20I match at Lauderhill, Florida on Sunday (August 7). Having won the series 3-1, India would be aiming to finish off their tour of West Indies on a high. The match begins at 8 pm IST.
The Rohit Sharma-led side comfortably sealed the series with a 59-run victory in the fourth game at the same venue. The Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground had a delayed start on Saturday due to bad weather and on-and-off rain, but come Sunday things look bright. There will be 66 percent of humidity with 70 percent of cloud cover. As the match will progress, humidity will vary but cloud cover is expected to remain the same.
India had a decent start with Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav at the top. After their dismissals, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson and Axar Patel hammered the West Indies bowlers, especially Obed McCoy who returned with the figures of 2/66. The quickfire knocks by the trio helped India post 191 for the loss of five wickets. West Indies had no reply to the imposing target as they kept on losing wickets in quick succession. West Indies folded for 132, with Arshdeep Singh taking 3/12, Avesh Khan 2/17, Ravi Bishnoi 2/27 and Axar Patel 2/48.
SQUADS (FROM):
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
West Indies: Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Devon Thomas (wk), Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Dominic Drakes, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Shamarh Brooks, Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh.
