India to take on WI in the first T20 match in Hyderabad today

Hyderabad:The first T20  match between India and West Indies will  be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal here on Friday.The Kieron Pollard-led West Indies cricket team, which arrived in Hyderabad on Monday held the practice session.

On the other hand, the Indian cricket team players had also reached the city in batches and did practice session.

Squads: 

India: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sanju Samson, Lokesh Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami and  Bhuvneshwar Kumar,

West Indies: Kieron Pollard (C), Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Khary Pierre, Nicholas Pooran, Denesh Ramdin (WK), Sherfane Rutherford, Lendl Simomns, Keserick Williams and Hayden Walsh Jr,

The Indian team is scheduled to play three T20Is against West Indies  and the second match will be held in Thiruvananthapuram (December 8) and  Mumbai on  (December 11).

The three ODIs will be played in Chennai (December 15), Visakhapatnam (December 18) and Cuttack (December 22).(UNI)