1st ODI : India vs West Indies at Providence, August 8

hope the Guyana fans are supporting West Indies lol

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1933...ndies-2019

For West Indies, Jason Holder's return should calm things down after self-destruction started to trend during the T20Is.
The stage also seems set for Chris Gayle to say goodbye at home, after the opener decided he wasn't quite done
with ODIs at the end of West Indies' World Cup campaign. A few other changes from the squad that finished 9th
in the World Cup were inevitable, as the likes of John Campbell, Roston Chase and Keemo Paul
- who all played in the Ireland tri-nation - return to the fold.

9.55am : "Match officials/umpires are out on the field assessing the conditions, the music is on,
the stands are filling up steadily. Most of the covers are off "

Aishwarya Kumar ✔ @kumaraishwarya
WI is hilarious.
One minute it’s bright and beautiful
and the next minute it feels like the rain is going to wash the city away :ohmy:

10.30am "Well, the sun is out again now. The covers are still on. The rain has stopped,"
Providence rain continues to play hide and seek

10.50am Okay, the toss will take place in 10 minutes, and the start at 11.30am.
It will be a 43-overs per-side game

Meanwhile Anushka enjoying Indo-Guyanese cuisine
at my high school roti shop : SHANTA's
Virat should look behind him at the sign re : Loiter ! lol
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India have won the toss and decided to bowl first.

"Team batting second will have a better idea given the weather,"
Kohli says after burping his dhall puri

1 Chris Gayle, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Shai Hope (wk), 4 Shimron Hetmyer, 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Roston Chase,
7 Jason Holder (capt), 8 Fabian Allen, 9 Carlos Brathwaite, 10 Kemar Roach, 11 Sheldon Cottrell

Holder says : "But a fresh series, a fresh start. We need some partnerships at the start.
We have left out Keemo Paul, John Campbell and Oshane Thomas."

I would have played Campbell in front of out of form Evin ~

"Trying to accommodate Brathwaite and Holder in the same team means that you are either going
to be a specialist batsman or a specialist bowler short.
In this case, WI are a specialist bowler short. "

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has got the new ball. Two slips in place.