India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I – Cricket Match Prediction, Fantasy XI Tips & Probable XI

India vs West Indies 3rd T20I Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Injury Update: West Indies will take on a dominating Indian side in the 3rd T20I at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Team India have already clinched the series and are 2-0 up. 

IND v WI: Match Details

• Date – Friday, February 20, 2022
• Time – 7:00 PM IST
• Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

IND v WI Match Preview:

Contrary to the 1st T20I, the second match at Eden Gardens saw Virat Kohli scoring a fifty with his variety of shots and taking on the bowlers head-on in the powerplay. Rishabh Pant also smacked an unbeaten 52 at a strike rate of 185.71 to make his presence felt. Ishan Kishan continued with the rough patch with his form and was dismissed for 2 runs off 10 balls. 

While defending 187, Indian bowlers couldn't manage to pick many wickets but Bhuvneshwar Kumar along with the spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravi Bishnoi controlled the flow of runs and help stop the Windies before the target. 

Windies batters Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell almost crossed the winning line for their team with 62(41) and 68*(36) respectively but in the end Powell failed to close the match with a tight over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the death overs. 

Roston Chase was once again the highlight of the Windies bowling attack with his right arm off-break as he bagged the important wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. Jason Holder came back after an injury and was pretty expensive in his wicketless spell of 4 overs, giving away 45 runs. 

IND v WI Cricket Match Prediction:

India managed to win the 2nd T20I in the last over-thriller after a comfortable win in the 1st T20I and would be favourites to clean sweep the demoralized West Indies. 

IND v WI Head-to-Head:

• Total – 19
• India – 12
• West Indies – 6
• No Result – 1

IND v WI Team News: 

No updates of an injury from either side at the moment. However, reports state that Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli are likely to be rested for the 3rd T20I; and so Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer can make their way in. 

IND v WI Probable Playing XI:

• India - Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli/Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk)/Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal
• West Indies - Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard (c), Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Jason Holder, Sheldon Cottrell

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IND v WI Fantasy XI:

• Wicket-keepers - Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant
• Batters - Rovman Powell, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (VC)
• All-rounders - Roston Chase (C), Venkatesh Iyer
• Bowlers - Yuzvendra Chahal, Sheldon Cottrell, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar