India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I: Dream 11, predicted XI, expected line-up, captain and vice-captain choice

New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: The second T20I between India and West Indies is scheduled to take place at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. India lead the series 1-0 after registering six wickets win the T20I opener and will look forward to seal the series by taking an unassailable lead in today's match. West Indies, on the other hand, will try to improve their bowling department as they failed to defend a total a 200+ total in the previous match. It is a do or die match for West Indies and they will like to avoid another series loss in the shortest version of the game, building to the T20 World next year. 

 

Temp and Conditions:

 

Temperatures of around 31-degree celcius will prevail in Thiruvananthapuram. The venue is yet to witness a complete T20I fixture so the average total is not predicted. It is expected to offer help for the bowlers as compared to the batsmen. 

 

India Team News: 

 

Even though the bowlers failed to impress, the batsmen ensured a good performance for the men in blue. The hosts are likely to bring necessary change in the bowling department. As a result, Kuldeep Yadav is likely to play above Washington Sundar in this match. 

 

Dream 11: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal.

 

Bench: Sanju Samson*, Mohammad Shami, Washington Sundar and Manish Pandey

 

Also Read: Ind vs WI 2nd T20I Preview | Men in Blue look to seal series against Windies with better bowling and fielding show

 

West Indies Team News:

 

Star batsman Nicholas Pooran has served his four-match ban for balling tampering and is likely to feature in the playing eleven. He might replace Lendl Simmons at the top of the order while Denesh Ramdin could be dropped. 

 

Dream 11: Nicholas Pooran, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard (c), Denesh Ramdin (wk), Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Hayden Walsh, Sheldon Cottrell 

 

Bench: Lendl Simmons, Sherfane Rutherford, Fabian Allen and Keemo Paul

 

Combined Dream 11: Nicholas Pooran (c), Evin Lewis, Virat Kohli, Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Kesrick Williams and Jason Holder.

 

Dream 11 captain: Nicholas Pooran, Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav, Evin Lewis

 

Dream 11 vice-captain: Shimron Hetmyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kieron Pollard, Khary Pierre