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Raina asks Windies to bat first in 3rd ODI

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India won the toss and elected to bowl first in the Third ODI at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound in Antigua. This will be the third time in three matches that West Indies will be batting first. The pitch here at North Sound is expected to have better pace and bounce than Port of Spain. It may not be that spinner friendly and its the seamers who could do some damage considering the early morning start. The conditions are slightly cloudy at North Sound.

There is huge pressure on West Indies as if they go onto lose this match then they also lose the series! India have retained the same XI that played the first two ODIs. West Indies have made three changes with Danza Hyatt (making his ODI Debut), Andre Russell and Kemar Roach replacing Dwaye Bravo, Anthony Martin and Ravi Rampaul.

West Indies : Lendl Simmons, Kirk Edwards, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Danza Hyatt, Kieron Pollard, Carlton Baugh (WK), Darren Sammy (C), Devendra Bishoo, Andre Russell and Kemar Roach

India : Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel (WK), Suresh Raina (C), Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel