India Playing XI vs WI: Hooda makes debut, Ishan Kishan to open

India Playing XI vs WI – IND vs WI LIVE: Deepak Hooda has made his debut against West Indies. Meanwhile, Ishan Kishan will open the innings in 1000th ODI as Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad are suffering from COVID and KL Rahul is unavailable. Follow INDIA vs West Indies LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN

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India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

Deepak Hooda has been handed the cap, he’ll be making his ODI debut for India.
Deepak Chahar has been left out despite special all-around innings in his last appearance against SA.
Yuzvendra Chahal & Washington Sundar are among spinners with Kuldeep Yadav failing to make cuts.
Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna and Mohd Siraj are the three pacers.
SuryaKumar Yadav has replaced Shreyas Iyer in the middle-order.
India won the toss and opted to field

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India Playing XI vs WI: Deepak Hooda makes debut, Ishan Kishan to open- Follow IND vs WI LIVE Updates

Congratulations to @HoodaOnFire who is all set to make his debut for #TeamIndia. #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/849paxXNgM

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 6, 2022

IND vs WI LIVE – Rohit Sharma’s Opening Partner, Ishan Kishan to open in 1st ODI. Rohit adressing media in his 1st Press Conference as India’s Full time Captain confirmed Ishan Kishan as his opening partner.

“Mayank Agarwal is still in isolation. Ishan Kishan will open in 1st ODI with me”, confirmed Rohit Sharma.

Mayank Agarwal: The Karnataka star is in 3 day Quarantine which ends only on Sunday morning i.e the match day so could not be included in XI.

India Playing XI vs WI: Deepak Hooda makes debut, Ishan Kishan to open- Follow IND vs WI LIVE Updates

Deepak Hooda Set for Debut: With Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel not part of the team or not available – Deepak Hooda is set to make his DEBUT for India.

Hooda has been part of the Indian squad on two previous occasions but has never made his debut. Sunday is likely to be his BIG-DAY. An IPL veteran, Hooda’s ability to chip in with overs will be an asset with India having a dearth of part-time bowling options in the set-up.

Virat Kohli to play under Rohit: The big highlight of the 1st ODI would be Kohli in XI purely as a batsman. With captaincy burden gone, fans will expect fireworks from Kohli.

Kohli hasn’t scored a century since the West Indies toured India back in 2019 and the 33-year-old will be itching together record straight.

Indian Bowling Line UP Mohammed Siraj will lead the Indian bowling attack with Prasidh Krishna likely to be his bowling partner.

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