WI 96/7 in 28 overs: Wily Chahal has the batters in a tangle. Just two singles from the over. Chahal gets one to turn sharply away from Allen after revving one in which stays straight. Allen almost plays onto his stumps, patting one on the leg side.

WI 94/7 in 27 overs: Thakur concedes a single off the last ball as Allen miscues a pull to short fine leg for a single. Thakur gives little room outside the off to keep him quiet.

WI 93/7 in 26 overs: Just four runs from Chahal’s fourth over. Holder seems to prefer the aerial route to counter Chahal’s turn and collects a couple off the first ball.

WI 89/7 in 25 overs: Prasidh to Holder, no run. He is into his fifth over. Second ball is driven to short cover but no run. Third ball is worked to leg for a single. Allen gets a single to deep cover. Single to Holder to end the over.

WI 86/7 in 24 overs: Chahal to Holder, no run. Holder defends the next ball before clobbering the third ball over long-on for the first six of the match. Two dots and a single to finish the over.

WI 79/7 in 23 overs: Prasidh continues. Appeal for caught behind; low catch for Pant. Soft signal is out. Hosein the man in question. OUT! Fabian Allen is the new man in. Dot to end.

WI 78/6 in 22 overs: Caught behind appeal but not given. Rohit reviews again. Brooks the man in question. OUT! THREE REDS! Rohit on a roll with his reviews; Chahal bags his third. Akeal Hosein is in. Dot to end.

WI 73/5 in 21 overs: Krishna continues. Wide slip in place. Brooks gets a single first ball. Good over from Prasidh. Just two off it in the end.

WI 71/5 in 20 overs: Here comes Chahal. Chahal to Brooks, no run. Slip in place. Brooks drives to long-on for a single. Loud appeal for lbw against Pooran but not given. Rohit reviews again. Pooran is beaten on the sweep. OUT! THREE REDS. Chahal has his man. That’s wicket No. 100 in ODIs for the leggie. Kieron Pollard is in next. GONE! Clean bowled first ball. Bowls a wrong’un first up, Pollard looks to go for the cover drive, misses the ball and the stump is pegged back. Chahal on a hat-trick. Jason Holder to face the hat-trick ball. Two slips, a forward short leg in place. Wrong’un first ball as Holder defends. Dot to finish. End of an eventful over.

WI 70/3 in 19 overs: Prasidh to Brooks, no run off the first ball. Brooks is on strike. The widish slip still in place. Brooks gets a single off a leading edge, lucky there was no fielder there. Three dot balls to end the over.

WI 69/3 in 18 overs: Sundar to continue after the break. Sundar Pooran, no run. He is already into his sixth over. Very poor work from Prasidh. Pooran sweeps it fine, Krishna at short fine makes a mess of it. Ishan puts in a dive but in vain. Pooran pushes the fourth ball to cover for a single. A single to end the over as Brooks retains strike.

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WI 63/3 in 17 overs: Prasidh is back into the attack. Prasidh to Brooks, no run. There’s a widish slip in place. Rohit holding Chahal back for now. Brooks guides one fine of third man for a couple. Three dot balls to end the over. Just two from the over.

WI 61/3 in 16 overs: Sundar to Pooran, dot ball. Next ball, Pooran drives to deep cover for a single. Slip and leg slip for Brooks, who cuts to deep point for a single. Pooran sees width outside off and flays it to deep cover for four. Two dots to finish.

WI 55/3 in 15 overs: Thakur to Brooks. Starts with a short ball. Brooks sways out of the line. Brook defends the next ball before collecting a single off the third ball. Pooran pulls a short ball in front of square for a brace. Dot and a single to finish.

WI 51/3 in 14 overs: Sundar continues. A slip in place for Pooran. Six dot balls. Sundar bowling a dream spell so far. He is getting sharp turn and bounce as well. Only a matter of time before Chahal is brought into the attack.

WI 51/3 in 13 overs: Nicholas Pooran is the new man in. Brooks will be on strike. Thakur continues. Brooks drives one to deep cover for a single. Pooran clips one off his legs for four. Nothing ball, straying on the pads. The 50 came up with the boundary. A single and a dot to end the over.

WI 45/3 in 12 overs: Sundar to Bravo, single off the first ball. Sundar to King, OUT! King looks to work one to leg side, but the ball takes the leading edge to Suryakumar Yadav at short midwicket. The move to introduce Sundar early paying off. Shamarh Brooks is the new man in. Leg slip and a slip in place. Brooks off the mark with a single off the fifth ball. Huge shout from Washington for lbw but not given. Rohit reviews. OUT! Three reds. What an over this.

WI 43/1 in 11 overs: Shardul Thakur. No slip. Start of the 2nd PowerPlay. Four runs from the over, decent start from Thakur.

WI 39/1 in 10 overs: Sundar to Bravo, no run off the first ball. FOUR! Bravo goes for the drive as one hand comes off the handle. Runs away to the cover fence for four. Sundar concedes a wide. Couple of dots to finish. End of the first PowerPlay. Siraj in his first spell 5-2-13-1.

WI 34/1 in 9 overs: Siraj to King. Just a lone slip in place. King is on strike. Two dot balls later, King cuts one past point for a couple. Another brace for King as he bottom edges a pull to long leg. Dot to finish.

WI 30/1 in 8 overs: Early spin. Washington Sundar into the attack. Gets the ball to turn straightaway. Bravo on strike. Rohit at slip. Prodigious turn early in the innings. A couple to Bravo on the legside off the last ball.

WI 28/1 in 7 overs: Siraj to King, no run. Siraj is getting the ball to nip back into the right-hander at good pace. Three dot balls. Maiden from Siraj. The dots are piling up from one end. Siraj so far: 4 1 9 1

WI 28/1 in 6 overs: Prasidh to Bravo, no run. Starts with a short ball. Bravo sways out of the line. Three dots so far. Prasidh gets one to skid off … pacy ball from the quick , hurries Bravo, who is shaping up to pull, gets a top edge that runs away for four to fine leg. Bravo ends the over with a flourishing cover drive for four.

WI 20/1 in 5 overs: Siraj to Bravo, over the wicket. Five dots and a single to end the over. Bravo retains strike. Siraj has been exceptional so far.

WI 19/1 in 4 overs: Prasidh to Bravo, no run. 1 leg bye again as Bravo gets off strike. Prasidh to King, who drives  between mid-off and cover for four. Beautifully struck. Couple of dots to finish.

WI 14/1 in 3 overs: Siraj. Hope pushes the first ball to the leg side for no run. He caresses the next ball through the covers for four. Follows it up with a drive between between mid-off and cover for four. WICKET! GONE! Hope chops on. It was a scrambled seam ball, nipped back in after pitching, taking the inside edge of Hope’s bat onto the wicket. Darren Bravo, left handed bat, comes to the crease. Siraj to Bravo, the ball brushes the thigh pad on the way to Pant. Good stop from the keeper. A single to finish the over. It’s been given leg byes, so Bravo yet to get off the mark.

WI 5/0 in 2 overs: Prasidh to share the new ball. FOUR runs. Bowls a wide half volley first up and King lofts it over cover for four. Two slips in place. Prasidh to King, 1 wide. Good comeback from Prasidh but needs to get his lines right soon. Finishes with four dot balls.

WI 0/0 in 1 over: Hope and King will open the batting. Siraj will open the attack. He has the first new ball. Hope on strike. Siraj to Hope, no run. Two slips in place. Two more dots follow. By the way, there are three men in the ring on the off side, two on the leg side. Tidy start. Maiden from Siraj.

We are all set for live action in Ahmedabad.

1-25 PM: India will wear black arm bands to mourn the passing of singer Lata Mangeshkar. The two teams have lined up for the national anthems. West Indies first, followed by India’s.

1-00 PM: TOSS: Pollard and Rohit walk out for the toss. Rohit Sharma has won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Rohit: It looks a good pitch and might be slightly better to bat under lights. Happy to be back – playing for the country is the priority. I haven’t played cricket for a couple of months but these things happen when you play all the time. We’ve got some positive cases in our camp, a couple of new faces.

Pollard: The toss is 50-50, no one knows what’s going to happen. It’s a big field, we need to rotate the strike. Kemar Roach comes back into our XI, Fabian Allen as well gets an opportunity in 50-over cricket and Darren Bravo gets a game.

12-46 pm: Rajasthan allrounder Deepak Hooda will make his ODI debut.

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