IND vs WI Dream11 Team: Top 5 Fantasy Cricket Picks for India vs West Indies 1st ODI
Published on: Feb 5, 2022 4:47 pm IST|Updated on: Feb 5, 2022 4:51 pm IST
IND vs WI Dream11: Team India will be taking on West Indies in a long white-ball series at home consisting of 3 ODIs and 3 T20I matches. The first ODI of the home season will be played on 6 February, 2022 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. A lot of exciting players will be in action both from India and West Indies in this first ODI.
IND vs WI Dream11 Team Fantasy Picks
1. Rohit Sharma
In his first-ever assignment as India’s full time ODI captain, Rohit Sharma will be looking to be at the top of his game and he also has a brilliant record against West Indies in 50-overs cricket. Rohit has composed an outstanding tally of 1523 runs from as many as 31 ODI matches played against the Windies team so far at a sensational average of more than 60. The senior Indian opening batsman has scored 11 half-centuries and 3 hundreds in ODIs against West Indies. In his overall ODI career, the Indian skipper has amassed more than 9,000 runs in 227 games that includes 43 fifties and 29 centuries.
Rohit Sharma Stats vs West Indies in ODI
| Matches | Runs | Average | 50/100 |
| 31 | 1523 | 60.9 | 11/3 |
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2. Virat Kohli
India’s Virat Kohli will certainly be a key performer for the hosts in this limited-overs IND vs WI series while considering his years of experience both as a player and captain. The former Indian captain holds the record for scoring the most number of ODI hundreds against West Indies that is 9. Virat has notched up a wonderful total of more than 2200 runs against the Caribbean side in 50-overs cricket at a phenomenal average of 72.1. The 33-year-old India batsman is in a great white-ball form scoring as many as two half-centuries during the three-match ODI series in South Africa.
Virat Kohli Stats vs West Indies in ODI
| Matches | Runs | Average | 50/100 |
| 38 | 2235 | 72.1 | 11/9 |
Related: Most ODI Runs for India against West Indies
3. Nicholas Pooran
For West Indies, left-handed batsman Nicholas Pooran will be an important performer to watch out in this India vs West Indies ODI series due to his recent form. During the recently concluded T20I series win against England, Pooran smashed a brilliant innings of 70 runs and also added an amazing century partnership with Rovman Powell in the third game. The swashbuckling Windies batsman has the ability to hit some long sixes in the middle-overs stage. He has scored more than 1000 runs at a brilliant average of 42.4 that comprises of 8 fifties and 1 hundred.
Nicholas Pooran Stats in ODI
| Matches | Runs | Average | 50/100 | Recent Scores |
| 34 | 1060 | 42.4 | 8/1 | 21, 22, 70, 24 |
4. Kieron Pollard
West Indies captain Kieron Pollard will surely have to lead his side from the front due to his year of experience at the international level of the game. Kieron Pollard has smashed more than 2700 runs while playing in 119 matches that includes 12 fifties and 3 hundreds. The big-hitting West Indian all-rounder also has the ability to bowl some valuable overs having scalped more than 50 wickets in ODI cricket. Pollard has smacked close to 450 runs against India in the 50-overs format that consists of 2 half-centuries and 1 hundred.
Kieron Pollard Stats in ODI
| Matches | Runs | 50/100 | Wickets | Recent ODI Form |
| 122 | 2706 | 13/3 | 55 | 3, 1, 69 |
5. Rishabh Pant
For India, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant will also be eyeing to prove his critics wrong during the upcoming white-ball home series against West Indies. During the recently concluded South Africa tour, Pant scored a remarkable hundred in the final Test match and also scored a blistering fifty in the second ODI game. In his short ODI career, the swashbuckling left-hander has performed impressively well against West Indies having smashed close to 200 runs from just 7 innings at a strike-rate of more than 110. Rishabh Pant has notched up more than 600 runs in his overall ODI career that includes 4 fifties.
Rishabh Pant Stats in ODI
| Matches | Runs | Strike-rate | 50s | Recent ODI Form vs West Indies |
| 21 | 630 | 113.1 | 4 | 7, 39, 71 |
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India vs West Indies 1st ODI
The India vs West Indies three-match ODI series will be broadcasted live on the Star Sports Network and HotStar app. The first ball of the match will be bowled at 1:30 PM IST. All the three ODI matches will be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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