India is the overwhelming ODI GOAT to win the series. They are now ranked first in the world in one-day international cricket, while the West Indies are ranked eighth. In one-day internationals, India has a strong record versus the West Indies, having won 70 of the 139 matches played.
On the other hand, the West Indies will seek to improve their record against India in the ODI series. They have a youthful and skilled team and will try to make a positive impression.
India vs West Indies Three Match ODI series
The three-match One-Day International (ODI) series between India and the West Indies has yet to commence. The inaugural game is set on July 27, 2024, at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. The second game will occur on July 29, 2024, at the same location. On August 1, 2024, the third and final match will be held at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago.
Predictions for India vs West Indies ODI GOAT
Because the series’ first game has yet to be played, it is too early to predict who will win. However, India is the overwhelming favourite, and they will try to continue their ODI supremacy over the West Indies.
After 47 games, he has five ODI hundreds, including two against India, and a 35-plus average and a 100-plus strike rate. There aren’t many cricketing reasons why Shimron Hetmyer hasn’t played a 50-overs game for West Indies since July 2021; he’ll be hoping that this fresh start will revitalise his career in maroon.
Despite facing stiff competition in the spin department, Kuldeep Yadav has been a constant in India’s one-day international assault this year, appearing in eight of the team’s nine games and taking 15 wickets at an average of 21.13. He has a good record in the West Indies, where he has 11 wickets in seven games at 20.00 – only South Africa (13.88) has a better average among the countries and regions in which he has played ODIs. Another strong performance here will keep him ahead of Yuzvendra Chahal as India’s top 50-overs wristspinner.
West Indies will field a new-look lineup as they attempt to make a fresh start as an ODI side. India’s ODI lineup has recently included three allrounders: Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, and either Axar Patel or Shardul Thakur, depending on whether they choose to play an extra spinner or seamer. In Bridgetown, they’ll likely have to make that decision, as well as two others, with Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson vying for the wicketkeeper’s slot and a possible three-way struggle for the two seamers’ spots, with Mohammed Siraj sidelined for the ODIs.
All three ODIs in this series will be played during the day, having Indian television viewers in mind. With a 20% probability of rain on Thursday, the first ODI could be impacted by the weather. The weather prognosis for the second ODI on Saturday is bleaker, with a 50% probability of rain.
The Big Picture
India is preparing for a home World Cup, fine-tuning their lineup with just over two months till the big event. The West Indies will have no say in the matter.
While one-day internationals will be the most closely watched format of international cricket in the coming weeks, the West Indies may be wondering what they’re aiming to accomplish when they play 50-over cricket. With no World Cup to prepare for, West Indies ODI cricket has no bigger context for the time being.
The future of West Indies cricket is too entwined with the sport’s finances and geopolitics for a single group of players to make any serious impact. What they can do in this series is stay in the moment and pay attention and leave their opponents to worry about World Cups.
