Indian skipper MS Dhoni won the crucial toss and elected to bat first against West Indies.
India has made couple of changes in the side. Suresh Raina is in for injured Sehwag while R Ashwin has replaced Ashish Nehra in the final XI.
Ind vs WI: Live scorecard
West Indies have also made several changes in the side. Shivnaraine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Kemar Roac and Nikita Miller have been rested.
WI: Devon Smith, KA Edwards, Darren Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan, K Pollard, D Thomas, D Sammy, A Russell, S Benn, D Bishoo, R Rampaul
Ind: Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel
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India will play West Indies in the last match of Group B here at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Cheapuk, Chennai on Sunday.
After the defeat of Bangladesh, both the teams are qualified for the Quarterfinal but the result of this match will decide the clash in knockout round.
The winner of this match will play Australia in the quarterfinal.
As far as India’s performance is concerned, they will have last chance to improve their bowling and fielding performance. India has one of the strong batting line-up, but the middle order has been fumbled during the batting powerplay. Dhoni & Co will have to look into this area against Caribbean side.
India has been looking to start the knockout round with a confident win against West Indies in the last group match.
For India, opener Virender Sehwag will not play today’s game due to allergic infection in his knee. In this circumstance, Gautam Gambhir will open with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Suresh Raina and R Ashwin are likely to be included in the final XI.
Sachin Tendulkar will become the first cricketer to appear in 450 ODIs. He is likely to achieve several mile stones. If Sachin scores 47 runs in this match, he will complete 18,000 ODI runs. He can complete century of international hundred if he hits ton in this game.
West Indies team has lost its both games against tough opponents, South Africa and England in the Group B. In their last game, they went down to English team while chasing 244 total.
It will not be an easy task for West Indies to overcome ‘Batting Giant’ India.
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