The 3-match ODI series between West Indies and India is starting from 22nd July. The ODI series will be followed by a 5-match T20I series which will start from July 29. Some big names have also been rested from the ODI series, including the likes of Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Opener Shikhar Dhawan will lead the Indian team in the ODI series against West Indies while Ravindra Jadeja will be the vice-captain.
West Indies have always been India’s most capable opponent. Along with ICC tournaments, bilateral series between these two countries are always exciting. Whenever the two teams come face to face, lots of runs are expected. Along with entertaining the spectators, the players of both the teams try their best to score many runs.
Shikhar Dhawan
Third in this list comes the captain of the upcoming ODI series, who has scored 844 runs in 27 innings against West Indies at an average of 32.46. During this, he also has 5 half-centuries and 2 centuries. Shikhar Dhawan always generates a different excitement among the spectators after watching him play against the West Indies. Shikhar played against the West Indies in 2013 at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, scoring 119 runs, which is his best ODI inning played against the Caribbean Island.
Rohit Sharma
The regular captain of the team Rohit Sharma comes second in this list. He has scored 1601 runs in 34 innings against West Indies at an average of 57.17. During this, he has 3 centuries and 12 half-centuries to his name.
Rohit Sharma will not be able to increase his figures due to him being rested in this ODI series. Rohit’s innings of 162 runs at the Brabourne Stadium in 2018 will still be on the minds of West Indies players. The entire West Indies team could not even score 162 runs in that match.
Virat Kohli
Former captain of the team and struggling with his poor form, King Kohli always comes first in this list. Virat Kohli’s runs against West Indies are more than any other player in the world. Virat has scored 2261 runs in 41 innings at an average of 66.50, which includes 9 centuries and 11 half-centuries.
He scored the highest score against West Indies in 2018 at Visakhapatnam when he played an unbeaten innings of 157 runs. His figures clearly show that Virat always seems to be in good form against the West Indies.
Considering his form, he probably needed a lot to play an ODI against West Indies. Seeing the way Virat looks in confidence against the West Indies, it would not be wrong to say that the wait for his century against the West Indies would have been completed.
