India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field in the first of the five ODIs. The Windies have crossed the 50-run mark. Both Powell and Hope are looking good and are building a good partnership after the fall of an early wicket after Shami removed opener Hemraj(9), West Indies score reads 79/1.
Rishabh Pant makes his ODI debut on the back of three big knocks in the three Test matches he played prior to this series. India, ranked No. 1 in the world, are playing three seam bowlers and two spinners. Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav sits out and leggie Yuzvendra Chahal gets to play. Left-arm orthodox Ravindra Jadeja will be the second spinner.
Playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal
Windies: Kieran Powell, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marlon Samuels, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder(c), Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas