Teams’ ODI form

Win (W), Loss (L), No Result (NR)

India: L, W, L, NR, W West Indies: W, L, L, W, W KEY STATS

— Captain Virat Kohli has scored fiftyplus runs in all the five ODI matches he has played in Vizag, aggregating 556 runs at an average of 139, with three hundreds and two fifties, 373 of which, has come against West Indies. — India has won 6 of the eight ODI matches played here, losing only one match (against WI in 2013).

— Star West Indies opener Shai Hope has a batting average of 146.33 in 12 ODIs played in the Asian continent. He aggregates 581 runs recording three centuries and two fifties, particularly on the Indian soil.

WEATHER FORECAST

Like Chennai, the humidity is expected to be really high in Visakhapatnam, indicating it won’t be easy for the batsmen to bat for a long. However, it could get a little windy, with no signs of rain whatsoever.

PITCH REPORT

Generally considered as a good batting track, even bounce could be expected. Might get a little slow to start with, but the ball will skid nicely onto the bat nicely under lights. Batting second would be the ideal choice.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI

INDIA: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (C), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav

WEST INDIES: Sunil Ambris, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard (C), Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Sheldon Cottrell, Alzarri Joseph, Hayden Walsh