India plays the West Indies on Thursday in Match 1 of their ODI series. The match starts at 03:00 ET (08:00 GMT). A live stream link is provided below.
India begins the first of three ODI matches days after Sachin Tendulkar finished his 200th and final Test for the nation. India wound up winning the Test series, 2-0. Despite the white wash, India understands they're now playing a different Pakistan squad in different cricket format and cannot afford to be complacent.
"West Indies are a good team," India skipper MS Dhoni said, via CricBuzz.com. "It is a different squad for the ODIs and the West Indian players coming in are well-suited for the 50-over format."
West Indies will have to contend with India's effective batsmen, IB Times reports. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan headline the top order and Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Sing and Dhoni provide depth to round out the lineup.
Skipper Dwayne Bravo and company will quickly need to put the last Test series behind them and focus on the shorter-format series ahead of them.
"We are aware of playing the world champions," Bravo said. "We respect their strengths but at the same time we know what we need to do to win matches."
Projected Squads (via CricBuzz.com):
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c,w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Jaydev Unadkat.
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo (c), Narsingh Deonarine, Denesh Ramdin (w), Darren Sammy, Sunil Narine, Tino Best, Ravi Rampaul, Jason Holder, Veerasammy Permaul, Kieran Powell, Lendl Simmons.
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