India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field first against the West Indies in the third and final T20I, in Guyana on Tuesday. A steady drizzle and a wet outfield delayed the start but no overs were lost.
India, who concluded the two-match US leg of the series by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead, rested vice-captain Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Khaleel Ahmed, bringing in K.L. Rahul, and handing debut to leg-spinner Rahul Chahar and pacer Deepak Chahar.
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West Indies replaced all-rounder Khary Pierre with another all-rounder Fabian Allen.
Teams:
India: K.L. Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (captain), Rishabh Pant (wk), Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini
West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Keemo Paul, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Fabian Allen