IND vs WI (India vs West Indies), 1st T20I - Match Information
Match: India vs West Indies, 1st T20I
Date: 16th February 2022
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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IND vs WI, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata is a balanced pitch. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 5 matches is 146 runs. Batting first should be the preferred option at the venue, with the team batting first winning 100% of its matches.
The venue is suited for both Pacers and Spinners alike.
IND vs WI, Head to Head
In the 17 matches played between these 2 teams, India have won 10 matches and West Indies have won 6 matches. Batsmen of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
IND vs WI Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma's love for Eden Gardens is known to all as he has scored 538 runs at this venue in 16 T20 matches which includes a century and 4 fifties at an average of 41 and strike rate of 144
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli has a staggering record against WI in T20Is having scored 501 runs at an average of 63 and SR of 155 in just 12 matches. As context, he has scores of 100, 31, 0, 75* & 55* in his last 5 T20 matches at this venue (Eden Gardens)
Nicholas Pooran
Nicholas Pooran was good with the bat in the recent 5-match T20I series against ENG as he was the highest run getter in that series with 164 runs.
IND vs WI Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Harshal Patel
Harshal Patel picked up 2 wickets each in his 2 career T20 international matches. Also, in the recently concluded Syed Musthaq Ali Trophy (Nov 2021) he picked up 8 wickets in his 5 matches and thus is in good form with the ball.
Shardul Thakur
Shardul Thakur has played 7 T20Is at home and in these matches he has taken 3, 3, 0, 2, 0, 2 & 3 wickets respectively and thus gives fantasy points almost every times he plays in India.
Akeal Hosein
Akeal Hosein has taken at least a wicket in 11 out of his last 12 T20I matches (total 15 wickets in these) and thus guarantees fantasy points in almost every match.
IND vs WI Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Jason Holder
Jason Holder was the man of the series in the recent 5-match T20I series against England as he picked up 15 wickets. Moreover, he can be handy with the bat and can give extra fantasy points with quickfire cameos.
Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard has scores of 68, 37, 58, 8* & 49 in his last 5 batting innings against India in T20Is along with 2 wickets in these matches and thus has done very well against IND in recent times.
Venkatesh Iyer
Venkatesh Iyer scored 155 runs and took 5 wickets in as many matches in the recent Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and thus gave good returns with both bat and ball. He also played against NZ recently in the T20I series in which he scored 36 runs and also took a wicket which is still decent.
IND vs WI Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
Rohit Sharma has an average of 64 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 10 and a medium XFactor.
Jason Holder has an average of 64 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.9 and a medium XFactor.
Virat Kohli has an average of 42 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.8 and a medium XFactor.
Nicholas Pooran has an average of 53 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.8 and a medium XFactor.
Harshal Patel has an average of 70 match fantasy points in the last 2 games, a fantasy rating of 8.2 and a low XFactor.
IND vs WI Dream11 Team Today
Wicket-Keepers: Ishan Kishan and Nicholas Pooran
Batters: Kyle Mayers, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli
All-Rounders: Jason Holder and Kieron Pollard
Bowlers: Akeal Hosein, Harshal Patel and Shardul Thakur
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Vice-Captain: Jason Holder
IND vs WI (India vs West Indies), 1st T20I Preview
1st T20I of the West Indies in India, 3 T20I Series, 2022 has India taking on West Indies. The match will be played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
In their last 5 games, West Indies have won 3 games and lost 2. In their last 5 games, India have won 5 games and lost 0.
Both teams last played against each other in the 3rd T20I of the West Indies in India, 3 T20I Series, 2019 where KL Rahul scored the highest fantasy points for India with 136 match fantasy points while Kieron Pollard topped the fantasy points leaderboard for West Indies with 116 match fantasy points.