India won the toss and decided to bowl in the first one-day cricket international against West Indies on Sunday, the first of a five-match series.
There were three debutants in the game — for India, Rishabh Pant plays his maiden ODI after an impressive summer of test cricket.
West Indies have two first-time players in Oshane Thome, a Jamaican fast bowler, and Chandrapaul Hemraj, a Guyanese left-handed opener.
West Indies cricket player Shimron Hetmyer bowls during a training ahead of the first one-day international cricket match against India in Gauhati, India, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. (AP PhotoAnupam Nath)
Guwahati's Barsapara Cricket Stadium became the 46th venue to stage one-day cricket in India.
Lineups:
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (captain), Ambati Rayudu, M.S. Dhoni, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal
West Indies: Kieran Powell, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Marlon Samuels, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder (captain), Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas
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