Shardul Thakur

From poor team selection to the absence of regular openers, the odds were stacked against India in the ODI cricket series against New Zealand

India that lost the bilateral series to Australia in March has never lost two consecutive series in the last 15 years; WI hasn't won a series against India in the last 13 years

However, the Indian team is not faring badly at all in the match where they have posted a target of 388 for West Indies that is struggling at 73/2 in 13.1 overs

Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran have shown their ability in T20; if the WI must challenge India, they will have to do the same in ODIs

A noteworthy inclusion is of Sanju Samson from Kerala who is returning to the team after four years; Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in the T20 matches while Virat Kohli remains the Test team captain