India vs WI 1st t20 in Florida: India under skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and West Indies under Carlos Brathwaite’s captaincy will lock horns in a two-match T20I series on August 27 and 28 in Florida.
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India may have crushed to a Test series win over the Windies, but this T20 series is a different ball game.
Simmons also said being the T20 champions helped the side’s confidence, comparing them with the 1980s’ Test side, which dominated the longer format for years.
“We have played in the past in the West Indies and a lot of Indians come over from the United States to watch us”. New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies are the worldwide teams to have played at the venue.
“I would say in limited overs format, the West Indies are extraordinary”. Other seven were Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Floyd Reifer, Dinesh Ramdin, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy.
Dhoni, who retired from the longest format of the game in December 2014, is scheduled to play just seven more matches in 2016 – two T20Is against the West Indies in US and 5 ODIs against New Zealand in India.
Besides the entertainment factor, Kumble will hope to see India start the two-match series on a winning note. Stepping into the United States of America for the first time as the Indian cricket team.
Days after India cruised to victory in the four-match Test series in the Caribbean soil, the team’s seasoned campaigner MS Dhoni will return to lead the side in US. Few of other worldwide teams have already played here, also not to forget that some of the T20 leagues have happened. “They also play an entertaining brand of cricket, so it will be a challenge for us”. “I’ve worked with him in the IPL so it’s nice to be a part of the India dressing room again”, he added. “They have the flawless balance”, Dhoni said.
“I don’t think there’s much to be said about Andre”, Simmons said.
“The West Indies have an advantage… most of their top players are coming straight from the CPL”.
The Indian captain is also excited to get to know more about Kumble, the coach.
Pakistan’s Aslam was picked to open the batting against England for the crucial third Test match, which the Alastair Cook-led side went on to win by 141 runs at Edgbaston.
Despite his heroics in Mumbai, 28-year-old Brathwaite is a lightweight when it comes to global experience, having played just three Tests, 14 ODIs and eight Twenty 20s.
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According to details, the matches will be played at Florida’s Central Broward Regional Park and it will be only the second ever global series being played in the US.
