The T20 match against West Indies will be the first global match played by India in the US.
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Even if MS Dhoni leads his team to a 2-0 whitewash over West Indies, it would not exact revenge. “Earlier people living in USA used to travel to the the West Indies to support us but now they have the opportunity to catch the action here itself”, said Dhoni, who is expecting a bigger crowd support for his team than the West Indies.
“I certainly didn’t expect the facilities to be as good as what it is in the United States”.
Talking to reporters ahead of West Indies’s two-match T20I series against India in Florida, Brathwaite said the seniors, including Darren Sammy, his predecessor, gave him great confidence. Situated in Broward County, Florida the city with a population of 66,887 will attract plenty of interest over the next few days as MS Dhoni’s team plays the current Twenty20 champions in two matches on the weekend of August 27 and 28. “I think that’s the mindset of all players that we have to continue the work we did in the [ T20] World Cup and before that”.
West Indies XI: Carlos Brathwaite (captain), Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Samuel Badree, Sunil Narine.
Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had chose to conduct a mini Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament overseas in September every year, and there were speculations that it was likely to be held in the United States.
On asked whether the Indian team would receive more support than the Windies, a confident Dhoni responded, “I think so”. So winning against India is always going to be high on the agenda. “Where we get after that, we are happy at that”, Simmons was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
“I haven’t seen the surface properly yet but Narine played here for Trinidad & Tobago in the CPL and he has done well and adapted well”. Now, I will know him as a coach. Dhoni also opened up about coach Anil Kumble and cricket in the USA. With KL Rahul in prime form, it will be interesting to see if Dhoni retains Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma or he replaces one of them with Rahul.
Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the first T20 global (T20I) between India and West Indies at Lauderhill, Florida. Power-hitters become crucial in the smaller formats, and they have so many of them. Of course the likes of Gayle, Bravo and Russell made the West Indies team much more stronger.
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Brathwaite, on the other hand, etched his name into West Indies cricket folklore by smashing four sixes in the final over against England to win this year’s World T20 final for his team in Mumbai. It’s a little harsh to say that they have not been playing cricket, they have been involved with Caribbean Premier League which concluded just less than a month ago. So, we are going to encounter a quality side and we are aware of that.
