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Toss India chose to bowl vs West IndiesHaving spent the first five matches wanting to bat first – and getting their wish in four of those matches even though they won just one toss – India elected to chase on a slightly overcast Kolkata night. Eden Gardens has historically been a difficult ground to defend, which is why even Shai Hope’s West Indies would have chased had they won the toss.India chose to stick with the XI that won them the first of four must-win matches they found themselves facing after the defeat to South Africa last Sunday. That means Sanju Samson continued to stay in as the opener and the wicketkeeper at the expense of the lower-middle-order muscle of Rinku Singh, who also lost his father between the two matches. Rinku was back with the squad after the funeral.West Indies made one change to the XI that lost to South Africa in their last match. They left out opener Brandon King for the left-arm spin of allrounder Akeal Hosein. That meant West Indies had three varieties of spin at their disposal: offspin of Roston Chase, left-arm spin of Hosein, and a mix of left-arm fingerspin and wristspin of Gudakesh Motie.India 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Varun ChakravarthyWest Indies 1 Roston Chase, 2 Shai Hope (capt, wk), 3 Shimron Hetmyer, 4 Rovman Powell, 5 Sherfane Rutherford, 6 Romario Shepherd, 7 Jason Holder, 8 Matthew Forde, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Gudakesh Motie, 11 Shamar Joseph
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