Among the best all-rounders within the present period, Jason Holder has been contaminated with Covid-19 and is unlikely to participate additional within the ongoing three-match ODI sequence in opposition to India. Holder was earlier rested for the Bangladesh Exams, ODIs and T20Is and head coach Phil Simmons was fairly completely satisfied to welcome him again for the sequence in opposition to India.
The 30-year-old’s absence now can be an enormous miss contemplating his expertise and his skillset. The previous captain has the flexibility to bat within the prime six and may bowl in several phases of the sport. He’s additionally one of many most secure fielders and would have made an enormous distinction to the inexperienced West Indies aspect in the meanwhile.
West Indies’ new captain Nicholas Pooran, through the toss within the first ODI, confirmed that Holder has contracted Covid 19 and talked about that the group stays the identical from the final project in opposition to Bangladesh.
“Sadly Jason [Holder] has Covid so he misses out. It’s just about the identical guys who performed within the sequence in opposition to Bangladesh,” Nicholas Pooran stated on the toss through the first ODI.
India takes a 1-0 lead within the ODIs regardless of West Indies’ late scare
In the meantime, the primary ODI between West Indies and India went proper into the wire and the Shikhar Dhawan-led aspect managed to flee the scare from the hosts. Chasing 309 to win, West Indies fell quick by simply three runs regardless of the assault within the loss of life overs from Akeal Hossein (32*) and Romario Shepherd (39*). Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan stole the present with a 97-run knock on the prime of the order whereas Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer scored half-centuries.
Regardless of the nice begin, the center order crumbled for India as India posted 308/7 of their allotted 50 overs. Nevertheless, the Indian bowlers held their nerves in direction of the again finish and helped India safe a victory within the first ODI. The second ODI is scheduled to happen on the twenty fourth of July on the identical venue of Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain.
