India elect to bowl, Rohit Sharma rested, Rahul Chahar makes debut

India opted to bowl in the third T20 International against the West Indies here on Tuesday.

Vice-captain Rohit Sharma got much deserved rest as KL Rahul will play his first match on tour. Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar also got his maiden international cap replacing Ravindra Jadeja while elder cousin Deepak was also drafted in the playing Xi in place of Khaleel Ahmed.

Teams

India: KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini

West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite (captain), Evin Lewis, John Campbell, Nicholas Pooran, ShimronHetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Keemo Paul, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Fabian Allen.