West Indies are going to take on India in the first of five T20Is at the Brian Lara Stadium on August 3. These teams have played each other once before at this venue in the shortest format, to kick-off a five match T20I series in 2022, where the visitors managed to achieve a comfortable win. It wasn’t an easy tournament for the hosts, losing it 4-1 last year. Overall, Team India is in the midst of a transition in the T20Is, while the West Indies are building up a formidable squad once again, which will make it an exciting series for the viewers to watch. Pitch Report In the short history of Brian Lara Stadium, only one men’s T20I was played between West Indies and India, which the visitors won with a margin of 68 runs after defending a big total of 190 runs. Looking at this match, the average first innings total for the upcoming T20I contest at this venue could reach up to 180, if not more. Playing XI of West Indies : Johnson Charles, Kyle Mayers (vc), Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Rovman Powell (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Obed McCoy, Alzarri Joseph Playing XI of India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Hardik Pandya (c), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh