Former CSK batter picks India’s enjoying XI for IND vs WI 2026 1st ODI; leaves out two in-form batters

Former Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) batter Subramaniam Badrinath picked his Workforce India enjoying 11 for the primary ODI towards the West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, September 27 (through his Instagram deal with). The 2 groups will battle over a three-match ODI collection, adopted by 5 T20Is.

Skipper Shubman Gill opened with Rohit Sharma, adopted by Virat Kohli at No.3, in Badrinath’s lineup.

At No.4, the previous batter went for Ruturaj Gaikwad over the in-form batting duo, Dhruv Jurel and Naman Dhir. Naman is coming off an unimaginable displaying within the Sher-E-Punjab T20 league, scoring a tournament-leading 655 runs at a strike charge of virtually 218.

In the meantime, Jurel scored an excellent 115* in his final look for India within the second Check in Sri Lanka final month.

Badrinath went for veteran wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul at No.5, adopted by the all-round duo of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja at No.6 and seven. Badrinath opted for a protracted tail, with Kuldeep Yadav at No.8, adopted by the pace-bowling trio of Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and Gurnoor Brar.

Other than Naman Dhir and Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Auqib Nabi have been the opposite two within the 15-member squad overlooked of Badrinath’s India enjoying XI.

Subramaniam Badrinath’s India enjoying XI for the first ODI vs West Indies

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Gurnoor Brar

Workforce India will look to proceed their dominance over the West Indies

Workforce India has dominated the West Indies throughout codecs in bilateral collection, residence and away. West Indies final received a bilateral collection towards India within the five-match residence T20I collection in 2023.

Moreover, West Indies’ final bilateral ODI collection success over India got here at residence manner again in 2006. The Caribbean aspect have discovered it even tougher to attain success in India, with their final ODI collection win in India coming in 2002.

The 2 groups final met within the 2026 T20 World Cup, with India scripting a memorable five-wicket win within the closing over to advance to the semifinal. The final bilateral collection between India and West Indies was final yr’s two-match Check collection in India, which the hosts received 2-0.