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India v West Indies, 1st ODI: India 86%

India 86%. West Indies 14%.

India v West Indies ODI series 2026, 1st ODISunday 27 September 2026, 2:00pm IST (day/night)Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

The sides

MeasureIndiaWest Indies
Rating17722nd of 1915429th of 19
XI caps1,164ODIs between the XI505ODIs between the XI
Top-seven average44.0ODI batting35.4ODI batting
Last 105–5ODIs since Oct 20252–8ODIs since Oct 2025

India, last 10

LLWLLWWLWW

  • 19 Jul 2026 England won by 27 runs v England
  • 16 Jul 2026 England won by 4 wickets v England
  • 14 Jul 2026 India won by 6 wickets v England
  • 18 Jan 2026 New Zealand won by 41 runs v New Zealand
  • 14 Jan 2026 New Zealand won by 7 wickets v New Zealand

West Indies, last 10

WLLLWLLLLL

  • 21 Jul 2026 West Indies won by 2 wickets v New Zealand
  • 19 Jul 2026 New Zealand won by 1 wicket v New Zealand
  • 16 Jul 2026 New Zealand won by 6 wickets v New Zealand
  • 13 Jul 2026 New Zealand won by 5 wickets v New Zealand
  • 11 Jul 2026 West Indies won by 7 wickets v New Zealand

First innings

319India bat first
246West Indies bat first
290Par
390Average here since 2019, 1 innings
390Highest here, India 2023

Batting first here

50%

1 of 2 won batting first. Since 2019, 100% (1 of 1).

Rain risk

65%Highest chance in any hour
0.0mm forecast in play
27°Average temperature
18km/h, strongest wind

Head to head

40India wins since 2005
18West Indies wins since 2005
  • 1 Aug 2023 India won by 200 runs at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad
  • 29 Jul 2023 West Indies won by 6 wickets at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
  • 27 Jul 2023 India won by 5 wickets at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
  • 27 Jul 2022 India won by 119 runs (DLS) at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Kohli's form carries India past their own wobbles

India have lost series to New Zealand in January and England in July, five defeats in their last ten ODIs. West Indies have won two of their last ten, and lost 3–2 in New Zealand in July. We still make India 86% to win the opener, because the gap between the sides at home is wide: India have won 18 of the 26 ODIs against West Indies in India since 2005, and both ODIs at Greenfield. The first, in 2018, was against West Indies, bowled out for 104 and beaten by nine wickets.

The man keeping India clear is Virat Kohli. He has 760 runs in his last ten ODIs at an average of 95, against his career 58.3, at a strike rate of 108.7, and 2,261 runs against West Indies. Kuldeep Yadav has 33 wickets against them at 21.5, against his career 26.6. Par here is 290; the only other first innings was India's 390 for 5 against Sri Lanka in 2023.

Greenfield International Stadium

Thiruvananthapuram

ODIs here
2, since 2018
India here
Won 2, lost 0
Lowest completed
104, West Indies 2018
Median first innings
247 all-time

Last 2 here

  • Jan 2023 India 390/5 (50) v Sri Lanka 73/9 (22). India won by 317 runs
  • Nov 2018 West Indies 104 (31.5) v India 105/1 (14.5). India won by 9 wickets

The case for India

  • Kohli averages 66.5 against West Indies across 43 ODIs, eight runs above his career 58.3.
  • Rohit Sharma has 1,613 runs against West Indies at an average of 57.6, and made 138 in the last of India's three ODIs in England in July.

The case for West Indies

  • Jayden Seales has 23 wickets in his last ten ODIs at an average of 19.2, the best of any bowler in either squad with ten wickets in that stretch.
  • Shai Hope has 988 runs against India at an average of 47.1, close to his career 48.4.

Weather, hour by hour

Play1329°1429°1529°1628°1728°1827°1926°2026°2125°2225°

10% chance of rain

India predicted XI

OrderPlayerODIsAvgSRWktsEcon
1Rohit SharmaLast 10: 503 runs28148.59295.24
2Shubman Gill (c)Last 10: 397 runs6457.199––
3Ruturaj GaikwadLast 9: 228 runs928.590––
4Virat KohliLast 10: 760 runs31158.39456.16
5KL Rahul †Last 10: 292 runs9349.791––
6Ravindra JadejaLast 10: 126 runs, 6 wkts20732.4862254.90
7Nitish Kumar ReddyLast 4: 100 runs433.3101––
8Gurnoor BrarLast 3: 25 runs, 4 wkts325.08647.76
9Kuldeep YadavLast 10: 6 runs, 17 wkts1179.6511915.12
10Mohammed SirajLast 10: 20 runs, 9 wkts497.143765.05
11Prasidh KrishnaLast 10: 0 runs, 17 wkts260.710456.00

West Indies predicted XI

OrderPlayerODIsAvgSRWktsEcon
1John CampbellLast 10: 306 runs1232.6102––
2Keacy CartyLast 10: 275 runs5241.276––
3Shai Hope (c) †Last 10: 365 runs14448.481––
4Sherfane RutherfordLast 10: 205 runs2838.69938.40
5Justin GreavesLast 10: 234 runs, 4 wkts2428.19786.70
6Roston ChaseLast 10: 238 runs, 11 wkts6424.778405.08
7Gudakesh MotieLast 10: 98 runs, 15 wkts4019.392514.75
8Matthew FordeLast 10: 66 runs, 11 wkts2016.0114275.76
9Alzarri JosephLast 10: 80 runs, 16 wkts8114.5761365.43
10Shamar JosephLast 8: 34 runs, 4 wkts834.09446.17
11Jayden SealesLast 10: 19 runs, 23 wkts328.861445.84

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