What

The only T20 international to be played between West Indies and India as part of the series

When

June 4, 2011. The game begins at 6:30 pm, IST.

Where

Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Among the more picturesque grounds in the West Indies, the Queen’s Park Oval has a rich sense of history to it, having hosted its first Test match way back in 1930. Although England were blown away for 46 in a Test match here in 1994-95, the wicket has got a lot flatter in recent times. In the 2007 ICC ODI World Cup, India notched up the best score by any side in an innings in the tournament by scoring a mammoth 413 for five against Bermuda at the same venue.

The Teams

Both teams are fielding relatively inexperienced squads for this game. With Chris Gayle not being picked in the West Indies T20 squad, the hosts are without a genuine match-winner. Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons will shoulder the bulk of the responsibility in the batting department while Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy and Devendra Bishoo will be expected to restrict the Indians with their bowling.

Being led by Suresh Raina in this game, India are without some of their big stars – MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. Nonetheless, they have enough players like Yusuf Pathan, Virat Kohli, Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar who can step up in this format of the game. Parthiv Patel is expected to keep wicket ahead of Wriddhiman Saha as well as open the batting. The team management will have to decide on the optimum seamer-spinner balance: three pacers and one spinner or two pacers and two spinners? If it is the former, the toss up should be between Harbhajan Singh and R Ashwin while if they opt for the latter, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel will be fighting for the two spots.

Venue Stats (in this format):

Matches hosted– 2

Highest total: West Indies 123 for four in 18.0 overs v England - March 15, 2009

Lowest total: West Indies 79 for seven in 20.0 overs v Zimbabwe – February 28, 2010

Best individual score:Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies) - 59 (46 balls) v England- March 15, 2009

Best bowling figures in an innings:Darren Sammy (West Indies) 3.5-0-26-5 v Zimbabwe – February 28, 2010

The squads

India: Suresh Raina (c), Parthiv Patel (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Subramaniam Badrinath, Yusuf Pathan, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, R Ashwin, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra and Vinay Kumar.

West Indies: Darren Sammy (c), Christopher Barnwell, Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Andre Fletcher (wk), Danza Hyatt, Ashley Nurse, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Krishmar Santokie, Lendl Simmons.