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Barbados: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl against the West Indies in their Super Eight clash of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday.
The start of the match was delayed due to a wet pitch because of overnight rain.
India have not made any changes to the side that was thrashed by Australia on Friday, that is, India still have only three specialist bowlers. The West Indies have brought in Denesh Ramdin in place of Andre Fletcher.
Like the Indians, West Indies are also faced with a must-win situation, as another defeat would virtually put them out of contention for a place in the semifinals.
Fortunately for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men, the islanders do not have a lethal pace battery like the Australians. Kemar Roach may have troubled Ricky Ponting on bone-hard wicket Down Under, but he is not accurate like Dirk Nannes or Shaun Tait.
So the element of pace and bounce will not impact the Indian batsmen who had surrendered meekly to the Aussies' pace quartet.
Bounce there will be in this lively deck, but if the West Indian quicks -- Roach and Jerome Taylor -- don't execute their skills, it will not frazzle the Indian top order.
India would have certainly learnt a lesson or two from their embarrassing 49-run drubbing on Friday.
It is a comfort to play an extra batsman as an exigency against a collapse. But then, India can't compromise on their bowling.
Part-time spinners or batting all-rounders could win them one game in ten. But it is the regular bowlers who can provide the breaks to gain momentum consistently.
On the other hand, Chris Gayle's boys would be determined to do well in front of their home crowd, especially after being mauled by 57 runs by Sri Lanka.
Having watched the Indians made a hash of their chase against a hostile attack, West Indies could pepper their sub-continental rivals with short-pitched bowling, though they don't really have the class and pace of the Australian counterparts.
Considering that Kieron Pollard batted low down the order and could not get going against the Sri Lankan bowlers, West Indies have an option of sending their most devastating batsman up the order.
With Australia and Sri Lanka sitting pretty with two points under their belt, India would have to play their best cricket to get the better of the West Indians.
