With the series tied at 1-1 and just one more match after today, both teams would want to get in front and ensure that they do not loose the series. The main problem for India has been that only Yuvraj has looked like scoring any runs, and others do not inspire so much confidence. India is sorely missing Sachin and Sehwag at the top of the order. It would also be a good time to give Nayar a chance at the international level. West Indies would again be banking on their fast bowlers to run through the Indian batting like they did in the second match.

Teams

India (probable): 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Ravindra Jadeja/ Abhishek Nayar, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 RP Singh, 11 Ashish Nehra.

West Indies (probable): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Runako Morton, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Darren Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Darren Sammy, 10 Suleiman Benn, 11 Ravi Rampaul.

Timing

Friday, July 3, 2009, Start time 09.30 (13.30 GMT)

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