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IND vs WI, 4th T20I: Spirited India target series win as ruthless West Indies look to force series decider

Wednesday, 14-Oct-2026 â—Ź 13 hrs ago
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Having already taken a 2-1 lead in the ongoing five-match T20I series, India are gearing up to take on West Indies in the fourth match in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Though India are carrying a 2-1 lead, they have strongly been challenged by West Indies in the last three games. Now, the hosts have the opportunity to secure the series, and they will be looking to come out more vigorously to down the visitors. West Indies, on the other hand, will be eyeing a more robust performance in order to fight back and level the series 2-2. 

Looking at India, who, despite displaying impressive batting performances, have had to struggle to make the most of their promising starts. The glaring challenge for the Indian batting unit will be to maintain the scoring pace through the middle overs because that’s where they have lost wickets at regular intervals. They have huge batting firepower with the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and Shreyas Iyer being in blistering forms. But India have to be aware that turning strong starts into a big total will be useful if they hope to avoid defeat and secure series.

\Meanwhile, Indian bowlers Arshdeep Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Prince Yadav, Naman Dhir and Axar Patel have done splendidly well. West Indies, on the other hand, have already demonstrated their strength in both bowling and batting departments. Their performance in Ranchi was a perfect example of their aggressive approach, where they chased down a humongous total of 249, riding on a sensational century from Shai Hope and a powerful knock of 84 from Sherfane Rutherford

Head-to-head

Matches - 34

IND won - 22

WI won - 11

No result - 1

India possible XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav

West Indies possible XI: Shai Hope (c) (wk), Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Keemo Paul, Roston Chase, Shamar Springer, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie


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