West Indies opt to bat against India in third T20

Chennai, India -West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite won the toss and elected to bat against India in the third and final Twenty20 International in Chennai on Sunday.

The visitors, who have already lost the three-match series after trailing 0-2, have fielded an unchanged side in their bid for a consolation win.

"The wicket might slow down a bit later on. I think we can defend well as our slow bowlers would come into play," Brathwaite said at the toss.

"5-6 million people back in the Caribbean, so they must be going to church right now and we want them to come back to a Windies win. We have a lot of pride to play for."

India, who have rested Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav and Kuldeep Yadav ahead of the final game of the series, made two changes in the playing XI.

Allrounder Washington Sundar and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal come in place of Bumrah and Kuldeep.

"We would have bowled first here. We are playing with a long batting line-up. I don´t think wicket is going to change much," said India skipper Rohit Sharma.

"For me, it just matters how team performs. We want to finish the home season with a victory," Sharma said as his team look ahead to their all-important tour of Australia later this month.

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik(w), Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal

West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite (captain), Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Oshane Thomas

Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (IND) and Anil Chaudhary (IND)

TV umpire: CK Nandan (IND)

Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)