India's predicted XI for third ODI against West Indies

#5 Pacers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, and Khaleel Ahmed

Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been called back to

squad

With India's premier fast bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, given a due amount of rest, the fast bowling duties had shifted to Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, and Khaleel Ahmed. Nonetheless, given India's inability to defend a mammoth total, the duo - Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar - has been called back to the squad.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has long been India's prominent fast bowler in the shorter formats of the game, especially in the ODIs. However, this year Kumar has struggled to continue his decent form owing to an injury to his lower back. Hence, as a precautionary measure, Kumar was rested for the first two ODIs against the Windies. Nonetheless, Kumar will alleviate the pressure with an improved performance in the remainder of the ODI series.

Jasprit Bumrah has been on an exponential curve in the recent things of ODI cricket, ODIs to be precise. With Bhuvneshwar missing a good part of 2018 due to injuries, Bumrah has turned out to be India's spearhead in the fast bowling department. Much like Kumar, the Indian team management decided to rest the Gujarati bowler keeping India's exhaustive schedule ahead. However, Bumrah is expected to shot to the playing XI for the third ODI after having included in the squad.

Khaleel Ahmed has had a decent time in his short career thus far. He rose to the occasion in the Asia Cup 2018 and hence Indian included him in the ODI squad for the West Indies series. He had a place in the playing XI for the first ODI where he scalped a solitary wicket while giving away 64 runs in his share of ten overs.

However, India decided to drop Khaleel from the second ODI playing XI while looking to field an extra spinner. Nonetheless, Khaleel might get a place in the third ODI with India deciding to go the full monty with their pace attack.