India vs West Indies ODIs: 3 big positives for Men in Blue

#2. India’s pace bowling bench strength

Navdeep Saini

India’s bench strength with regards to pace bowling is getting better with every passing series. Let's not forget that Jasprit Bumrah has had to miss a few series due to his injury and there is no Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who was once the go-to man in limited-overs cricket.

All of a sudden, Deepak Chahar has become the lead bowler with the new ball and with Mohammad Shami coming back to the fold in white-ball cricket, Kohli now has a lot of options to pick from in the ODIs.

Navdeep Saini was given a debut today after Chahar injured himself, and he made good use of the opportunity by picking 2-58 from his 10 overs, bowling at a good speed. Shardul Thakur was good with the new ball as well.

On paper, the bowling lineup for the third ODI looked very thin but performed better than their potential and in the end, restricted West Indies to a total which seemed slightly below par for the conditions.