Welcome to Sportstar’s coverage of the fifth T20I between India and West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, October 17.
Toss update: West Indies wins the toss and opts to bowl first, and goes in with the same team. Bhuvneshwar Kumar makes his return to the Indian team, confirms Shreyas Iyer.
PLAYING XIs
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav.
West Indies: Shai Hope, Jewel Andrew, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Shamar Springer, Roston Chase, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph.
UPDATE FROM THE VENUE – PLAY TO BEGIN AT 9:15PM
Big news from the venue, play will begin at 9:15PM IST with a nine overs per side match. The toss will be at 9:00PM, and the PowerPlay will be 2.4 overs.
UPDATE FROM THE VENUE
N. Sudarshan from the ground reports that it is still continuing to rain and that the game is likely to be called off. the cut off for the start of a 5-over game is 9.41 pm, so we will know the status of this contest by 9.11 pm.
WEATHER UPDATE
The toss has been delayed due to persistent rain in Bengaluru. There is no update yet about when the match will begin.
WEST INDIES SEEKS TO MAKE HISTORY
If Hope and Co. can secure victory in Bengaluru, it will become the first team to hand India a bilateral series defeat since February 2019.
India has won its last 12 home bilateral series in a row, a streak stretching back to before the 2022 T20 World Cup.
SQUADS
India: Shreyas Iyer [C], Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan [WK], Sanju Samson [WK], Tilak Varma [VC], Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav.
West Indies: Shai Hope (c), Jewel Andrew, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Keemo Paul, Kamil Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Springer
STREAMING INFO
The India vs West Indies 5th T20I will be streamed live on the JioHotstar app and website and televised on the Star Sports Network in India.
Published on Oct 17, 2026
