Middle-order in focus as India plot comeback against Windies in series-decider

India will be hoping the experiment of trying out Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav in the middleorder works when they take on the West Indies in the ODI series decider here on TuesdayIndia who have not lost an ODI series to West Indies since 2006 face a rare series defeat after their move to rest skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli backfired in the second game in BarbadosAs head coach Rahul Dravid pointed out after the sixwicket loss on Saturday India are looking at the bigger picture ahead of next monthrsquos Asia Cup and the upcoming World Cup will have another game to see the kind of impact the younger players can make in a mustwin matchSuryakumar who is struggling to make his allround game work in the 50over format will be looking to bat long and make a matchwinning contributionFor someone like Samson who has made umpteen comebacks but has not been able to make it count the series decider presents a golden opportunity He is likely to bat at No 3 like he did in the second ODIAlso Read Can Windies keep India from 30 scorelineOpener Ishan Kishan has been impressive with the bat since the Test series but Shubman Gill is due for a big one after a quiet tour of West Indies thus farHardik Pandya who opened the bowling in the first two games is gradually building up his workload With the bat he has been far from his best and would be looking to get some runs under his belt before the fivematch T20 series against the West IndiesIn the bowling department tearaway fast bowler Umran Malik has a point to prove after going wicketless so far in the series His pace surely provides India with the X factor but he needs to improve on the skill and accuracy frontChinaman Kuldeep Yadav has been Indiarsquos stand out bowler leaving no room in the side for his good friend Yuzvendra Chahal who is likely to be seen in action only in the following T20 seriesWest Indies have little to lose and a series win over India will be a muchneeded shot in the arm after their failure to qualify for the ODI World Cup later this yearTheir bowlers have given Indian batters a hard time Leftarm spinner Gudakesh Motie has got the ball to turn sharply and pacer Romario Shepherd has used the short ball to good effect2006The year India last lost an ODI series against West Indies in the CaribbeanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever