IND vs WI 1st T20I: Romario Shepherd, Sherfane Rutherford eye same feat ahead of Lucknow's clash

Romario Shepherd, Sherfane Rutherford (Pic: X/@ICC)

West Indies is set to clash with Team India in the five-match T20I series. The first match is scheduled to be played on October 6 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow.

Ahead of the match, West Indies' Romario Shepherd and Sherfane Rutherford will be eyeing the same feat. Both players will look to accomplish the feat of completing 1000 runs in the format's history.

Shepherd is falling short by 91 runs of reaching the feat, whereas Rutherford requires 98 runs to complete 1000 runs.

So far, Shepherd has smashed 909 runs in 81 T20I matches for the Caribbean side, which includes one half-century. On the other hand, Rutherford has amassed 902 runs in 56 appearances in the shortest format of the game. He also has six half-centuries to his name.

The West Indies will enter the T20I series after suffering a 1-2 ODI series loss against Team India. The visitors will be eager to seal the T20I series against the "Men in Blue".

On the other hand, Team India's senior selection committee has decided to withdraw Washington Sundar from the T20I series against the West Indies. The decision has been taken in view of the upcoming Test series against New Zealand. With the Ranji Trophy season commencing on October 11, Washington will get an opportunity to play red-ball cricket for his state team and prepare for the Test series.

Naman Dhir has been named as his replacement in the T20I squad.

It will be interesting to see if the visitors manage to bounce back and seal the T20I series against Team India.

IND vs WI 1st T20I: Full squads

India: Sanju Samson (WK), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Iyer (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

West Indies: Akeal Hosein, Roston Chase, Shai Hope (C) (WK), Gudakesh Motie, Shimron Hetmyer, Amir Jangoo (WK), Keemo Paul, Shamar Springer, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Sherfane Rutherford, Matthew Forde, Kamil Pooran, Quentin Sampson, Jewel Andrew (WK), Shamar Joseph.