HYDERABAD: India will look to seal their five-match T20I series against the West Indies when the two sides meet in the fourth T20I at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Tuesday, with the hosts holding a 2-1 lead after three high-voltage contests.
India won the first and third T20Is, while the West Indies claimed the second, setting up a potentially decisive evening in Hyderabad. A win for India would wrap up the series with a game to spare; a West Indies victory would force a decider.
Runs on the cards
Batting fireworks have defined the tour. Extremely high-scoring pitches featured in all three preceding ODIs, and Hyderabad has a reputation for run-gluts — it is the venue where India nearly reached 300 in a T20I and the home ground of the Sunrisers Hyderabad, whose fearless batting has repeatedly sent IPL scoring records tumbling. Abhishek Sharma, a protagonist of those SRH pyrotechnics, found form in the third T20I in Indore, where India defended a total — remarkably the first successful defence of the tour.
India may stick with the extra-pacer formula that worked in Indore, which could keep Kuldeep Yadav on the bench again. The West Indies, meanwhile, are sweating on the fitness of Romario Shepherd, who injured himself bowling in the second T20I and missed the Indore game.
Probable line-ups
India are expected to go with Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, captain Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav and Arshdeep Singh. The West Indies' likely XI features captain Shai Hope, Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Shamar Springer, Keemo Paul, Shamar Joseph and Gudakesh Motie — fitness permitting.
Sources: The Indian Express — India vs West Indies 4th T20I predicted playing XI (Oct 13, 2026)
India won the first and third T20Is, while the West Indies claimed the second, setting up a potentially decisive evening in Hyderabad. A win for India would wrap up the series with a game to spare; a West Indies victory would force a decider.
Runs on the cards
Batting fireworks have defined the tour. Extremely high-scoring pitches featured in all three preceding ODIs, and Hyderabad has a reputation for run-gluts — it is the venue where India nearly reached 300 in a T20I and the home ground of the Sunrisers Hyderabad, whose fearless batting has repeatedly sent IPL scoring records tumbling. Abhishek Sharma, a protagonist of those SRH pyrotechnics, found form in the third T20I in Indore, where India defended a total — remarkably the first successful defence of the tour.
India may stick with the extra-pacer formula that worked in Indore, which could keep Kuldeep Yadav on the bench again. The West Indies, meanwhile, are sweating on the fitness of Romario Shepherd, who injured himself bowling in the second T20I and missed the Indore game.
Probable line-ups
India are expected to go with Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, captain Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav and Arshdeep Singh. The West Indies' likely XI features captain Shai Hope, Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Shamar Springer, Keemo Paul, Shamar Joseph and Gudakesh Motie — fitness permitting.
Sources: The Indian Express — India vs West Indies 4th T20I predicted playing XI (Oct 13, 2026)
