India's previous home one-dayer took place in front of a sparse crowd at the Eden Gardens, reinforcing fears over the amount of cricket being played, but with Tuesday's match taking place at the smaller cricketing centre of Cuttack, a jam-packed stadium is expected. Even though the biggest crowd-pullers like MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar are missing, tickets sales at the Barabati Stadium have been brisk, and even the practice sessions drew plenty of spectators.
A full-strength India would be expected to roll over West Indies at home, but they are missing at least four of their headliners. In addition, they have lost the most skilled bowler in their squad, Praveen Kumar - he was ruled out of the first three one-dayers with an injury. That means the most tested of the quicks is Vinay Kumar, all of 11 one-dayers old, giving the stand-in captain Virender Sehwag something of a challenge.
India are also missing two of their finishers, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, giving the likes of Rohit Sharma an audition for a permanent place in the hugely spirited middle order. West Indies are boosted by the arrival of Kieron Pollard, an impact player who can quickly transform matches, and Lendl Simmons, their most consistent one-day batsman of the year. Sunil Narine, the alternative Trinidad & Tobago off spinner whose variations mystified batsmen in the Champions League T20, could also pose problems in his first outing in international cricket.
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A full-strength India would be expected to roll over West Indies at home, but they are missing at least four of their headliners. In addition, they have lost the most skilled bowler in their squad, Praveen Kumar - he was ruled out of the first three one-dayers with an injury. That means the most tested of the quicks is Vinay Kumar, all of 11 one-dayers old, giving the stand-in captain Virender Sehwag something of a challenge.
India are also missing two of their finishers, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, giving the likes of Rohit Sharma an audition for a permanent place in the hugely spirited middle order. West Indies are boosted by the arrival of Kieron Pollard, an impact player who can quickly transform matches, and Lendl Simmons, their most consistent one-day batsman of the year. Sunil Narine, the alternative Trinidad & Tobago off spinner whose variations mystified batsmen in the Champions League T20, could also pose problems in his first outing in international cricket.
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