India will be hoping the experiment of trying out Sanju Samson and Surykumar Yadav in the middle-order works when it takes on the West Indies in the ODI series decider on Tuesday.
India, which has not lost an ODI series to West Indies since 2006, faces a rare series defeat after its move to rest skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli backfired in the second game in Barbados.
As head coach Rahul Dravid pointed after the six-wicket loss on Saturday, India is looking at the bigger picture ahead of next month’s Asia Cup and the upcoming World Cup will have another game to see the kind of impact the younger players can make in a must-win match.