UAE opt to bat; West Indies hand debuts to Drakes and Hodge

Toss UAE chose to bat vs West Indies

UAE won the toss and chose to bat against West Indies in the first ODI series, in Sharjah on a hot Sunday afternoon. Captain Muhammad Waseem said at the toss that he felt it would be easy to put up a total.

West Indies had two debutants: spin-bowling allrounderKavem Hodge and fast-bowling allrounder Dominic Drakes. Drakes has played ten T20Is for West Indies and comes with an experience of 25 List-A games. Hodge is relatively more experienced, having featured in 47 List-A matches.

For UAE, 19-year-old left-hand batter Ali Naseer made his ODI debut.

This is West Indies' first outing under new white-ball coach Daren Sammy.

UAE: 1 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 2 Aryansh Sharma (wk), 3 Vriitya Aravind, 4 Rameez Shahzad, 5 Asif Khan, 6 Rohan Mustafa, 7 Ali Naseer, 8 Aayan Afzal Khan, 9 Karthik Meiyappan, 10 Junaid Siddique, 11 Zahoor Khan

West Indies: 1 Johnson Charles, 2 Brandon King, 3 Shamarh Brooks, 4 Shai Hope (capt, wk), 5 Keacy Carty, 6 Kavem Hodge, 7 Roston Chase, 8 Keemo Paul, 9 Yannic Cariah, 9 Odean Smith, 11 Dominic Drakes