India vs West India: Fifth T20 International – teams, start, lineups, Hope

India host West Indies in the final match of the tour on Saturday with an all-time classic T20 series level at 2-2. Save Share Who:India vs West IndiesWhat:Twenty20 International cricket seriesWhere:M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, IndiaWhen:Saturday, October 17, at 7pm (13:30 GMT)How to follow:Al Jazeera Sport will have all the build-up from 11:30 GMT before our live text commentary stream India host West Indies in the decisive T20 International series finale on Saturday after one of the most compelling white-ball tours in recent memory. The five-game series is level at 2-2 before the match in Bengaluru after record-breaking feats by the tourists that have pushed the T20 World Cup holders to the limit. Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at what has become a must-not-miss showdown. The teams played a three-match One-Day International to begin the white-ball tour, which saw India take an unassailable lead after opening eight-wicket wins in Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati. After posting a mammoth 351-7 off their 50 overs – thanks largely to KL Rahul’s 129 off 87 balls – in New Chandigarh, India would have felt they had enough on the board to claim the third match, too. Enter West Indies captain Shai Hope. The opener hit 162 off 143 balls in an unbeaten knock that led his side toa five-wicket win. It was the West Indies highest ODI run chase. India put the disappointment of the closing defeat in the ODI series behind them by claiming an eight-win win, with 5.2 overs to spare, in the first T20 of the series. Despite fifties from Hope and Sherfane Rutherford, West Indies were bowled out for 171, with Naman Dhir taking three wickets for the hosts. Hope then hit an unbeaten 102 off only 45 balls in the second match to lead West Indies to theirhighest successful Twenty20 run chase. Hope hit nine sixes and six boundaries as the West Indies finished with 252-4 in reply to India’s 249-5. India restored their series lead in the third match, but only via a narrow 14-run victory. After being bowled out off the last ball of their innings, India posted 223 – led by Abhishek Sharma’s 69 off 30 balls. Arshdeep Singh claimed three wickets as West Indies were restricted to 209-7. It was time for the Hope show again in the fourth game of the T20 tour, as the wicketkeeper-batter hit hissecond century of the series. The tourists struck 247-3, having been put in, with Hope hitting an unbeaten 102....