India vs WI 1st ODI Updates: Kuldeep breaks 135-run stand

Kuldeep Yadav with a fresh over and John Campbell swings hard and connects well to send a flighted delivery on middle and leg over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum. 

A dot and two singles follow before Kuldeep sends one way outside off and is called a wide. 

Two singles to end the over. 11 came off it. 

Naman Dheer then concedes six singles off his third over. 

The West Indies openers have solid so far although Graves has been struggling with his shin injury. 

Kuldeep Yadav with his third over and he breaks the stand, getting rid of Campbell. Flighted delivery and Campbell kneels down to sweep but the ball bounces awkwardly, inducing a top-edge and Prasidh Krishna takes a smart catch at short fine leg. 

Campbell goes for 62 off 60 balls with six boundaries and three sixes. 

Keacy Carty comes to the crease and gets off the mark with a single to deep backward square leg. 

Just a single off Kuldeep's successful over. 

Ravindra Jadeja continues and concedes three singles as West Indies openers John Campbell and Justin Greaves play it safe. 

Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack and Greaves edges a flighted delivery to short third. A mix up but Greaves has made his ground. 

Four singles come off the over. 

Campbell then throws his bat at an away-going delivery from Jadeja but gets a thick outside edge and the ball races away to the fence. 

Campbell then completes his fifty off 48 balls with a single to mid-off. 

Two more singles come off the 7-run over. 

Ravindra Jadeja with his second over and John Campbell and Justin Greaves keep the scoreboard ticking with four singles. 

Debutant Naman Dhir comes into the attack and starts from round the wicket. Greaves taps a tossed up delivery to long-on for a single. 

Dhir varies his length smartly and bowls three dots before giving away two singles. 

Just three came off the over. 

Jadeja continues and Greaves leans forward and drives a tossed-up delivery to long-off for a single. Two more singles come off the over. 

Naman Dhir with his second over and Greaves and Campbell pick up a single each off the first two balls before Greaves his half-century in 43 balls with a boundary through deep backward point. 

100 up for West Indies as well. 

A couple through deep extra cover and a single through backward square leg follow. 

A dot to end the 9-run over. 

Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack and John Campbell sweeps one over backward square leg for a boundary before finishing the over with back-to-back sixes over long-off and long-on. 

16 runs came off Jadeja's first over. 

Gurnoor Brar with his fourth over and concedes a single before Campbell thumps an over-pitched delivery through off-side for four runs. 

A shortish delivery flies over the batter's head and is called a wide. 

A dot and a single to fine leg to end the 7-run over. 

Gurnoor Brar with his second over and John Campbell plays the first delivery with soft hands and taps it back to the bowler before edging one through the slip cordon for a boundary. 

Campbell and Justin Greaves rotate the strike with quick singles before Campbell guides a good length delivery to the third man fence. 

A dot to end the 10-run over. 

Greaves is back after receiving some treatment on his right shin and he smacks Prasidh Krishna's first ball of a fresh over through cover point for a boundary. 

Two dots later, Greaves stands tall and cuts a shortish delivery through point and gets a boundary. 

Another and Greaves finishes the over in style with a boundary to long-off. 

12 runs came off the over. 

West Indies are currently scoring at a healthy rate of 8.5. 

Brar with another over and Campbell plays the first two deliveries defensively before Brar bangs one in and is called a wide for height. 

A single to mid-off follows. 

West Indies openers have so far hit 12 boundaries, with 9 of them coming from Greaves' willow. 

Three dots to end the 2-run over. 

Prasidh Krishna continues and concedes a wide down the leg before John Campbell picks up a boundary off the final delivery through third man. 

Five runs came off the over. 

Gurnoor Brar replaces the expensive Nitish Kumar Reddy and starts off with a dot and a wide out side off. Justin Greaves edges a shortish delivery which flies past Rohit Sharma at first slip to the third man fence. 

A couple through sweeper cover before Greaves finishes the over with a boundary through deep extra cover. 

11 runs came off the over. 

Prasidh continues and Campbell edges a length delivery for a single before Greaves flicks the next to deep square leg for a couple. 

Prasidh then bowls four dots on the trot to finish the 3-run over. 

The action is about to get underway in Thiruvananthapuram. 

West Indies openers John Campbell and Justin Greaves are out in the middle. 

Prasidh Krishna with the new ball for India. He starts off with two dots before Campbell pushes a fuller delivery to mid-off for a single. 

Prasidh maintains a tight off-stump line, giving away just a single off his first over.

Nitish Kumar Reddy to bowl from the other end and concedes a single (leg byes).

A slip is in place. 

Greaves on strike and he drives a half-volley beautifully and picks up a boundary through long-off. 

No-ball as Reddy oversteps and Greaves hammers one through mid-wicket and makes good use of the free-hit. 

Another boundary through deep mid-wicket follows. 

A dot later, Greaves smashes a full delivery through deep extra cover for the fourth boundary of the over. 

A dot to end the 18-run over. 

India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (Captain), Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Naman Dhir, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Gurnoor Brar, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.

West Indies: John Campbell, Justin Greaves, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Amir Jangoo, Jewel Andrew, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph, Jayden Seales.

"Doesn't really matter, but we would have batted first. Quick turnaround for us from the CPL. We want to play against the best teams in the world, so looking forward to the challenge. We need to put good score on the board because the batting will get better in the evening. We have got five frontline bowlers and one allrounder," West Indies captain Shai Hope said.

As India gears up for next year's 2027 ODI World Cup, the three-match series against West Indies offers a critical platform to assess player form, integrate young talent, and fine-tune team strategies.