West Indies captain Rovman Powell has won the toss and elected to bat in the 3rd T20I against India, in Providence, Guyana, on Tuesday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal gets his maiden T20I cap and will make his India debut tonight.
The pitch will be of assistance to spinners despite a few crowds hovering above the stadium.
Kuldeep Yadav comes in for Ravi Bishnoi while Jaiswal will open, that means Ishan Kishan sits out.
WI make one change with Roston Chase coming in for the injured Jason Holder.
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India: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sanju Samson(w), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar
West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
India will need to bat with the fearlessness they often talk about as they look to avoid a series defeat in the third T20 International against the West Indies in Providence, Guyana, on Tuesday.
Windies, on the other hand, will look to close out the series and record their first T20I series win over India since 2016.
The slow pitches on offer have not been the best for batting but as skipper Hardik Pandya pointed out after the loss on Sunday, India should have a found way to score an additional 10-20 runs.
India, who last lost to the West Indies in a bilateral T20 series back in 2016, trail 0-2 in the five-match series.
The shortest format demands the batters to go hard from ball one and that is something India's top-order, comprising Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav, have not been able to do.
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The top-order's failure has put extra pressure on the likes of Sanju Samson and rookie Tilak Varma, who has taken to international cricket like fish to water.
With the focus on ODIs in a World Cup year, Gill, Kishan and Suryakumar would want to be amongst the runs ahead of the Asia Cup beginning August 31.
"Batters need to take more responsibility," Hardik's message was clear to the batters following the two-wicket loss in Providence, Guyana, on Sunday.
India have been playing with a long tail with Axar Patel batting at seven to maintain the balance of the side and it is unlikely to change in the next game.
India's in-form spinner Kuldeep Yadav missed Sunday's game due to a sore thumb and it remains to be seen if he is available for selection.
The bowlers, especially the spinners, need to find a way to contain a rampaging Nicholas Pooran. The southpaw has been batting with disdain against the likes of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravi Bishnoi. Left-arm spinner Axar was not even used in the last game.
West Indies are in an ideal position for their first series win over India since 2016.
Like the opposition, West Indies' top-order too has not been amongst runs with Pooran left to do the heavy lifting. The hosts would want to change that.
The likes of Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer will once again be looking to take the attack to the Indian spinners.
The home team's bowlers have done well to keep India in check and will be keen to maintain that with series on the line.
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