India, Oct. 5 -- India and West Indies are all set to continue their T20I rivalry as they meet in a five-match series in India from October 6 to 17. The Men in Blue will host the two-time T20 World Cup champions across five venues, with Shreyas Iyer taking charge of the Indian side. Iyer has enjoyed an impressive run as captain, guiding India to nine successive T20I victories after losing each of his first seven matches as skipper. West Indies, meanwhile, will be led by Shai Hope, who enters the series on the back of consecutive ODI centuries against India last week.

West Indies will be keen to put their 1-2 ODI series defeat behind them and make a stronger impact in the shortest format. The Caribbean side has a number of proven T20 spec...