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Dec 14, 2019 West Indies opted to bowl against India After winning the toss in the series opener, West Indies captain Kieron Pollard left home captain Virat Kohli surprised by choosing to field on a surface that Kohli felt was dry and liable to break during the first innings. Pollard said he didn’t know what

6:10 AM GMT India head coach Ravi Shastri has said that winning a world title has become a “huge” obsession of his, something he wants to “chase” with his team. Under Shastri, India have competed in three global tournaments: the 2015 World Cup, the 2016 World T20 and the World Cup earlier this summer in

11:48 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff December 15: India v West Indies, 1st ODI in Chennai NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other relevant) updates Our XI: Virat Kohli, Nicholas Pooran, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Sheldon Cottrell, Yuzvendra

10:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff There’s an injury-related question mark over Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who is likely to become the second player after Shikhar Dhawan (leg injury) to drop out of the original squad announced for the ODI series against West Indies. The three-match ODI series begins in Chennai on December 15. The nature of the

8:15 AM GMT Kevin Roberts, the Cricket Australia chief executive, is hopeful that India’s strong position in the World Test Championship will help persuade them to play at least one pink-ball Test on their tour next year. Cricket Australia has made no secret of their desire to keep pushing the expansion of the day-night format,

2:56 AM GMT India haven’t gone hard at the opposition while batting first in T20Is of late, but they hung up caution and unleashed a no-holds-barred assault on West Indies in the series decider in Mumbai on Wednesday. More than three years after West Indies had overpowered India in the T20 World Cup semi-final at

8:00 AM GMT West Indies won the crucial toss in the decider at Wankhede Stadium, a ground made for chasing T20 totals in the night dew. It was a no-brainer that the unchanged visiting side chose to chase, which has resulted in five wins out of six T20Is at Wankhede. Overall in T20 cricket, since

10:12 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Justice (retd) RM Lodha, who was appointed by the Supreme Court in 2015 to reform the BCCI, has said the board’s move to amend the constitution he had framed was “unfortunate”. The constitution, which provides for sweeping changes to the way in which Indian cricket is run, was approved by

6:08 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff An in-form Mayank Agarwal is likely to replace the injured Shikhar Dhawan in the Indian squad for ODI leg of the home series against West Indies which will follow after the ongoing T20I series. It is understood that Dhawan has not yet completely recovered from the freak knee injury he

3:12 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff December 8: India v West Indies, 3rd T20I in Mumbai NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates Captain: Rohit Sharma Although Rohit has scored only 25 runs in his last three T20Is – the lowest three-game aggregate in his

1:15 PM GMT West Indies v India, Wankhede Stadium: here we go again. In the T20 World Cup semi-final at this venue more than three years ago, India managed only four sixes on their way to a total of 192 for 2. West Indies’ power-hitters, led by Lendl Simmons, then made that look a whole

ICC chairman Shashank Manohar © Getty Images ICC chairman Shashank Manohar has indicated that he will not seek to continue in the seat when his current term ends in May 2020. Despite having the option of serving for another two years, Manohar was quoted as saying by The Hindu, “I am not interested in continuing

8:00 AM GMT Big picture March 31, 2016, Mumbai. West Indies outgunned India in the semi-final and went onto become World T20 champions. They have fallen off the perch since and are currently No. 10 on the ICC T20I rankings , but don’t let that fool you. More than three years after knocking India out

6:09 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India captain Virat Kohli said his side couldn’t expect to win matches if they continued to slip up in the field. West Indies beat India by eight wickets in the second T20I on Sunday to leave the series 1-1 going into the decider. While the margin eight wickets with nine

The Vidarbha players pose with the trophy © PTI Into its 86th year, the biggest first-class competition in the world – the Ranji Trophy – gets bigger with a 38th team, Chandigarh, added to the roster for the 2019-20 season. Like every year, it gives around 800 hopefuls a platform to establish themselves. Players aside,

8:17 AM GMT “Ball dekho, maaro.” (See ball, hit ball) Speaking to Chahal TV for the BCCI website, this was how KL Rahul summed up his approach and mindset after getting to a start in India’s pursuit of 208 against West Indies in the T20I series opener in Hyderabad. In stark contrast to his captain

3:48 PM GMT Even as he waits for the Supreme Court to consider rolling back certain reforms, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has cautioned that without experienced people at the helm, even the richest and most powerful cricket board could fall swiftly. Ganguly said “continuity” was “a very important” yardstick in running a sport and so

2:47 AM GMT Fielding at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium can be tricky in the evening because of the floodlights, which are lower than at most other grounds. In the IPL, this venue, home of Sunrisers Hyderabad, has seen a catch conversion rate of only 70%. India’s fielders also found it difficult in the T20I

8:00 AM GMT Toss India chose to bowl v West Indies Bhuvneshwar Kumar made his way back into international cricket since the West Indies tour in August; he was likely to enter the contest immediately as India elected to bowl first with dew expected to affect the game later. In the previous two home series,

6:09 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli smashed his highest ever T20I score, making 94* off 50 balls as India chased a massive target of 208 against West Indies in the first T20I in Hyderabad. Kohli’s innings was played in two parts, both sharply contrasting with each other. Off the first 25 balls he faced,

9:11 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff December 6: India v West Indies, 1st T20I in Hyderabad NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates Captain: KL Rahul Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not played T20s for a while but Rahul has, scoring 313 runs from

8:00 AM GMT Big picture You look at the ICC T20I rankings and wonder, how the mighty have fallen. The reigning champions of T20Is enter the three-match series ranked tenth. But as it often is after the Caribbean Premier League, rankings mean very little because the team composition is so different from the one only

1:44 PM GMT The BCCI will have to wait for the New Year to see if the Supreme Court will approve the amendments to the board’s constitution which would roll back some of the key reforms recommended by the RM Lodha Committee. On Wednesday, the court “tentatively” listed January 14 as the next date of

11:30 AM GMT India’s tour of Australia in 2021 could become the first series ever to feature more than one day-night Test. A Cricket Australia (CA) delegation, led by its chairman Earl Eddings, is set to meet the new BCCI administration on the sidelines of a limited-overs series in January with the question of day-night

11:25 AM GMT Just a day after Karnataka State Cricket Association president Roger Binny said his administration was striving to keep cricket “clean”, a senior official of the state’s managing committee has been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into corruption in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). Sudhindra Shinde, a former Karnataka player, was

7:27 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Follow all the news updates in the lead-up to the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy here December 3 Suryakumar Yadav is the new Mumbai captain Mumbai, Ranji Trophy champions on 41 occasions, will begin the 2019-20 season with a new captain. The Mumbai Cricket Association announced in-form top-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav as

4:37 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Priyam Garg will look to join a select list of India Under-19 World Cup-winning captains consisting of Mohammad Kaif, Virat Kohli, Unmukt Chand and Prithvi Shaw when he leads the team at the 2020 edition in South Africa in January-February. Uttar Pradesh’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel has been named his deputy.

© BCCI Just over a month after being elected BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly had plenty to sort through at his new administration’s first annual general meeting (AGM), in Mumbai on Sunday. His team had to look at variety of issues dating back to 2016, when the previous AGM was held. After the meeting, Ganguly spoke

12:02 PM GMT Vishal Dikshit in Mumbai To avoid being held in contempt of court, the BCCI has decided to wait for the Supreme Court of India’s approval before carrying out sweeping changes to its constitution, which would result in significantly rolling back the Lodha Committee’s reforms. The court is likely to hear the matter

7:39 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli‘s India have blown away oppositions at home – just ask South Africa and Bangladesh who were at the receiving end recently. And armed with an incredible bowling attack, they’ve also established their dominance overseas, including winning a historic Test series in Australia in January earlier this year. So,