India vs West Indies - 1st ODI

Author: Shreyas
06 Feb 2022 15:35:59
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India vs West Indies - 1st ODI of the 3-Match ODI series, at Narendra Modi Stadium (earlier Motera Stadium), Ahmedabad

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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad 

(i) Total Matches - ODI

Overall - 21 (Last played in 2014)

Avg 1st Innings - 242
Avg 2nd Innings - 212

Highest total - 365/2 (South Africa vs India - 27th February'2010)

Matches won batting first - 11
Matches won batting second - 10

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

IND - 15 - 7w/8l (Last Played in 2014)
WI - 7 - 5w/2l (Last Played in 2011)

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) Sri Lanka vs India - 6th November'2014
274/8 vs 275/4 (IND won by 6 wkts)

Shikhar Dhawan - 79(80)
Virat Kohli - 49(44)

Pacers - 2w+1w=3w
Spinners - 5w+3w=8w

2) West Indies vs India - 5th December'2011
260/5 vs 244/10 (WI won by 16 runs)

Darren Bravo - 26(41)
Kieron Pollard - 29(32)
Kemar Roach - 1w
Rohit Sharma - 95(100)
Virat Kohli - 20(30)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

3) Australia vs India - 24th March'2011
260/6 vs 261/5 (IND won by 5 wkts)

Virat Kohli - 24(33)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

4) Zimbabwe vs New Zealand - 4th March'2011
162/10 vs 166/0 (NZ won by 10 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+0w=5w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w

5) Australia vs Zimbabwe - 21st February'2011
262/6 vs 171/10 (AUS won by 91 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w


SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 16w
2nd Innings - 16w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 15w
2nd Innings - 10w

Overall
32w:25w (Pacers:Spinners)


2. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
129 - 64w/63l/2t (In favour of IND)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of IND)

(iii) On This Venue
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of IND) - Last Played in 2011

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches 

1) West Indies vs India - 22nd December'2019 
315/5 vs 316/6 (IND won by 4 wkts)

Nicholas Pooran - 89(64)
Kieron Pollard - 74(51)*
Shai Hope - 42(50)
Alzarri Joseph - 1w
Jason Holder - 1w
Virat Kohli - 85(81)
KL Rahul - 77(89)
Rohit Sharma - 63(63)
Shardul Thakur - 17(6)* & 1w

2) India vs West Indies - 18th December'2019
387/5 vs 280/10 (IND won by 107 runs)

Rohit Sharma - 159(138)
KL Rahul - 102(104)
Shreyas Iyer - 53(32)
Rishabh Pant - 39(16)
Kuldeep Yadav - 3w
Shardul Thakur - 1w
Shai Hope - 78(85)
Nicholas Pooran - 75(47)
Alzarri Joseph - 1w
Kieron Pollard - 1w

3) India vs West Indies - 15th December'2019
287/8 vs 291/2 (WI won by 8 wkts)

Rishabh Pant - 71(69)
Shreyas Iyer - 70(88)
Rohit Sharma - 36(56)
Deepak Chahar - 1w
Shai Hope - 102(151)*
Nicholas Pooran - 29(23)*
Alzarri Joseph - 2w
Kieron Pollard - 1w

4) West Indies vs India - 14th August'2019
240/7 vs 256/4 (IND won by 6 wkts - DLS)

Nicholas Pooran - 30(16)
Shai Hope - 24(52)
Jason Holder - 14(20) 
Fabian Allen - 2w
Kemar Roach - 1w
Virat Kohli - 114(99)*
Shreyas Iyer - 65(41)
Shikhar Dhawan - 36(36)
Yuzvendra Chahal - 1w


ON THIS VENUE 

1) West Indies vs India - 5th December'2011
260/5 vs 244/10 (WI won by 16 runs)

Darren Bravo - 26(41)
Kieron Pollard - 29(32)
Kemar Roach - 1w
Rohit Sharma - 95(100)
Virat Kohli - 20(30)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w


(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these sides meet

IND

Virat Kohli - Highest run scorer (2235), Avg (72.09) - 39M/38I
Rohit Sharma - 3rd highest run scorer (1523), Avg (60.92) - 33M/31I
Shikhar Dhawan - 21st highest run scorer (834), Avg (33.36) - 27M/26I

Kuldeep Yadav - 19th highest wicket taker (24), Avg (24.91), SR (30.8) - 15M/14I


WI

Shai Hope - 24th highest run scorer (693), Avg (53.30) - 17M/16I
Darren Bravo - 27th highest run scorer (611), Avg (38.18) - 20M/18I
Kieron Pollard - 37th highest run scorer (448), Avg (28) - 19M/18I
Jason Holder - 45th highest run scorer (385), Avg (27.50) - 22M/18I

Kemar Roach - 19th highest wicket taker (24), Avg (42.45), SR (45) - 15M/14I
Jason Holder - 30th highest wicket taker (18), Avg (53.33), SR (55.8) - 22M/21I


(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H) - 2014 onwards

India (IND)

1. Rohit Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(8), 162(137), 18(23), 18(34), 36(56), 159(138)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(18), 152(117)*, 8(9), 63(56)*, 10(6), 63(63)

2. Shikhar Dhawan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(9), 35(35), 63(59), 2(6), 29(30), 38(40), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 68(92), 9(14), 5(7), 4(6), 35(45), 6(5), 36(36)

3. Ruturaj Gaikwad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. KL Rahul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 48(64), 6(15), 102(104)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 77(89)

5. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 62(78)&0w, 127(114), 87(66), 11(22), 157(129)*, 16(17), 72(82), 120(125), 4(4), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5), 33(36), 3(12), 140(107), 107(119), 33(29)*, 114(99)*, 85(81)

6. Ishan Kishan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Rishabh Pant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(13), 20(35), 71(69), 39(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(18), 0(1), 7(6)

8. Shreyas Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 71(68), 70(88), 53(32)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 65(41), 7(7)

9. Suryakumar Yadav 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Deepak Hooda
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Washington Sundar 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Yuzvendra Chahal 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 1w

13. Shardul Thakur
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(6)*&1w

14. Deepak Chahar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Kuldeep Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 3w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 15(21)*&2w, 1w, 0w

16. Ravi Bishnoi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Avesh Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Prasidh Krishna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Mayank Aggarwal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Shah Rukh Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


West Indies (WI)

1. Shai Hope 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(39), 51(98), 32(51), 95(113), 0(5), 24(52), 42(50)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 81(88), 24(50), 123(134)*, 0(2), 5(10), 5(10), 102(151)*, 78(85)

2. Brandon King 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Darren Bravo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(45)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(44), 40(51)

4. Nkrumah Bonner 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Shamarh Brooks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Kieron Pollard 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4), 74(51)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(50)&0w, 6(31)&0w, 1w, 0(1)&1w

7. Nicholas Pooran 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(16), 89(64)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(50), 42(52), 29(23)*, 75(47)

8. Jason Holder
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 57(64)&0w, 11(10)&5w, 36(34)&0w, 38(42)&0w, 32(39)&2w, 25(33)&0w, 14(20)&0w, 7(4)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8)&1w, 29(29)&1w, 6(9)&1w, 12(23)&0w, 54(70)*&0w, 6(13)&2w, 13(19)*&1w, 0w, 11(13)&0w

9. Romario Shepherd 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Odean Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Fabian Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 4(11)&0w, 6(7)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(17)&0w, 0(1)&0w

12. Kemar Roach
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 26(22)*&0w, 15(19)*&1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 6(27)&2w, 14(21)*&3w, 0w

13. Akeal Hosein
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Hayden Walsh Jr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

15. Alzarri Joseph
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w


3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) INDIA (IND) SQUAD: 

Covid Isolation - Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad
Quarantined - Mayank Agarwal
Unavailable - KL Rahul 

IN - Mayank Aggarwal, Ishan Kishan

Probable XI

1) Rohit Sharma - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 56, 55, 48, 56, 30, 74, 14, 0, 60, 18

2) Ishan Kishan - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 91, 0, 49, 29, 4, 70*, 75, 50*, 9, 14

3) Virat Kohli - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 65, 0, 51, 79, 29, 35, 18, 0, 36, 2*, 9

4) Suryakumar Yadav - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 39, 4, 49, 8, 14, 0, 1, 62, 25*, 6*

5) Rishabh Pant - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 85, 16, 27, 100*, 17, 0, 8, 34, 4, 12*, 17*
/
Shah Rukh Khan (if they feel like giving Pant rest)

6) Deepak Hooda - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 109, 35, 12, 0r 1w, 18, 24, 3r 0w, 75, 21r 0w, 70*
/
Shah Rukh Khan

7) Washington Sundar - LHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 1r 1w, 70r 0w, 3w, 8r 2w, 4r 5w, 1w, 31r 1w, 34r 3w, 1, 6r 0w

8) Shardul Thakur - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 40r 1w, 50r 0w, 12r 1w, 5r 1w, 0r 7w, 28r 1w, 4r 2w, 10r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w

9) Deepak Chahar - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 54r 2w, 10r 4w, 0w, 21r 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w

10) Yuzvendra Chahal - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 3w, 11r 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w
/
Kuldeep Yadav/Ravi Bishnoi

11) Avesh Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 3w
/
Mohammad Siraj


BENCH 

12) Prasidh Krishna - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w

13) Mohammad Siraj - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 0w

14) Shikhar Dhawan - LHB
Last 10 - 61, 29, 79, 12, 18, 14, 12, 0, 36, 7

15) Ruturaj Gaikwad - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 168, 21, 124, 154*, 136, 44, 3, 81, 80, 51

16) Mayank Agarwal - RHB
Last 10 - 15, 7, 26, 23, 60, 4, 150, 62, 13, 17, 4, 28, 28, 23, 0

17) Ravi Bishnoi - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 17r 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 20r 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w

18) KL Rahul - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 9, 55, 12, 12, 10, 50, 8, 123, 23, 65, 15, 54*, 50

19) Shreyas Iyer - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 26r 0w, 11r 0w, 17, 18, 14, 105, 65, 25, 5, 30*, 1

20) Kuldeep Yadav - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 23r 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 15r 0w, 0w, 1w, 12


TRAVELING RESERVES 
(Since there are a few players in Isolation after testing positive, they could also be considered for selection)

21) Shah Rukh Khan - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 42, 17, 79*, 9, 8, 32, 66, 33*

22) R Sai Kishore - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 18r 1w, 12r 0w, 61r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli


B) WEST INDIES (WI) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) Shai Hope - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 4, 2, 20, 53, 17, 29, 1, 31, 22, 16, 10, 3

2) Brandon King - RHB
Last 10 - 34, 26, 10, 0, 52*, 36, 43, 67, 1, 27, 12

3) Shamarh Brooks - RHB
Last 10 - 1, 43, 93, 49, 10, 5, 8, 21, 34, 43

4) Nicholas Pooran - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 21, 22, 70, 24, 27*, 2, 1, 13, 64, 26, 18

5) Darren Bravo - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 3*, 23, 34*, 25, 1, 22, 19, 14, 14*

6) Kieron Pollard - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 41r 0w, 18r 1w, 9r 2w, 1r 1w, 0w, 3r 0w, 1r 1w, 69, 44, 0r 0w, 14*

7) Romario Shepherd - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 1w, 11r 3w, 44r 1w, 1w, 13r 0w, 50r 1w, 3w, 1w, 35r 1w, 21r 2w,

8) Jason Holder - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 5w, 36r 3w, 1w, 1r 2w, 4w, 44r 0w, 3r 0w, 13r 1w, 4r 0w, 3r 1w, 36r 0w

9) Odean Smith - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 7, 0w, 20r 1w, 46r 0w, 18r 2w, 1w, 12r 2w, 24r 1w, 2w, 30r 1w

10) Akeal Hosein - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 4w, 1w, 1w, 44r 1w, 1w, 23r 3w, 11r 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w

11) Hayden Walsh Jr - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 30r 1w, 10r 0w, 0w
/
Kemar Roach/Alzarri Joseph


BENCH 

12) Kemar Roach - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 8r 0w, 13r 0w, 8r 3w, 7r 0w, 13r 2w, 30r 3w, 1r 3w, 27r 4w, 13r 2w, 4w, 5w, 2w, 8w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w

13) Alzarri Joseph - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w

14) Fabian Allen - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0, 12r 2w, 1w, 0r 0w, 0*, 20r 1w, 0, 0r 1w, 0w, 18r 1w

15) Nkrumah Bonner - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 35, 44, 1, 68*, 37, 2, 0, 5, 10, 31, 113*, 16, 4, 20, 90r 0w, 38

Safe C/VC choices
Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard


Differential GL C/VC choices 

IND - Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur
Risky - Yuzvendra Chahal/Kuldeep Yadav/Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar

WI - Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran
Risky - Odean Smith, Shamarh Brooks


NOTE - Shah Rukh Khan has been added to the squad and can be selected in the Playing XI. 


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However, the PCB will host an event in Lahore on February 16 to mark the start of the tournament
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:47:52 GMT
The team management is not worried about Suryakumar's lean run; in his last six innings, he has scored just 52 runs
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:41:27 GMT
Sanju Samson and Phil Salt will hope to get back among the runs as the series nears its climax
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 07:37:44 GMT
India have crushed all their opponents so far, while England faced a couple of must-win games in their run to the semi-finals
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:10:00 GMT
Tilak Varma closed in on Travis Head's top spot in T20I batting by going up from third place to No. 2
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:52:07 GMT
Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Atharva Ankolekar and Suryansh Shedge return for their last league game of the season
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:28:46 GMT
Varun Chakravarthy takes five in losing cause after Ben Duckett fifty helps set up winning total
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:33:05 GMT
Visitors are clear underdogs against an Indian side that has lost only two of the 17 T20Is since their T20 World Cup triumph
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:30:40 GMT
The India batter has confirmed his availability for Delhi's next match starting on January 30
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:58:50 GMT
ICC says tickets will go on sale for the final only after the conclusion of the first semi-final, scheduled on March 4
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:41:05 GMT
Highlights from the final day of sixth round of matches
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:50:03 GMT
The batting allrounder has recovered from the shoulder injury that put him out of the T20Is in South Africa and the ongoing series against England
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 03:46:53 GMT
England were proactive and stayed in the game but could not dislodge India's No. 3
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:41:24 GMT
Highlights from Day 3 of the sixth round of Ranji Trophy matches
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:27:58 GMT
Reddy has a side strain, while Rinku experienced lower-back spasms during the first T20I against England
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:04:45 GMT
For India, a large part of the focus will once again be on Mohammed Shami's fitness - will he finally be good to go?
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:54:06 GMT
Vice-captain hopes England can bounce back in clearer conditions in Chennai on Saturday
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:17:00 GMT
R Smaran, meanwhile, turned a maiden first-class ton into a double as Karnataka ground Punjab into the dust
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:49:43 GMT
"It has definitely helped me to get better, be more instinctive, be on my toes, and think correctly at the right moment"
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:42:52 GMT
Rohit is now averaging 10.43 across 16 innings in first-class cricket in the 2024-25 season
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:55:47 GMT
Ravindra Jadeja and Khaleel Ahmed, meanwhile, had memorable outings with the ball
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:17:05 GMT
After the spinners limited England to 132, India's batters aced the chase to go 1-0 up
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:50:21 GMT
"That was a big moment for me, that when the team wants me to do that, then I can do it"
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:15:28 GMT
The captains event is tentatively scheduled around February 16 or 17 in Karachi
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:28:13 GMT
Mumbai captain Rahane said the return of Rohit and Jaiswal would add a lot of value in the dressing room too
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:23:42 GMT
The two teams are in transition, but there's plenty of firepower in both sides for what should be a high-scoring series
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:05:08 GMT
With Hardik Pandya losing the India vice-captaincy, and set to lead T20I captain Suryakumar Kumar at the IPL, could it make for a strained relationship? Not at all, says Suryakumar
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:15:41 GMT
It will be Kohli's first appearance in the Ranji Trophy in 12 years
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:19:30 GMT
India's newly appointed T20I vice-captain has suggested that only the openers' roles will be fixed
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:36:43 GMT
England take on T20 World Cup champions in five-match series to start new coach's tenure
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:05:01 GMT
The quick was spotted with some protection on his knee but nearly hit full tilt towards the end of his training session
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:08:15 GMT
The ten-point policy document was sent out to associations that will be hosting India-England games, PTI reported; the first T20I is in Kolkata, where India began training on Sunday
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:21:09 GMT
Sri Lanka began with a huge win against Malaysia before India brushed West Indies aside in the evening game
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:22:55 GMT
He has been picked in India's Champions Trophy squad, subject to fitness
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:22:06 GMT
Mohammed Siraj has lost his place to Arshdeep Singh in India's 15-man squad
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:20:52 GMT
Rohit heard telling chief selector Agarkar that his team-mates had expressed concerns over some of the guidelines, including the travel restrictions on families
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:51:35 GMT
Dhruv Shorey's run-a-ball hundred in vain for Vidarbha
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:41:20 GMT
The next round is from January 23, and will also see Pant, Jadeja and Gill in action
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:08:20 GMT
India are going to announce their 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy on Saturday
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:21:32 GMT
The BCCI announced he will sit in as captain on the press conference scheduled for January 18, when the two squads will be named
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:22:22 GMT
The guidelines come with a warning that "non-compliance" could result not just in disciplinary action, but heavier sanctions including exclusion from domestic cricket and IPL
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:59:46 GMT
Bengaluru and Lucknow are the other two venues for the five-team tournament
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:04:01 GMT
Kotak has been head coach of several India A tours, and served as assistant coach to Laxman during the Ireland T20Is, and has been a batting coach at the NCA since 2019
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:03:57 GMT
This is a chance for Test regulars to find form or hopefuls to stake claim for selection
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