West Indies skipper Darren Sammy has said that New Zealand’s significantly cooler weather and its less hectic cricket environment will provide a challenge and some respite for his side after their tour of India.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy has said that his team might have fallen down badly in the India series recently because players were caught up in the frenzy over Sachin Tendulkar's retirement.
In street cricket, the best player is chosen as the captain. However, as the grades and level of cricket improves, the role of the captain changes from being the best player to being the best manager of individual egos; one who can stand up for his team, make them play as a unit and strategise.
After playing in the three-match One-Day International series against the West Indies, a few of the Indian players including Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin and other members of the squad were spotted at the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on Wednesday. Some of the commentators who commentated during the just concluded...
It has been a great year for India's opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and he would no doubt look to continue his good form during the tour of South Africa. In fact, the swashbuckling opener with a sparkling century in the final One-Day International against the West Indies at Kanpur was in sublime touch. His century...
India’s volcanically talented opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan’s fifth One-Day International hundred in his 28th innings of his career against the touring West Indies at Kanpur, equalled Sri Lankan opener Upul Tharanga's world record. Both of them now share the record for taking least number of innings to essay their first five hundreds in ODIs. He...
By pummeling the West Indies in Kanpur on Wednesday, Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Co didn’t just pocket the series 2-1. For the umpteenth time this year, they posed this question to you and me: Isn’t this the best ODI side to have represented the country? Greater than 'Kapil’s Devils’ (1983), 'Sunny’s Stars’ (1985), 'Dada’s Gang’ (2003) and even the 'Class of 2011’. Are 'Dhoni’s Dudes’ (2013) right up there?
Darren Bravo is not a cricketing great by any stretch of imagination. Nor is he a player who is going to give sleepless nights to opposition bowlers. You know he is not going to be the subject of long discussion in team meetings. Yet if you are a cricket fan, you are likely to leave most of your work to watch him bat.
Following are the statistical highlights of the third and final match of the ODI series between India and the West Indies.
West Indies skipper Dwayne Bravo said it was due to his bowlers' inconsistent performance that the teamlost a great opportunity to register a series win against India in Kanpur.