West Indies Tour

Shimron Hetmyer scored his career-best 139 to help West Indies win the first ODI in Chennai on Sunday by eight wickets. In the process, he added a record-breaking 218 run-partnership with Shai Hope (102) and displayed his immense batting class to give West Indies the upper hand in the series. The second match of the series which will be played in Visakhapatnam now becomes a must-win for India to stay alive in the series. The Men in Blue came into this series as

The 3-match India-West Indies T20 series ended last night in Chennai, with India comfortably clinching the series 3-0. It was another comprehensive performance by the Men in Blue at home and the West Indies have a lot of soul searching to do. For now, here is a look at the five takeaways from the T20 series. Rohit excels as a captain, again As he had done in the Indian Premiere League (IPL) for the Mumbai Indians a number of times, Rohit Sharma led

The Indian team management has announced that key players Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah will be rested for the third and final T20I match of the series against Windies. India has already secured the series win with the 71-run win at Lucknow in the second T20I game. Leading into the final match of the tour which will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 11th November (Sunday), BCCI has opted to test its bench strength. This also facilitates a resting period

When Rohit Sharma walked back to the heritage grade pavilion of the historic Brabourne Stadium after scoring a magnificent 162, the whole of India was excited to observe the proceedings of the remaining 37 balls. Those 37 balls would help the two divided factions of the nation in vindicating their stand about one of India’s legendary cricketers, MS Dhoni. However, Dhoni went back to the pavilion with a 23 from 15 balls. Neither a trail-blazing knock nor a dull ball-eating one. The discussion remains open, the conundrum continues. Leading into the fourth ODI at Mumbai, India had a tough a selection crisis on its hands. Kedar Jadhav, India’s golden arm in recent times, had to make his comeback into the side. Jadhav’s inclusion meant dropping either Rishabh Pant or MS Dhoni. The selectors sided with Pant when the same

India takes on Windies in the fifth and final ODI of the series tomorrow (November 1, 2018) at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. With the series result hanging at 2-1 in favor of the home side, both the teams will try their best to win this encounter and earn the bragging rights. The Windies were thumped by 224 runs in the fourth ODI that took place at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Indian opener Rohit Sharma (162) and number four Ambati Rayudu (100) carried India to the gigantic total of 377/5 in the first innings. The Caribbean batting lineup failed to rise to the challenge as the top half of the batting order collapsed. Captain Jason Holder played a mature knock of 54 and spared the team from a great embarrassment.  Leading into the