Darren Bravo

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder and batsman Darren Bravo will return to the squad for the two-Test series at home to Sri Lanka, the country's cricket board (CWI) said on Friday.

Fast bowler Chemar Holder has returned from injury to be included in a 17-man West Indies squad for their two-Test series against Pakistan that gets under way at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Thursday.

Former champions Kolkata Knight Riders faced an injury scare when their West Indies recruit Darren Bravo was hit by a rising delivery at the nets.

West Indies' T20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite Thursday sweated it out at the Eden Gardens, a ground where his four successive sixes in a World T20 final made him a household name.

India's Rohit Sharma and Darren Bravo of the West Indies have both been fined 15 per cent of their respective match fee for verbally engaging with each other in a manner that was not in keeping with the spirit of the game during the final day's play in the third Test.

It's a cross he will always have to bear. Whether he likes it or not, Darren Bravo will continue to be compared with a certain Brian Charles Lara.

The third Test between India and West Indies has been a bad one for umpires.

West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan in the Covid-disrupted third and final Twenty20 international in Karachi on Thursday.

In form skipper Cheteshwar Pujara struck a magnificent 114-run knock to guide India 'A' to a thumping 53-run win over the West Indies 'A' in the tri-series.

For India, Rajasthan all-rounder Deepak Hooda was handed an international debut in what is the country's 1000th ODI. India included a couple of youngsters in the team after being rocked by a few Covid-positive cases in the lead-up to the series.

Darren Bravo has been reprimanded for using obscenity while batting against Pakistan in their World Cup match, an ICC press release said following the Caribbean team's 150-run victory.

Hundreds of fans flocked to catch glimpse of India and West Indies cricket teams as they landed in Lucknow, to play second T-20 at Ekana stadium on Tuesday.

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder has been rested for next month's white-ball tour to Pakistan while Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer and Andre Russell have been left out for personal reasons, the country's cricket board (CWI) said on Friday.

West Indies named a 14-man squad for next month's proposed three-Test series in England, with three players refusing to travel due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the islands' cricket board (CWI) said on Wednesday.

Rahul Dravid was the only Indian to find a place in Cricinfo's Test XI of 2011 while five of his teammates, including MS Dhoni, were chosen for the ODI XI.

The advent of some fearsome power-hitters, led by a burly Andre Russell, has suddenly made the once intimidating but now struggling West Indies emerge as a serious threat to the World Cup's top contenders.

World Cup returnees Fabian Allen, Nicholas Pooran and Oshane Thomas have been handed West Indies central contracts for the first time while seven players have been given all-format contracts.

West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo won the toss and put India in to bat in the fourth cricket one-dayer on Friday.

Despite losing the red-ball captaincy after five-and-a-half years in the role, West Indies' lead selector Roger Harper said pacer Jason Holder is still the "very integral part" of the side and added that it is an opportunity for the seamer to take his game to "higher levels".

Former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene feels West Indies top-order batsmen smashing centuries made the difference between the two sides in the three-match ODI series. West Indies on Sunday (local time) beat Sri Lanka in the third ODI to complete a clean sweep over visitors in the series.

West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran struck a rapid-fire half century to lead his team to 207-3 in the final Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Karachi on Thursday.

The West Indies cricket team arrived in Pakistan on Thursday for a visit which local officials hope will scotch bitter memories of a New Zealand tour abandoned on security grounds.

Former West Indies fast bowlers Michael Holding and Ian Bishop say Darren Bravo and Shimron Hetmyer's decision to not travel to England for the three-Test series due to safety concerns arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic should be respected though the team will miss "them".

Uncapped fast bowler Miguel Cummins replaced Jerome Taylor in the upcoming Test series against India, the West Indies Cricket Board announced.

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was all praise for Indian batting duo Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for their superlative show in the first ODI against the West Indies in Guwahati.

India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against the West Indies in the third and final ODI here on Friday.

On this day last year, pacer Jasprit Bumrah became the third Indian to take a hat-trick in the history of Test cricket.

Only 15.5 overs were possible in the day but were enough for India to wreck West Indies’ top order. The hosts were 48/4 in their second innings at Sabina Park, still needing 256 runs to make India bat again.

Statistical highlights on the opening day of the second Test between India and the West Indies.

Marlon Samuels signalled his return to ODIs with a brilliantly unbeaten century as West Indies put up a commanding 321/6 against India in first one-dayer.