Indian Cricket Team Updates

Dwayne Bravo opened the innings for West Indies for only third time in his ODI career. The last such instance was in 2008 (vs Sri Lanka at Port-of-Spain).  (Also Read:  Report: India vs West Indies, 1st ODI ) Marlon Samuels (126*) scored his sixth ODI hundred-second against India. Samuels’ innings is the highest by any batsman in nine matches at Kochi, bettering Gary Kirsten’s 115 for South Africa against India in 2000.  (Also Read:  West Indies middle-order Marlon Samuels bat hungry for more success in the series ) During his innings Samuels completed his 4,000 runs in ODIs. He became 10th West Indies batsman to do so. Samuels has taken most innings (150) among the West Indies players to accomplish this feat. Carl Hooper was the previous slowest with 147 innings. Samuels also completed his 1,000 runs against India in ODIs. He became eighth West Indies batsman to do so after Desmond Haynes (1357), S Chanderpaul (1319), Ramnaresh Sarwan (1296), Carl Hooper (1279), ...

India A won the second practice game by 16 runs against the touring West Indies side at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.  ( Also Read:  Report: India A vs West Indies, warm-up match 1 ) Electing to bat first, India A were lifted to 282 courtesy the 149-run stand for third-wicket between Unmukt Chand (101) and Karun Nair (64) in the day/night game. After the departure of Nair the scoring rate dipped and India A lost wickets at regular intervals resulting in the hosts getting bowled out with 11 balls remaining in their quota of 50 overs.  Chasing the total, the West Indies were kept in the fray by the Denesh Ramdin-Darren Sammy pair after losing their top four wickets for 65 runs. The wicket-keeper batsmen continued to anchor the innings until he was sent back for 102. Although Jason Holder continued to put up a fight he couldn’t take the team across the line. He made a valiant 54 before being caught by Jasprit Bumrah off his own bowling with two balls remaining in thei...

1 Mumbai Indians became first side to enter CLT20 final on two occasions. They did so in 2011 as well. 2 Number of times two IPL sides made it to the final of CLT20. The first such instance was in 2011 when Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 31 runs at Chennai. (Also Read:  Trinidad & Tobago vs Mumbai Indians, SF 2 - Report: CLT20-2013 ) 3 Number of ducks scored by Lendl Simmons in the tournament. He became second player to aggregate three ducks in one single edition of CLT20 after Victoria’s Rob Quiney who suffered this fate in 2009. (Also Read:  Dinesh Karthik: Keep calm, Finish Matches ) 4 Number of wicketkeepers with all-round double of 1000 runs and 100 dismissals in Twenty20 cricket. Denesh Ramdin joined MS Dhoni, Kamran Akmal and Kumar Sangakkara. 64 Number of dot balls bowled by Sunil Narine in CLT20 2013 – most by any bowler. He went ahead of Rajasthan Royals’ James Faulkner’s tally of 56 dot balls. 50009 Runs scored b...

Trinidad & Tobago opened their account in the Karbonn Smart CLT20 2013 with a 25-run win over Brisbane Heat at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi. After being asked to bat first on a bowler-friendly track, T&T posted a modest 135, but came out all charged up and skittled out their opponents for 110. (Also Read:  Brisbane Heat vs Trinidad & Tobago, M2 - Stats Highlights: CLT20-2013 ) A lot of the credit for T&T’s outstanding showing should go to their captain Denesh Ramdin. After playing a lone hand to guide his team to a respectable total, he marshaled his resources brilliantly, never once allowing Brisbane Heat to take control of what should have been a rather simple chase. Ravi Rampaul gave his team an early breakthrough when he nailed James Hopes in the third over. Samuel Badree, who opened the bowling at the other end, tightened the noose around the Brisbane Heat batsmen right from the word go; the leg-spinner conceded only 16 runs in his...