India Tour Of West Indies

Wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson on Friday replaced an indisposed KL Rahul in India's T20I squad for the ongoing series against the West Indies, the BCCI said. "KL Rahul was earlier named in the squad and his participation in the T20I series was subject to fitness. The batter tested positive for COVID-19 last week and has been advised rest by the BCCI medical team," BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement. Sanju Samson was part of the squad in the recently concluded ODI series that the team won 3-0 and scored a half-century in the second game. India's squad for 5 T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

West Indies vs India 1st ODI: Get latest playing 11 predictions, toss updates, team news from the first ODI of the three-match series between India and West Indies at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain

West Indies vs India 1st ODI pitch report: The pitch at Queens Park Oval has seen very little ODI cricket of late with the last set of ODIs played in 2019. The pitch is generally batting-friendly

West Indies vs India 1st ODI Preview: The young Indian team led by an experienced Shikhar Dhawan will be looking to grab their chances in the three-match ODI series against struggling West Indies

The Indian team carried out its first extensive training session ahead of the three-match ODI series against the visiting West Indies.

Young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi was rewarded with a maiden India call-up for the upcoming Twenty20 series against the West Indies

Brathwaite, who bowls off-spin, had earlier been reported for a suspect bowling action in August 2017 but was cleared following an independent assessment.

It was one of the most satisfying tours for skipper Virat Kohli as his team had clean sweep in two formats

The West Indies were 45 for two at stumps and with their batsmen showing very little application in the series, the hosts are unlikely to get anywhere close to the massive target

Bumrah became only the third Indian after Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan to register a hat-trick in Test cricket

At the draw of stumps, Rishabh Pant and Hanuma Vihari were batting on 27 and 42 respectively

Rahane played match-winning knocks of 81 and 102 in the first Test against the West Indies which India won by a huge margin of 381 runs in Antigua

Rohit was not picked for the first Test with Rahane and Vihari doing well in the series opener, it is unlikely he will feature in the second and final Test

A win in the second Test, starting at Sabina Park on Friday, will take Kohli's number of Test victories as captain to 28 - the most by any Indian captain

Having won the first Test by 318 runs, India are runaway favourites going into the second and final match at the Sabina Park against Windies

Kohli said they wanted Bumrah to be fresh for the Test matches as he is going to be a 'key factor' for them in the Test Championship.

Vihari impressed one and all with a composed 93 in the Indian second innings during the team's comprehensive 318-run win against the West Indies in the first Test

While it took 60 matches for Dhoni to achieve the feat, Kohli took just 47 Tests

Rahane scored 81 and 102 -- his first Test hundred in two years during India's 318-run victory, which also earned him the 'Man of the Match' award

Bumrah recently became the fastest Indian to 50 Test wickets, during his six-wicket match haul against the West Indies in the first Test