India in West Indies

[Gozu]

1st ODI on Fox, West Indies currently 4/156 after 40 overs.

[brod]

West Indies v India
Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
1st ODI

INDIA WON BY 4 WICKETS (with 31 balls remaining)

West Indies 9/214
RR Sarwan 56 (94 balls)
MN Samuels 55 (75 balls)
Harbhajan Singh 3/32 (10 overs)
SK Raina 2/23 (6 overs)
P Kumar 2/37 (10 overs)
MM Patel 2/47 (9 overs)
India 6/217 (44.5 overs)
RG Sharma 68* (75 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
S Dhawan 51 (76 balls)
SK Raina 43 (50 balls)
A Martin 2/39 (10 overs)
R Rampaul 2/58 (10 overs)

[Gozu]

2nd ODI, West Indies 2/136 after 30 overs.

[brod]

West Indies v India
Queens Park, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2nd ODI

INDIA WON BY 7 WICKETS (with 20 balls remaining) (DL Method)

West Indies 9/240
RR Sarwan 56 (90 balls)
LMP Simmons 53 (84 balls)
MN Samuels 36 (32 balls)
A Mishra 4/31 (10 overs)
MM Patel 3/53 (10 overs)
YK Pathan 2/51 (8 overs)
India 3/183 (33.4 overs)
V Kohli 81 (103 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
PA Patel 56 (64 balls)

India lead 5 match series 2-0

[brod]

Chris Gayle continues to miss out on West Indies selection and is not part of the 13-man squad for the third one-dayer against India. Gayle has been out of favour with the West Indies Cricket Board since his controversial radio interview and was not selected for the first two one-dayers. The board has reiterated that since it been unable to meet Gayle, he has again not been considered for selection. The date for the proposed meeting is yet to be finalised.

Only in the West Indies...what is it to far to travel to meet

[brod]

Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth have been ruled out of the Test series against West Indies, further weakening an Indian squad already missing several first-choice players. Zaheer has a right ankle problem, Sreesanth has a right elbow problem and both are undergoing rehabilitation. Medium-pacers Abhimanyu Mithun and Praveen Kumar have been named as their replacements in the Test squad.

Shoulder injuries to Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir had forced the selectors to opt for a pair of inexperienced openers in M Vijay and the uncapped Abhinav Mukund. Sachin Tendulkar wanted to spend some time with his family and opted out of the tour as well.

[brod]

Having a look at the batting line up for the West indies in the 3rd ODI..not exactly household names

LMP Simmons
KA Edwards
RR Sarwan
MN Samuels
DP Hyatt
KA Pollard
CS Baugh
DJG Sammy
AD Russell
D Bishoo
KAJ Roach

[RustyCage]

WI are 6/86

[brod]

WI are 6/86

Last I looked they were 1/60

[RustyCage]

West Indies ended up with 8/225, A Russell 92* (64).

In reply, India are 6/159 off 38.5. Sharma and Singh with a decent partnership now

[brod]

West Indies v India
Sir Viv Richards Stadium, Antigua

INDIA WON BY 3 WICKETS (with 22 balls remaining)

West Indies 8/225 (were 7/96 in the 30th over)
AD Russell 92* (64 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
LMP Simmons 45 (68 balls)
A Mishra 3/28 (10 overs)
MM Patel 2/60 (10 overs)
India 7/228 (were 6/92 in the 23rd over)
RG Sharma 86* (91 balls)
PA Patel 46 (56 balls)
Harbhajan Singh 41 (64 balls)
D Bishoo 2/41 (10 overs)
DJG Sammy 2/49 (10 overs)

India lead 5 match series 3-0

[Media Park]

Just a little bit of a cameo from Russell...

[brod]

West Indies v India
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
4th ODI

WEST INDIES WON BY 103 RUNS

West Indies 8/249
KA Pollard 70 (72 balls)
LMP Simmons 67 (78 balls)
P Kumar 3/37 (10 overs)
India 146 (39 overs)
RG Sharma 39 (47 balls)
A Martin 4/36 (10 overs) MAN OF THE MATCH
AD Russell 3/16 (7 overs)

India lead 5 match series 3-1

[brod]

Adrian Barath returns from injury and Ravi Rampaul is back after being rested, but there is still no place for Chris Gayle in the West Indies squad for the fifth and final one-dayer against India. Gayle, who missed out on the first four games because of his controversial radio interview, was supposed to meet with the WICB on Wednesday to discuss his comments. The board has maintained Gayle would not be selected until they met with him to clear the air, but there was no word on the meeting when the squad was announced.

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Chris Gayle is highly unlikely to play in the Test series against India and is in danger of not representing West Indies in the near future. A heated meeting on Wednesday night between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Gayle's camp ended in a stalemate, according to those present, with conflicting reports from both sides over what had happened in the meeting.

After the meeting, a West Indies board source told ESPNcricinfo there was a possibility that Gayle's career could go down the same road as that of Andrew Symonds, who now plies his trade only as a freelance player in domestic Twenty20 events across the world and does not play for Australia. Gayle's camp said this prediction made by the board was an indication that the WICB wanted to end the international career of the former West Indies captain. They also said the meeting had proved the board was in no mood to arrive at a compromise, refusing to negotiate unless Gayle retracted statements he made in a radio interview in April.

[brod]

West Indies v India
Sabina Park, Kingston
5th ODI

WEST INDIES WON BY 7 WICKETS (wuth 8 balls remaining)

India 251 (47.3 overs)
V Kohli 94 (104 balls)
RG Sharma 57 (72 balls)
AD Russell 4/35 (8.3 overs) MAN OF THE MATCH
KA Pollard 2/39 (8 overs)
KAJ Roach 2/52 (10 overs)
West Indies 3/255 (48.4 overs)
DM Bravo 86 (99 balls)
RR Sarwan 75 ret hurt (94 balls)
A Mishra 2/46 (10overs)

Player of the series - RG Sharma

India win 5 match series 3-2

[Media Park]

How do India do it?
Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid... Three irreplaceable players....

Enter Rohit Sharma, Virat Kolhi, Suresh Raina, just to name three, India will be on top of the world for a good length of time...

[jackpot jim]

Needing 326 to win the 1st Test, Windies have just lost Darren Bravo bowled behind his legs by Kumar for 41 to leave them struggling at 4/148.
Need a further 178 to win.
Still a slight chance if Nash can grind it out for a few hours with "The Rock" Chanderpaul (30*n.o.).

[Media Park]

India got up.

Ishant and Praveen Kumar 3 wickets each.