Members of the India and West Indies teams arrived in Vadodara on Sunday evening amid tight security for the fourth and final ODI match to be played on January 31.
Indiagames, a provider of online and mobile games, has signed a deal with Bharat Sanchar Nigam to offer its online 'games on demand' service.
Lara, one of the greatest batsmen of all-time, and Sarwan, who was one the leading players of his generation from the Caribbean, will be part of the pre-series camp,
Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Fidel Edwards are also eligible for selection for the second Test against South Africa.
The two players were fined half their match fees for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.
Bennett King is optimistic ahead of next week's first Test against South Africa, despite the contract dispute that has robbed him of seven players, including skipper Brian Lara.
"I just hope that the negativity surrounding this (doping) case does not spiral into anything else," he said.
The West Indies Cricket Board has announced a 13-man squad for the first Test against England at Sabina Park, Jamaica, starting on Thursday.
The West Indies were 74 for 3, still trailing Pakistan by 205 runs, at the close of the third day in the first Test on Monday.
The West Indies included pacemen Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards for Ian Bradshaw and Dwayne Smith in the team for the match against England.
West Indies captain Brian Lara said there will be no room for experimenting in Saturday's Champions Trophy match despite his team qualifying for the semi-finals.
The ace off-spinner said he is looking forward to bowling to the Caribbean batsmen, particularly Lara, in Thursday's Champions Trophy tie.
West Indies' captain hailed young paceman Jerome Taylor and his side's teamwork for the tense 10-run victory over Australia in Wednesday's Champions Trophy Group A tie.
West Indies' captain Brian Lara says his team will go all out for victory when they take on Sri Lanka in the final qualifying match of the Champions Trophy.
"Experiments are done keeping in view the importance of match and tournament," said the West Indies captain.
West Indies captain Brian Lara says his team can outplay anyone on its day.
Brian Lara has slammed the ' badly run' Caribbean cricket administration, saying that the trust deficit between the board and players is harming the West Indies team.
Lara said he would pack the top order with experienced batsmen in the tri-series final against Australia.
The West Indies batsman is the latest addition to Sachin Tendulkar's fan club.
Sachin Tendulkar's 50th fifty in Test cricket is his tenth against Australia. He became the second Indian and the fourth in Tests to post 50 half-centuries or more. Allan Border tops the chart with 63 such knocks, followed by Rahul Dravid (53), Steve Waugh (50) and Tendulkar (50).
Former West Indies opening batsman Gordon Greenidge was appointed as the new convener of West Indies selectors.
Lara's wish for a genuine fast bowler was ignored by the West Indies' selectors.
The Indian captain said that though his team had lost the series 4-1 against West Indies, the matches had been very close
Despite being firm underdogs the young West Indies team produced a gutsy performance and put considerable pressure on a Sri Lankan team who have a fine record on home soil.
Veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan on Thursday became the first cricketer in Test history to score centuries in 11 countries, including the United Arab Emirates. - Scorecard: During the ongoing third Test being played against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Younis smashed his 34th century on a rain-affected third day, tying him with Sunil Gavaskar, Mahela Jayawardene and Brian Lara in the all-time list at 6th place, reports the Dawn.
The West Indies captain won three awards, included the coveted Cricketer of the Year.
The West Indies skipper said that losing the third ODI has 'confused' India about their strategies for future matches
The team that beat Zimbabwe in the last two ODIs has been named for the first two matches against India.
West Indies captain Brian Lara declined to write off struggling Zimbabwe ahead of the next two one-day internationals in Georgetown this weekend.
India's Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag also feature in list of ten most destructive ODI batsmen.
Captain Brian Lara said the entire team is behind Marlon Samuels in this hour of crisis.
Top teams need to find young players to replace their retiring big names, says ICC chief Malcolm Speed.
The visitors recalled in-form Shivnarine Chanderpaul to bolster the batting in their bid to square a series they trail 2-1.
The West Indies, set 269 for victory, cruised to 270 for seven in 43.4 overs to post their first win in the series.
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