India are eyeing a 10th straight bilateral series win over the Caribbean side.
Delhi promoted all-rounder Lalit Yadav and Pant said the team management is trying to groom him.
Afghanistan posted a competitive 156 for 8, courtesy Gurbaz's superb innings.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians retained its core team, including veteran Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga, despite his fitness issues, while releasing 12 players.
Youngsters like Brandon King, Khary Pierre, Sherfane Rutherford, Keserick Williams and Hayden Walsh Jr were preferred for the India tour
Hope smashed three sixes and eight fours in his 145-ball 109 not out to help West Indies overhauled the target,
The left-arm spinner bowled around the wicket to Surya, darted it in wide, invited the batsman to go after it. Surya got a big stride in, missed it and Wriddhiman Saha whiped the bails off.
Mumbai Indians' Pollard adamantly stood his ground in protest during the summit clash against Chennai Super Kings.
After owning the champion Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, the Bollywood superstar has now put his money in the Caribbean Premier League, a potential money-spinner.
Following is the list of players who have been released by the different franchises ahead of the auction for the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.
Dwayne Bravo says he intends to play franchise cricket for some more years if his body allows and insisted that time was right to finally call time on his international career and let the younger players take West Indies cricket forward.
The league phase of the IPL will be held in Mumbai and Pune. Mumbai have been playing their home games at the Wankhede Stadium since the start of the tournament in 2008.
A look at the various batting records in the IPL over the years.
The Mumbai Indians No 3 hit a brilliant 79 from 47 balls, putting on 76 runs from 38 balls with Hardik Pandya (30 from 19 balls) to propel Mumbai to a huge 193-4 in their 20 overs.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match played between England and West Indies in Dubai on Saturday.
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League-12 final played between Mumbai and Chennai in Hyderabad on Sunday
Royal Challengers Bangalore spinner Yuzvendra Chahal said he felt like Stuart Broad when Mumbai Indians veteran swashbuckler Yuvraj Singh smashed three sixes in one of his overs.
While Kishan looked in ominous touch the moment he arrived at the crease, getting off the mark with a cracking boundary past backward point, Pollard took a few balls before the fireworks began.
Fast running out of time, a struggling Rajasthan Royals will hope to complete the double against Mumbai Indians in a return-leg IPL fixture and revive their campaign in Jaipur Saturday.
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma looks back at the team's showing in the second leg that led to their early exit from the Indian Premier League.
Defending champions Mumbai lost to Delhi Capitals by four wickets and now need to win their remaining two games and hope for favourable results from the other matches to make the play-offs.
The tournament, which has been shifted to the UAE due to five million plus COVID cases in India, is a 'TV-only event', expected to be lapped up by all and sundry who crave for cricket and Bollywood in equal measure during prime time.
The Pune outfit is presently languishing at the sixth spot in the eight-team standings with just four points.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have a chance to cement their status as two of the best to play the 20-over format.
Samuels and 19-year-old Trinidad all rounder Kieron Pollard were both named in a 15-man squad announced on Thursday.
Mumbai Indians' director of cricket operations, Zaheer Khan said the failure of the team's middle-order in its last three IPL matches has put a lot of pressure on the defending champions.
However, the batsman was named in the 30-member provisional World Cup squad announced by the West Indies board, which included five uncapped players.
Chennai and Mumbai have to win eight of their remaining 10 games to entertain hopes of making the play-offs in IPL 2022.
Sandeep's early inroads, coupled with Nadeem and Rashid's strikes in the middle overs, put the brakes on Mumbai.
It will be a crucial couple of weeks for Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey, who are back in the mix after being sidelined from India's 50-over World Cup plans.
Dube smashed 54 off 30 balls with four sixes
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli praised Mumbai Indians's death bowling, saying they bowled in right channels in the last five overs.
Images from Thursday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, in Dubai.
Rohit will take charge as full time India white ball captain in the upcoming series against West Indies
Dhoni was happy that the IPL has seen the rise of many fast bowlers.
After winning the 2nd T20I with ease, the Windies go into the decider with confidence and the tie will certainly not be a cakewalk for the hosts, who will look to seal their second T20I series this season.
It will be an uphill task for the defending champs given their opponents' form and formidable line-up.
Pakistan players did not find any spot in ICC Team of the Decade across all formats
Check out the Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2014.
Opener Quinton de Kock slammed an unbeaten half-century as Mumbai Indians thrashed Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets, in the IPL match, in Delhi on Thursday.
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