West Indies were 49-1 at the close in a test that has already lost a full day to bad weather yet still looks likely to produce a result.
Leg-spinner Shah's selection was subject to the 35-year-old clearing a fitness test, chief selector Mohammad Wasim said in a statement.
Ravi Shastri, along with his bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R. Sridhar, paid a visit to music legend and reggae star Bob Marley's Museum
Slow over-rates in T20 Internationals will invite stricter penalties with the ICC on Friday announcing that teams which fail to keep up with the schedule will end up with one fielder less outside the 30-yard circle for the remainder of the innings, starting this month.
The Virat Kohli-led Indian side will look to clinch five-match ODI series against West Indies when they play the must-win fifth and the final match at the Sabina Park here on Thursday.
Indian cricket team hit the nets at Sabina Park on the Wednesday morning, hours after landing in Kingston, and followed a rigorous exercise to get used to the hot and humid conditions. The entire team put in some effort, with different batting and bowling sessions following the regular drill.
Fortunes ebbed and flowed dramatically throughout the fourth day with 14 wickets falling before Roach stroked the winning runs through the covers.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged his 18th five-wicket haul as India dominated the first day of the second test against West Indies in Jamaica on Saturday.
Team India beat England by 95 runs in the second Test at Lord's. It's the first overseas Test win for MS Dhoni and Co. since they beat West Indies at Sabina Park, Jamaica, in July 2011.
ICC has created the World Test Championship in an effort to give the five-day game greater context a
Just by the numbers alone, Cheteshwar Pujara's feats in Test cricket match the ascent of two flamboyant batsmen who shone briefly, before fading into oblivion. Haresh Pandya, who knows Pujara well, explains why the Saurashtra batsman will not end up like Lawrence Rowe and Vinod Kambli.
The challenge for Virat Kohli's team is not just winning the four-Test series, but winning it handsomely.
West Indies quick Oshane Thomas has said he hopes to make his Test debut in England next month and establish himself in all three cricket formats. Thomas has been named among 11 reserves to accompany the 14-member squad for their three-Test series in England, which is scheduled to take place in bio-secure venues in Southampton and Manchester, subject to government approval.
The West Indies secured an impressive 2-0 Test series victory over New Zealand, with Shivnarine Chanderpaul guiding them to a five-wicket win in the second Test at Sabina Park, Jamaica, on Sunday.
Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith registered half centuries as the West Indies coasted to a nine-wicket victory over New Zealand in a rain-shortened first One-Day International at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, on Thursday.
Former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop says the key to India leg-spinner Amit Mishra's success is confidence and self-belief. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
India scored a comprehensive 63-run win over the West Indies in the first Test at Sabina Park (Kingston) on Thursday. The win helped the visitors take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
India's real test in the Test series will be how their batsman cope with the extra pace and bounce anticipated at Sabina Park, says former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
Uncertainty continues to reign over medium-pacer Munaf Patel's availability for the first Test against West Indies at Sabina Park starting on Monday.
West Indies have requisitioned the services of world-famous psychologist Rudi Webster to sort out the lingering issues of their team ahead of their second Test against India starting on Tuesday.
Chris Gayle remained a pariah while vice-captain Brendan Nash was dropped from the West Indies squad for the second cricket Test against India starting on Tuesday at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Drained after hitting another one of his typically resolute hundreds, veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid said it was tough adjusting to the conditions in the ongoing first Test against the West Indies, in Kingston.
The injury-hit Indian cricket team heaved a sigh of relief after opener Murali Vijay was declared fit for the opening Test against the West Indies, starting in Jamaica, on Monday.
Umpire Steve Bucknor announced that an hour's play will be lost, resulting in a 45-over game.
Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden will miss the remainder of the Test series against West Indies after failing to recover from an Achilles tendon injury, a team spokesman said on Wednesday.
Ireland added the West Indies to their list of giant-killing victories after scoring a six-wicket victory over the World Twenty20 champions in the first T20 international at Jamaica's Sabina Park on Wednesday.
Former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop says India has a genuine bowling option in Praveen Kumar as they look towards the England tour. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
India, says former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop, will need their spinners to bowl better, else they will be destined to repeat the mistakes on the last South African tour, of being caught cold early. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
Embarrassed after dropping Indian centurion Rahul Dravid when he had barely started his innings, West Indies captain Darren Sammy confessed he couldn't sleep that night.
A controversy erupted on Sunday, on the eve of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies with the visitors unhappy over the substandard practice pitches provided to them at the Sabina Park in Kingston.
Explosive batsman Chris Gayle was once again left out, while fast bowler Fidel Edwards made his return to the 13-member West Indies squad named for the first Test against India starting on Monday.
Chris Gayle's chances of making it to the West Indies squad for the Test series against India brightened with the dashing opener all set to meet his Cricket Board to clear the air over his controversial radio interview last month.
West Indies will finally have their wish granted when they would get to play on the hard and bouncy pitch in the fifth and the final One-day International at Sabina Park, Jamaica on Thursday.
Putting up a splendid all round show, India scored a comfortable 16-run win over the West Indies in the one-off Twenty20 international to begin their Caribbean tour on a resounding note in Port of Spain on Saturday.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle will miss the One-Day International series against England with a back problem, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said on Saturday.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. India made two changes, bringing in Ishant Sharma for Praveen Kumar, while Ravindra Jadeja made way for Abhishek Nayar. West Indies fielded the same team that won the second one-dayer at Sabina Park, Kingston.
The day belonged to India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who underlined his status as the World No. 1 Test bowler as he destroyed the West Indies batting line-up, on Day 1, of the second Test at Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday.
A century from Paul Collingwood led England to an imposing 566 for nine declared on the second day of the third Test. West Indies ended the day on 55 for 1.
Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of Thursday's first Test against West Indies at Sabina Park with an Achilles tendon injury, a team spokesman said. Simon Katich, returning to Tests after nearly a three-year absence, will now open along with Phil Jaques.
West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor has bade adieu to Test cricket after a 13-year long international career but will be available for selection in the shorter format of the game.
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