Former West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich has retired from international cricket and withdrawn from the squad for a one-day international series against England, the country's cricket board (CWI) said on Thursday.
Chasing 276, the visitors were bundled out for 155 within 33 overs in Multan as Nawaz excelled with his spin bowling and finished with career-best ODI figures of 4-19. Mohammad Wasim also chipped in, taking 3-34 on his comeback.
As many as nine from the touring party have tested positive for coronavirus.
A fit-again Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned to India's teams for next month's T20 and ODI series against the West Indies, while all-rounder Shivam Dube was rewarded with a maiden call-up in the 50-over format.
A decision in this regard was taken by KCA officials after a meeting with Sports minister A C Moideen in Thiruvananthapuram.
Ambati Rayudu's batting at number four and young Khaleel Ahmed's emergence as the third seamer were the two biggest gains from the ODI series against the West Indies, pointed out India captain Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri.
Considering that he will captain the T20I side, Hardik Pandya might get a breather during the ODI series.
'There are a lot of new players who have come up. And we won in the West Indies and in England with these new bunch of players.'
India retained the squad that played Pakistan for ODIs against the West Indies, starting May 18.
The ace batsman's availability for the four Tests against the West Indies will be known only after a fitness test on May 10.
Mumbai pacer Dhawal Kulkarni, who earned his maiden national limited-overs call-up just a couple of days back, was ruled out of the three-match ODI series against the West Indies after sustaining a foot injury on Thursday.
With the four-Test series against India around the corner, Shane Watson will look to touch up his batting skills at international level following his inclusion in Australia's 13-member One-Day side for the next two matches against the West Indies.
The first one-day international between England and West Indies at Headingley was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain on Thursday. The second game in the three-match series is in Bristol on Sunday.
England batsman Ian Bell is in doubt for the first One-Day International against West Indies at the Rose Bowl on Saturday after suffering a possible fractured jaw in training, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Friday.
West Indies legend Brian Lara has called for the return of stars Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo for next month's one-day international tri-series against Australia and South Africa. Both Pollard and Bravo have been overlooked by selectors for the Windies ODI side since the abandoned tour of India in October 2014, despite still being chosen for Twenty20 International honours. "In terms of the tri-nations, I think it's going to be a pretty exciting tri-nations series," Lara said on Wednesday. "And hopefully we can have the likes of Pollard and Bravo - some guys who have not played that form of the game (recently) - back in the team because they are integral of any West Indies team. "Just to have them for the T20 version I think is doing a disservice to the West Indies cricket." Bravo was part of the Windies' World T20 title-winning XI, while Pollard was initially selected in the squad for the tournament before being forced to pull out due to his continued recovery from a knee injury suffered in South Africa's domestic T20 competition last November. However under the West Indies Cricket Board regulations, neither player is eligible for the tournament after failing to participate in January's domestic Super50 competition.
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India's selectors, as expected, named a weakened squad for the first three One-Day Internationals against the West Indies, the first of which is in Cuttack on November 29. Virender Sehwag was named captain after regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was given rest. Senior pros Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh also got breaks. And there was no place for Harbhajan Singh.
A few senior players could be rested when the national selectors meet, in Mumbai, on Friday, to pick the Indian squad for the first two cricket One-dayers against West Indies.
Suresh Raina will India in the ODI series against the West Indies next month after both Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were ruled out on account of injury.
Comeback man Irfan Pathan is delighted that all the pain and hardwork that he has gone through in the last two years finally paid off as he has been recalled to the Indian ODI squad for the last two matches against the West Indies.
India's bench strength survived a few anxious moments to pocket the one-day series against West indies. Senior Associate Editor Bikash Mohapatra analyses the success stories for Team India in the series.
The Indian selectors finally lost patience with the under-performing pace duo Ishant Sharma and R Vinay Kumar and ignored them for the upcoming three-match One Day International series against the West Indies.
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Still licking their wounds after a sound thrashing in the lung opener, India will have to regroup quickly and fortify the chinks in their armoury when they take on a determined West Indies in the second One-Day International in Delhi on Saturday.
'He's come a long way since he's started. It's about winning and finishing games like these. In international cricket you need to tackle pressure differently. If he plays like this regularly, we will see his potential shine for India'
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