The variety in Sunrisers Hyderabad's bowling attack will pose a few tricky questions for Mumbai Indians
Marlon Samuels blasted an unbeaten 69 off just 46 balls to spur West Indies to an easy 27-run victory over England in their first Twenty20 international at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday.
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The visitors recalled in-form Shivnarine Chanderpaul to bolster the batting in their bid to square a series they trail 2-1.
The visitors are scheduled to play four one-dayers against India, starting January 21.
Andre Russell smashed a breathtaking half-century while Ryan ten Doeschate struck a fine unbeaten 51 to guide Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders to a stunning seven-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings.
The batting maestro scored his 34th Test hundred as the West Indies ended day 3 in the second Test against Pakistan on 509-5 in the first innings.
Dwayne Bravo scored a quickfire 108 in the drawn two-day tour match against a PCB Patrons XI.
The new Jumanji can easily be enjoyed by those unfamiliar with the original, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Yeah, it's all happened and it's been dealt with pretty much right after the game. And the game is finished and that's the thing about the IPL. You get to move on to the next match very quickly. There's no point us dwelling on it. Worrying about and stressing about it, we've got to move on'
Dwayne Bravo said he apologised to Michael Yardy soon after realising that he had claimed the catch on a half-volley.
Chennai Super Kings pacer Deepak Chahar has agreed with his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni that the team needs a better pitch at home despite winning all their games, in Chennai, so far.
The South Africa captain was cleared of racially abusing the West Indies all-rounder in the fourth Test in Antigua.
The West Indies survived a middle order collapse to pull off a three-wicket victory in the DLF Cup tri-series.
The hits and misses of the week.
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The West Indies Cricket Board has criticised skipper Dwayne Bravo and said it was left with no option but to call off the tour of India following a strike by its players in the wake of an acrimonious ongoing pay dispute with WICB.
Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Fidel Edwards are also eligible for selection for the second Test against South Africa.
The West Indies team might have put off its 'strike' plan as of now, but the players continued to protest against the payment dispute with the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) by wearing black armbands in the second One-day International against India, in New Delhi, on Saturday.
The West Indies beat New Zealand by three wickets in a nail-biting fifth and final ODI.
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Professional ballet dancer Misty Copeland, and wrestler turned-actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson joined National Basketball Association star Stephen Curry in opposing comments made by the chief executive of their sponsor Under Armour supporting US President Donald Trump.
The all-rounder is down with a virus and did not train on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday's third Test.
The West Indies all-rounder followed up his four-wicket haul with a polished half-century on day 2 of the second Test against India.
The peaks Prithvi Shaw scaled on the first day of his Test career in numbers, via Rajneesh Gupta.
It was Chris Gayle who suggested Dwayne Bravo to bowl a slower delivery to Yuvraj Singh in the end, revealed the West Indian captain
The West Indies pulled off a sensational victory in the second ODI and ended India's chasing streak of 17 wins.
India opted for a four-man pace attack in the rain-delayed first ODI against the West Indies.
West Indies beat Bangladesh by 23 runs in the second ODI to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
The auction ahead of the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League had in store something on expected lines and some surprises. Here's a look at the top buys after the first round.
West Indies beat Zimbabwe by 104 runs in the seventh and final ODI to complete a 5-0 series victory.
Replying to Victoria's first innings of 571, the West Indies were 144 for four at stumps on the second day of their three-day tour match.
Day three of the third Test between West Indies and New Zealand was washed out
West Indies were 256 for four after rain and poor light ended the second day early on Sunday.
