Kohli appeared to enhance his formidable reputation of anchoring successful chases but his dismissal in the 47th over injected fresh drama into the contest.
Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis scored centuries as Sri Lanka crushed the West Indies by 161 runs in the second One-Day International in Hambantota on Wednesday to clinch the series. Chasing 346 for victory, the West Indies were bowled out for 184 in 39.1 overs, wrist spinners Wanindu Hasaranga and Lakshan Sandakan taking three wickets each.
Captain Rohit Sharma's return will certainly give solidity to the top order in the second ODI against Australia.
West Indies also recalled opener Brandon King and Nkrumah Bonner in their 15-member squad led by all-rounder Kieron Pollard.
Starc took five wickets for 48 runs and Josh Hazlewood 3-11 as Australia bowled out the West Indies for 123 to win the 1st ODI
With a 3-0 victory over the West Indies, Pakistan leapfrogged to No. 4 with rating of 106, leaving India behind a notch below at 105.
West Indies award 9 cricketers historic multi-year contracts across men's, women's teams
Johnson sidelined for Aus tour of UK
Cricket Australia confirmed that three teams will travel Down Under during the truncated summer window.
Brian Lara has been appointed as the 'Performance Mentor' for the West Indies.
Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holders and Kyle Mayers have declined to join the West Indies roster for the 2023-24 season.
Senior opener KL Rahul has been left out of the India squad which will travel to Zimbabwe for an ODI series next month after COVID-19 delayed his return from a long injury lay-off, while Washington Sundar and Deepak Chahar made their comebacks.
Gayle has been named in West Indies' 14-man squad for the three One-day International series (ODIs) against India.
In 21 ODIs this year, Buttler has scored 747 runs at an average of 39.31 and a strike rate of over 107, with the best score of 131. He scored a century and four fifties this year in ODIs.
On December 8, 2011, Virender Sehwag became only the second batsman to score a double ODI century.
With his tearaway pace bowling and batting exploits down the order, West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith is hoping to land a handsome deal from one of the franchises during the upcoming IPL mega auction.
The move was panned by many fans who felt that Rohit and Virat should have played with the World Cup weeks away and few ODIs on India's schedule.
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Australia, without a number of key players who skipped the tour, were thrashed 4-1 in the T20 series by the Caribbeans.
'In collaboration with ICC and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA), CWI remains committed to sensitizing and educating our players and officials on anti-corruption in sports.'
Shai Hope will be Pooran's deputy.
West Indies are smarting from their 0-3 loss at home in the ODIs against Bangladesh. All-rounder Jason Holder has made a comeback and will give much needed balance to the side, led by Nicholas Pooran.
The two Tests will be played from February 3 to 7 and February 11 to 15 in Chittagong and Dhaka respectively.
'Talent wins game but teamwork and intelligence wins championship! Kudos to team for the amazing face-off!'
Former skipper and pacer Mashrafe Mortaza, who was left out of the 24-man ODI preliminary squad announced on January 4, has not been named in the final squad.
The BCCI has been unable to get tickets for the full squad on a single flight.
The second match of the series will be played at Lord's, starting from August 29 and the final Test match of the series will take place at Kennington Oval on September 6.
Fitness-averse Hetmyer left out.
In the middle-order, Shreyas will replace Kohli, who was given a much-needed break ahead of his landmark 100th Test.
West Indies coach Stuart Law was on Tuesday suspended from the first two ODIs against India for making 'inappropriate comments' against a match official.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav's places could come under the scanner before the team travels to West Indies for a two-Test series.
'Man, what a player!' 'The ease in which he batted brought out a kind of awe in us.'
Images from the third Twenty20 International between India and the West Indies, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
Kieron Pollard will continue to lead the West Indies in One-Day Internationals and Twenty20s on the upcoming tour of India, beginning next month, with Nicholas Pooran his deputy in the shorter format and Shai Hope taking over the role of the vice-captain in ODIs.
Sunil Narine, and Dwayne and Darren Bravo all made themselves unavailable for the five-match ODI series, which begins in Manchester on September 19 and concludes in Southampton on September 29.
Shimron Hetmyer smashed 139 off 106 balls and helped West Indies chase down a target of 288 with 13 deliveries to spare.
Rassie van der Dussen scored a classy century as South Africa secured a 62-run victory in sweltering heat in the first one day international to spoil England all-rounder Ben Stokes' farewell party at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday.
The West Indies named an unchanged 13-man squad which played a 1-1 draw against Afghanistan early this month.
A ruthless Indian team is unlikely to take its foot off the pedal as it aims to top up a world-record winning feat with another clean sweep against the West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on Wednesday.
Kohli broke the record of Pakistan's Javed Miandad and became the leading run-scorer against West Indies in ODIs.
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