Confirmation of the suspension came straight after the toss, with both teams promptly making their way back to their respective dressing rooms.
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
West Indies opener Chris Gayle will miss the limited over series against New Zealand after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, the West Indies Cricket Board said on Friday.
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.
There won't be drastic changes in playing XI, says skipper Rohit Sharma
Musheer Khan smashed his second century of the ICC Under-19 World Cup as India thrashed New Zealand by 214 runs.
Shimron Hetmyer said he looked up to the great Brian Lara and thanked his country's legends for backing youngsters like him.
An eight-wicket haul from West Indies' Devendra Bishoo breathed fresh life into the first Test against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, leaving his side with a faint chance of pulling off the unlikeliest of wins in the day-night contest.
Images from Thursday's World Cup match between India and West Indies, at Old Trafford.
A former West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director has said that the once-formidable Windies can completely lose its credibility and disintegrate ten years from now due to its constant failure at the international level.
The last time England toured India, back in early 2021, Joe Root's team went back home beaten and bruised 3-1.
This is the first Olympic qualifier where the top-three finishers in individual and team categories will get berths at the Paris Games.
'If we had 18-20 more runs during that phase it would have been competitive,' says the West Indies captain.
Images from the first TwentyT20 International between India and the West Indies, in Kolkata, on Wednesday.
The decision to rest Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the last two ODIs against West Indies has drawn a lot of flak, but Ravichandran Ashwin defended the team management's call saying critics were finding fault for the sake of it.
Smith ruled out; Cummins, Warner rested for white-ball tour.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Hooda will replace them in the squad for the series, beginning in Kolkata on February 16.
India captain Rohit Sharma says it was a one-off experiment to ask Rishabh Pant open the innings and not a permanent solution as his team is trying new combinations to sort out the batting order before the 2023 World Cup.
Leg-spinner Shah's selection was subject to the 35-year-old clearing a fitness test, chief selector Mohammad Wasim said in a statement.
Former captain Virat Kohli has asked to be rested from the entire limited overs series against the West Indies next month, including the five T20Is, BCCI sources said.
West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite has highlighted the need to improve the standard of pitches in the Caribbean following a Test series loss to India at home.
Iga Swiatek used an outfit change to help her reset after a poor start and beat China's Zheng Qinwen.
India's bowling coach Paras Mhambrey has dubbed the pitch used for the second Test as "very, very slow for batting" and criticised the West Indians for "not even trying" to play shots.
And while the miraculous turn-of-events was taking place at a packed EdenGardens in Kolkata, one cricketing legend was over the moon at a television studio in neighbouring Pakistan.
Images from the 4th T20I between India and West Indies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Sri Lanka and West Indies, in Abu Dhabi, on Thursday.
West Indies captain Shai Hope on Saturday questioned the attitude and preparedness of his players after their shocking exit from the race to qualify for the World Cup in India.
Images from the second semifinal between Australia and South Africa in the ongoing ICC Men's ODI World Cup at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.
England fell short of victory as West Indies survived for a tense draw despite a top-order collapse on the final day of the first Test in North Sound on Saturday.
Images from the T20 World Cup match between West Indies and Bangladesh, in Sharjah, on Friday.
Their campaigns thrown haywire by back-to-back losses, defending champions West Indies and Bangladesh would be locked in a do-or-die battle when they square off in a crucial group 1 Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Friday.
Rahane expressed happiness on his return to the team and his role as vice-captain in the new WTC 2023-25 cycle.
The second T20I game between India and the West Indies will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata starting 1930 IST tonight.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between West Indies and South Africa, in Dubai, on Tuesday.
Windies name unchanged squad for first two ODIs vs India. The Caribbs, who are standing at the ninth spot in the ODI rankings, failed to gain any point from the drawn series against Afghanistan.
Manoj Tiwary played 12 ODIs and three T20Is for India between 2008 to 2015, but had a nearly two-decade long career for Bengal during which he featured in 141 first class games,.
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.
Andre Russell, who has been a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders camp since 2014, said no team or even his country has invested so much in him as the Knights have done.
Pant hadn't reckoned with his idol's aversion to the spotlight. Much to Rohit and SKY's amusement, Mahi switched off his phone.
West Indies were knocked out of the race to qualify for the 2023 ODI World Cup after losing to Scotland by seven wickets in the ICC World Cup 2023 qualifier match, in Harare, on Saturday.
