Maverick batsman Chris Gayle opted out of the ODI and T20 series against India citing personal reasons as the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) named three fresh faces for the assignment.
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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.
The West Indies put behind an acrimonious pay dispute with their cricket board to spank World champions India by 124 runs in the first One-day international of the five-match series, at the Nehru stadium in Kochi, on Wednesday.
The West Indies beat New Zealand by three wickets in a nail-biting fifth and final ODI.
Brian Lara has slammed the ' badly run' Caribbean cricket administration, saying that the trust deficit between the board and players is harming the West Indies team.
West Indies captain Brian Lara is one of seven senior players who will not be selected for the home series because of a sponsorship dispute.
Seven senior players will not be selected for the home series against South Africa and Pakistan because of a sponsorship dispute.\n
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.
Dwayne Bravo said he apologised to Michael Yardy soon after realising that he had claimed the catch on a half-volley.
The West Indies survived a middle order collapse to pull off a three-wicket victory in the DLF Cup tri-series.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lauded pacer Ashish Nehra for his fiery spell and expressed satisfaction that his team could held on to nerves against Delhi Daredevils in their thrilling match of the IPL-8 twenty20 cricket tournament in Chennai on Thursday.
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.
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.
West Indies reached stumps on 565 for five in reply to South Africa's first innings of 588 for six declared.
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.
"We shouldn't be in this position, it's a perfect batting track," said the left-hander.\n
New Zealand were 335 for seven at the close on the second, 143 runs ahead of West Indies
West Indies recovered from an early batting collapse to post 257 and then reduced New Zealand to 98 for 4 on day two of the first Test.
The first Test starts on March 31 in Guyana but West Indies will be without Lara and six other leading players because of a contract dispute.
The in-form Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore takes on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings in a top-of-the-table IPL showdown in Mumbai on Sunday with two points and momentum at stake.
Usain Bolt celebrated West Indies's World T20 win by recording DJ Bravo's famous 'The Champion' song, but it seems that he also mocked Chris Gayle in it.
The two sides experienced contrasting fortunes in their respective tournament opener.
West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo credits the Indian Premier League for shaping the careers of India's players. He insists that the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament is the route to international success.
Brendon McCullum struck a quickfire fifty before Ravindra Jadeja produced a brilliant spell of 4-11 as Chennai Super avenged its defeat over Rajasthan Royals with a 12-run win to virtually secure its place in the play-offs of the Indian Premier League in Chennai on Sunday.
Sri Lanka pace veteran Lasith Malinga on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after terrorising the world's best batsmen for over a decade and a half with his toe-crushing yorkers delivered from a low and distinct sling-arm action.
Chennai Super Kings went on expected lines as they retained their top five players including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo for the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League.
The Aussie showed his pedigree as he smashed 117 not out from 57 balls to help CSK crush the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets and claim their third IPL title.
The Indian Premier League is not only one of the world's most lucrative annual sporting properties but also among the most durable, with not even the lengthening shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic apparently able to stop the Twenty20 juggernaut.
England beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the one-day tri-series.
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The fast bowler was named in a 13-man squad as a replacement for Fidel Edwards for the second Test against Pakistan.
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