Rodrigues, Kaur, Mandhana and Sharma were also a part of the now-defunct Kia Super League (KSL) in 2019, the ECB's domestic T20 tournament that made way for the Women's Hundred.
India's captain Virat Kohli says his priority is to help India win matches than just play 'slam-bang cricket' for the sake of entertaining the crowd in the Twenty20 game.
It's not even a week since India won the Champions Trophy, but captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni says the team is done with the celebrations and firmly focussed on the tri-series involving the West Indies and Sri Lanka starting in Kingston, Jamaica.
Chasing a competitive target of 191, Lewis smashed his way to an unbeaten 125 off 62 balls with as many as 12 sixes and six fours as the reigning World T20 champions knocked off the runs in only 18.3 overs.
India included Ramesh Powar in place of Rudra Pratap Singh for the second ODI.
Stung by a remarkable fightback from West Indies on the final day of the rain-hit second Test, India will have to look at their bowling combinations and get back to winning ways when the third cricket Test begins in St. Lucia, on Tuesday.
India captain Virat Kohli lauded a "complete performance" by his team after they thrashed West Indies by an innings and 92 runs inside four days in the first Test in Antigua on Sunday.
'He was literally a founding father of our cricket. May he rest in peace'
West Indies' skipper Jason Holder has called for his team to raise their game and close the gap with India in the second Test in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Indian team would traverse the distance of 200 kms by air to play their practice match against Jamaica.
Statistical highlights of the third day's play in the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.
'Gavaskar utilised the time between the limited overs and the Test series of the West Indies tour in America to create awareness for the Heart to Heart foundation'
Opener KL Rahul's career-best 158 has put India in the driver's seat in the second Test against West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica. The visitors reached a comfortable 358 for on day 2 and lead by a convincing 162 runs after leading the series 1-0. Rahul, who scored his third Test century, has equaled former captain Mohammed Azharuddin's record to convert his first three fifties into hundreds.
The morale-shattering 103-run loss to West Indies in the third One-dayer, notwithstanding, India's vice-captain Harbhajan Singh has exuded confidence that the visitors will sign off the series on a winning note in the fifth and final ODI in Kingston, Jamaica.
Fearless Hetmyer guides West Indies to challenging 207/5
With 36 different playing XIs in as many Tests under Kohli's captaincy, the Indian line-up is begging for some consistency.
More reasons for Team India to celebrate.
Skipper Virat Kohli is impressed with Hanuma Vihari's temperament, as the youngster's self-belief spreads a sense of calm in the dressing room when he is out there in the middle. Vihari was undoubtedly India's find of the West Indies Test series. He emerged the top run-getter with 289 runs that included a century and two half-centuries.
West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels has been found liable of one of the two bribery charges and faces a two year ban from international cricket.
The 63-run victory over the West Indies in the first Test is India's 15th under M S Dhoni's captaincy. Only Sourav Ganguly has led India to more Test wins - 21.
The West Indies recovered well after a brief slump to stay on course for an improbable win against India on the third day of the first Test in Kingston (Jamaica) on Wednesday. At stumps, the hosts had reached 131 for three, requiring a further 195 runs with seven second innings wickets left.
Roston Chase's experience of handling spinners back home was crucial in the West Indies' fightback on the first day of the second Test against India, said head coach Stuart Law.
Without Shakib Bangladesh will lack the experience of as many as 151 T20Is when they begin the three-match series in Delhi on Sunday.
Kohli also became the first Indian captain to score two hundreds against the West Indies in the Caribbean.
Opener Lokesh Rahul starred with the bat as he scored a career-best 158 to steer India to a big lead, on Day 2 of the second Test against West Indies, in Jamaica, on Sunday.
Andre Russell looks set to play in the World Twenty20 after the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission said on Friday the West Indies all-rounder would not be suspended pending a hearing into his "anti-doping whereabouts" rule violation.
India opted for a four-man pace attack in the rain-delayed first ODI against the West Indies.
The West Indies team was fined for slow over-rate during its 20-run defeat against India in the first ODI of the four-match series at Kingston, Jamaica, on Friday. Match referee Chris Broad imposed the fines after Chris Gayle's side was ruled to be two overs short of its target at the end of India innings when time allowances were taken into consideration, according to an ICC statement.
Darren Bravo hit a career-best 86 as the West Indies comfortably defeated India by seven wickets in the fifth and final One-day International in Kingston, Jamaica.
Statistical highlights of the second day's play in the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies, in Kingston, Jamaica.
India's captain scored a fine 105 as India beat the West Indies by five wickets, off the second last ball, in the first ODI.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), reeling from the fallout from the team's withdrawal from the tour of India, is facing fresh pressure from its worried commercial and broadcast partners.
Uncapped teenage fast bowler Alzarri Joseph will join the 13-member West Indies squad for the second Test against India starting in Kingston, Jamaica on July 30, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said. The 19-year-old Joseph has performed outstanding bowling feats for the U-19 side where he snared 13 wickets to lead West Indies to their World Cup title in Bangladesh. No other changes have been made to the Jason Holder-led squad which looked inexperienced against India's supremacy in the first game as they were thrashed by an innings and 92 runs.
Both teams retained the eleven that played in the drawn third Test at St Kitts.
West Indies skipper Jason Holder doesn't expect his young and inexperienced side to improve by leaps and bounds and said they are looking for a steady progression as they go into the four-Test series against India with confidence.
'Special mention to Rahane, who has come back after a while and he was outstanding...'
India's leg-spinner Amit Mishra was fined 10 per cent of his match fee on Tuesday for showing towards the umpire after being given out in the ongoing first cricket Test against the West Indies in Kingston.
Sachin Tendulkar is set to lose his top position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen as he will not feature in India's three-match Test series against the West Indies starting in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday.
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