Four balls, Four results, One Man - Rohit Sharma's adventure on the boundary line
Cricket | December 06, 2019 20:59 ISTRohit Sharma's had an eventful night on the boundary line during the first T20I against West Indies.
Rohit Sharma's had an eventful night on the boundary line during the first T20I against West Indies.
Yuzvendra Chahal has equalled Ravichandran Ashwin for most wickets as Indian bowler.
Virat Kohli slams unbeaten 94 runs in 50 balls as India chased the 208-run target in 18.4 overs with six wickets to spare to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
West Indies and India are playing a three-match T20 International and three-match ODI series, starting Friday in Hyderabad. India are overwhelming favourites to emerge winners.
Kohli finished as the highest run-getter across formats in 2016, 2017 and 2018, scoring 2595 runs in 37 matches, 2818 runs in 46 games, and 2735 runs in 37 matches, respectively.
According to an HCA official, the stand above the V.V.S. Laxman pavilion will be named after the former skipper and will most likely be inaugurated by legendary Sunil Gavaskar
After a decent campaign against Bangladesh, Rahul continued with his form in T20s, amassing 313 runs in eight matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament at an average of 52.16 and strike rate of 155.72.
India had whitewashed Windies in all the three formats when they visited the Caribbean Islands earlier in August.
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Virat Kohli, who opted out of the three T20Is played against Bangladesh last month, believes his job is to provide stability and control in the middle-order.
Talking about the upcoming series, Pollard said his team will look to use the experience of playing in India to challenge the hosts.
The series, comprising three T20 Internationals and an equal number of ODIs, starts on Friday in Hyderabad and technology to call front foot no balls will be put to trial in it.
India had whitewashed Windies in all the three formats when they visited the Caribbean Islands earlier in August.
Since 2018, no Indian bowler has bowled as many deliveries in the powerplays and in the death as Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He also has the joint-most wickets among Indians in the first six overs and the highest in the final four overs.
This indicates that Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami are almost certain to make the cut.
Pant has been under the scanner for a while due to his inability to convert starts and for erratic work behind the stumps.
India will continue their preparations for the T20 World Cup in Australia and many players, whose places are not yet secure, will try to impress the team management and selectors with their performances against the West Indies.
Pant currently has three dismissals from seven T20Is played between India and West Indies while Dhoni leads the list with five from seven matches in the T20I format.
During the first training session of the team ahead of three-match T20 series against the West Indies, the Indian players were seen doing the usual short sprint stuff simultaneously in two batches standing one behind the other.
Primarily a bowling all-rounder, who can hit big shots, Shivam will be aiming to assert himself more in the three T20 Internationals against the West Indies.
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