“From what I have heard, this is going to be a sellout over the weekend”, said Kumble on Thursday (August 26).
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Soon after Pakistan displaced India to become the top-ranked Test team in the world, the Pakistan fans made full use of their photoshop skills to make fun of Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his teammates.
The stadium in Lauderhill has hosted only four T20Is till date, the last one taking place in 2012. But the venue has got the thumbs up from Kumble. “I was impressed with the facilities here and it was a learning experience for me to see the amount of technology being used in sports science”, said Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.
“Of course the start (of coaching career) always makes it that much sweeter when you’ve had success and I can’t ask for a better set of players in terms of what I want from them”, he said. “They are extremely committed, very disciplined and you tell them what you need and they are ready to put their hand up and do it”.
“As host, the Trinidad and Tobago cricket Board (TTCB) and the QPCC regret that limited play was possible in the 4 Test match between WI and India at the Queen’s Park Oval”, the statement read. “From an Indian perspective, we are really looking forward to these T20 games against the West Indies”.
Earlier this year, the West Indies Cricket Board agreed in principle to play the day-night Test after the PCB assured them of a practice match along with training sessions.
The two-match series is going to be the first of what will develop into an annual event in the United States of America as part of efforts to “reach out to new markets and audiences”, BCCI president Anurag Thakur had said.
They will have revenge on their minds having lost to the West Indies in the semi-finals of this years World Twenty20. But we are a good side too and have a good record over the past six months, and we ran them close in that exciting semifinal in the 2016 World T20.
“It (ranking) is motivation but I think, as in Mumbai, just to beat India because that’s always going to be the team to beat in T20 cricket because they’ve commanded the format for a long period”.
12/4/15 West Indies Head Coach Phil Simmons during nets Action Images via Reuters / Jason O’Brien Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY. “The gap between that and our cricket needs to be filled whether it’s with an academy which we don’t have right now”, he said.
Richards asserted that the best players should be available for test cricket, with the best players coming out of test cricket being drafted into IPL.
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Windies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite, who had smashed four consecutive sixes to wrap up this year’s World Twenty20 final against England in Kolkata, will aim to help his side win the series 2-0 and move to second place on 127 points and push India to third place on 124 points.
