“So it is not that much of a transition because the three players know how to play this and one of them was the best player in the World Cup, you know, batting wise”.
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India have always been a strong T20 side, and what makes them a quality side is the core of their team, which nearly remains the same in all formats.
Ravichandran Ashwin rounded off the four-Test series with two centuries and 17 wickets and the India spinner said he had expected a handsome return from the tour of West Indies, which India wrapped up with a 2-0 win after the fourth match was abandoned.
West Indies and India will play two Twenty20 Internationals in Lauderhill, Florida, on August 27 and 28 as both teams seek to tap into the huge expatriate Indian population in the United States.
Cricket-obsessed Pakistanis were Tuesday celebrating their national team’s “incredible journey” to the top of the Test rankings after a turbulent seven years in which they were forced to play home matches on neutral venues.
Following the Sri Lanka-Australia series, India had needed to win the Port of Spain Test to retain the number-one Test ranking.
“I hope we can keep on improving this aspect of our game because there are positions, which matter a lot in Test cricket”. I don’t think it’s a case where I have to negotiate too many egos.
3rd Match: Played at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia between 9 August and 13 August 2016.
The PCB has also announced it will be holding eleven matches of its premier first class competition, the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy under lights with the pink ball as it tries to embrace the concept of day and night Test.
Saturday and Sunday’s back-to-back fixtures come at a crucial time for the West Indies. Looking at everything, it is a flawless staging ground.
Kumble is keen to see Indian players making the “mindset” transformation from Test to T20 format. We had a tough match against them in the semi-final of the World T20 as well. India and West Indies met in the semifinal of World T20 which the Caribbean side won and knocked India out of the tournament.
“It’s a wonderful initiative and we are really looking forward to our matches here, it’s going to be a sellout”. Where we get after that, we are happy at that.
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Carlos Brathwaite has been appointed as the new skipper of the T20 side with Sammy out of the reckoning.
