Today is the fourth day of the first test match between India and West Indies and 90% chances are there that results of the match will be concluded today. Match can go in the favor of any team from here now on, but its for sure that match will not go into the 5th day of play.
Today West Indies need another 196 odd runs to win the match with 7 wickets in hand and the team will mostly rely on S. Chanderpaul, if he manages to play a big score chances are there West Indies will win the match. On the other had India just need 7 wickets in a day and given the nature of the pitch here this doesn't seem to be a difficult task.
Let watch all the live action of the match and see the result today :)
Crucial Day of first Test - India Vs West Indies
West Indies bowled out India on the first day of first test match at the score of 246 and in return India managed to restrict West Indies at 173 taking first innings lead of 173 runs. Now today is the third and the most important day of the test match. Though Indian team looks is a little comfortable situation with a lead of 164 runs still there is lot of cricket left to be played in the match.
In case West Indies bowler restrict India cheaply they will have plenty of time to chase the total. India on the other hand need to bat well till the lunch session tomorrow if they want to fancy their chances of winning the first test match.
In case West Indies bowler restrict India cheaply they will have plenty of time to chase the total. India on the other hand need to bat well till the lunch session tomorrow if they want to fancy their chances of winning the first test match.
India Win Series but Loose Points
So called inexperienced Indian team started well by winning the only T20 match and then first three matches of the 5 Match ODI series, but they lost the remaining two matches of the series and thus it cost one point to the ODI rankings as well.
India currently ranks second in the ICC one day international team rankings and this ranking can be further pushed down to number three if Sri Lanka manages to win the ODI series against England. Both Sri Lanka and England are ranked below India in the ODI team rankings of ICC.
The three test match series starts from 20th June at Kingston. India is the number one test team but this time like ODI team test team is also little inexperienced. West Indies on the other hand managed to draw the test series against Pakistan and they have won last two ODI against India as well.
It'd be interesting to see the competition between both the team. Will bring you all the live action of the first test match between both the team from Kingston, West Indies.
Other match to watch far:
Sri Lanka vs England 3rd NPPower Test, Rose Bowl, 1st day
India Vs West Indies 5th One Day International Match Live
As I predicted in my last post , West Indies team played excellent cricket just to save their pride. West Indies won the match with more than 100 runs, a match where they have nothing to loose.
Even today they face the similar position, with nothing to loose and the fact that if they win this match they can get ready for the test matches in a positive frame of mind. For team India it was only the failure of the middle order that cost them the match as nothing can be expected from the current top order, they have failed ot give a positive start in all the matches so far.
As far as Chris Gayle playing for West Indies is concerned, 85% posibilty is that Chris Gayle cricket career for West Indies is over, though he can play in domestic T20 matched of various countries like Andrew Simmonds is doing.
Even today they face the similar position, with nothing to loose and the fact that if they win this match they can get ready for the test matches in a positive frame of mind. For team India it was only the failure of the middle order that cost them the match as nothing can be expected from the current top order, they have failed ot give a positive start in all the matches so far.
As far as Chris Gayle playing for West Indies is concerned, 85% posibilty is that Chris Gayle cricket career for West Indies is over, though he can play in domestic T20 matched of various countries like Andrew Simmonds is doing.
4th One Day Match India Tour of West Indies
India has already won the tournament and is leading the 5 match series with 3-0. Thus many of the visitors this may not be a match worth watching, but realty is that the remaining 2 matches of the series will be more interesting than the previous 3.
Reason number one both the teams will have their own targets for the rest 2 matches, West Indies team will have to play to save the pride of the country and India will play for a clean sweep thus they can take the revenge of home series clean sweep defeat of the 70s.
Also we can expect many changes in the playing eleven from both the sides. Soon we will also launch a Cricket quiz, keep visiting for more updates.
Reason number one both the teams will have their own targets for the rest 2 matches, West Indies team will have to play to save the pride of the country and India will play for a clean sweep thus they can take the revenge of home series clean sweep defeat of the 70s.
Also we can expect many changes in the playing eleven from both the sides. Soon we will also launch a Cricket quiz, keep visiting for more updates.
India Vs West Indies Match 2 live
Lots of improvement areas for both the teams. Though Indian team managed to win the T20 match and the first ODI, the team top order (opening batsmen specially) failed on both the occasion. It was depth in the batting that saved the team along with the bowling. But think of the scenario when West Indies team post a competitive total then a top order disaster will be enough for the defeat.
West Indies team is bowling well but they need to learn the art of playing spin and for that they need specialist like Chris Gayle and Pollard to strengthen the batting line up.
The second ODI will be enough to tell us what the result of the ODI series would be.
West Indies team is bowling well but they need to learn the art of playing spin and for that they need specialist like Chris Gayle and Pollard to strengthen the batting line up.
The second ODI will be enough to tell us what the result of the ODI series would be.
India Vs West Indies - First One Day Match Live
India won the first match and will be looking forward to success in their first series after world cup win. But if we go by the stats from the last match then it won't be easy for team India to win today's match and series easily. Batting which has been strength of team India looks little inexperienced and as we have seen in the T20 match between India and West Indies the top order didn't gave an expected start.
However in bowling team India can rely on the spin attack which is a weak point of West Indies batting. They never look comfortable playing spinners. Good news for West Indies team is that players like Bravo, Pollard and Chanderpaul are back in the team which will add to the experience of the team.
Lets catch all the action from few minutes from now.
However in bowling team India can rely on the spin attack which is a weak point of West Indies batting. They never look comfortable playing spinners. Good news for West Indies team is that players like Bravo, Pollard and Chanderpaul are back in the team which will add to the experience of the team.
Lets catch all the action from few minutes from now.
India Vs West Indies T20 Match
Indian team has arrived to compete West Indies in T20 and one day matches with a new coach and New captain. Duncan Fletcher is the new coach of Indian cricket team who took the charge after Gary Kristen resigned immediately following the Indian team world cup win whereas Suresh Raina who has been part of the Indian cricket team from some time is the new captain. Raina has been in and out of the team and almost a surprise for me to see him as a captain.
The first choice was Gautam Gambhir but he had been forced to take his name out of the tournament due the shoulder injury he received during the IPL matches. It'd be interesting to see if team India can win the T20 and one day series as most of the player are not the ones who have been playing for team India from long time. Many seniors players have either rested from the tournaments or are out due to the injuries.
The first T20 match will begin withing 2 hours time from now and it'd be interesting to see who will be in the playing 11 for both the teams.
Below may be the probables for team India:
1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Parthiv Patel (wk), 3 Suresh Raina (capt), 4 Virat Kohli, 5 & 6 two out of S Badrinath, Rohit Sharma and Manoj Tiwary, 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Munaf Patel, 11 R Ashwin/R Vinay Kumar/Amit Mishra/Ishant Sharma
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