Wavell Hinds

West Indies team suffered a big blow ahead of their One-day series against Australia as star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was Thursday ruled out of the ongoing tour due to a finger injury.

Marlon Samuels was named West Indies Cricketer of the Year at the inaugural awards ceremony, which was jointly hosted by the WICB and the WIPA.

The first day of WIFW, tiring - and tired - as it was, saw some international cricketers stop by to check out desi fashion.

The first day of WIFW, tiring - and tired - as it was, saw some international cricketers stop by to check out desi fashion.

The threat forced the BCCI also to intervene in the matter and they held hectic parleys with their West Indies counterparts late on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday morning to make sure that the Windies team takes the field.

West Indies opener John Campbell scored a composed maiden Test century against India in Delhi, a significant achievement marking the first by a West Indies opener in India in 23 years. His resilient 115-run innings, featuring 12 fours and 3 sixes, provided a bright spot for the visitors despite India's dominance in the series.

Former all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says the BCCI "offered to pay" his players who threatened to pull out of the 2014 ODI series in India after a contracts fallout with the West Indies Cricket Board.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl against the West Indies in the first one-day international at the Nehru Stadium in Kochi.

In an unprecedented and shocking move, the West Indies players, on Friday, decided to call off their ongoing tour of India over a payment dispute with WICB.

India took a commanding position on day two of the first Test against Australia in Perth, reaching 172 without loss in their second innings, extending their lead to a formidable 218 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal (90*) and KL Rahul (62*) crafted impressive half-centuries, capitalizing on India's earlier dominance as they bowled out Australia for a paltry 104.

Just when everything was going right for Indian cricket, the controversy regarding use of performance enhancing drugs has spoilt the Indian party in Zimbabwe.

Sanjay Bangar has surprised us immensely. He certainly looks to be the all-rounder India has been praying for all this while. If he played a blinder of an innings in the fourth one-day match between us and India, he worked up a fair bit of pace in Jodhpur.

By playing seven one-dayers each against West Indies and New Zealand, the Indian cricket board and its selectors, perhaps, thought that they could find a paradigm for the fast approaching World Cup.

Chethana, Anil Kumble's wife, thought he was "probably joking" when the Indian spin great, with a bandaged face and a broken jaw, decided to challenge the likes of Brian Lara during the Antigua Test in 2002. Kumble rates Lara as one of the toughest batters he had bowled to, as the Prince of Trinidad has three shots for one delivery.