India vs West Indies 1st ODI Live Score, Teams at Kingston - Ind vs WI 1st ODI

India will start their four match ODI series against host West Indies with 1st ODI on Friday, 26th June, 2009 at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica in a day match starting from 09:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

India want to start a fresh after the disaster in just ended Twenty20 World Cup where they eliminated in the 2nd round without winning a single match in Super8 round. They are without 4 key players Sehwag, Tendulkar, Zaheer and Raina. Rohit Sharma may continue as opener or M Viajay will do the opening with Gambhir. Nehra may find a place in playing 11 after good show in IPL2.

West Indies will try to continue their good form of T20 WC where they reached to semifinals and comfortably defeated world champions Australia in the 1st round. Dwayne Bravo is in good touch and his brother Darren also included in the team. Chris Gayle is also in good touch but they will definitely miss Fidel Edward who is out due to injury.

Indian Team, Squad for 1st ODI at Jamaica:

Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Yuvraj Singh, S Badrinath, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh, Ashish Nehra.

West Indies Team, Squad for 1st ODI at Jamaica:

Chris Gayle (capt), Runako Morton, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Jerome Taylor, Ravi Rampaul, Suleiman Benn, Lionel Baker.

West Indies Team, Squad for 2009 ODI Series against India

West Indies cricket board has announced team for short 4 match ODI series against India starting from 26th June to 5th July, 2009.

Brother of all rounder Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo has been included for the 1st time in West Indies team, who scored 605 runs at 43.21 for Trinidad & Tobago in the domestic season. Narsingh Deonarine, the highest run score in four-day domestic competition with 1,068 runs at 59.33 with seven half-centuries has also been included in the team. All rounder David Bernard has been called up for injured Fidel Edward.

West Indies Squad for 1st Two ODI's against India:

Chris Gayle (capt)
Denesh Ramdin (wk)
Lionel Baker
Darren Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
Sulieman Benn
David Bernard
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Narsingh Deonarine
Runako Morton
Ravi Rampaul
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jerome Taylor

India tour of West Indeis ODI Series Schedule, Timetable, Ind vs WI ODI Fixture, Timing

India tour of West Indies ODI Series Schedule, Timetable, Ind vs WI ODI Fixture, Timing

After a disastor T20 World Cup, India will play 4 ODI's in West Indies starting from Friday, 26th June to Sunday, 5th July, 2009 in all day games.

Find the complete schedule, Time Table of 2009 India tour of West Indies.

India vs West Indies ODI series Schedule:

Friday, 26th June, 2009
1st ODI
India vs West Indies
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Timing: 09:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 8.00 PM IST

Sunday, 28th June, 2009

2nd ODI
India vs West Indies
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Timing: 09:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 8.00 PM IST

Friday, 3rd July, 2009

3rd ODI
India vs West Indies
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.00 PM IST

Sunday, 5th July, 2009

4th ODI
India vs West Indies
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.00 PM IST

Indian Team, Squad for 2009 Tour of West Indies - Tendulkar, Zaheer rested - Nehra in

After the early exclusion from the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup, India is going to play short ODI series against West Indies. Indian selectors announced the team on Wednesday, 17th June, 2009 with 4 main player out of the team due to injury.

Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan has been rested to recover fully for their injuries during IPL2 while hard hitter opener Virender Sehwag and middle order batsman Suresh Raina are out due to injury. Irfan Pathan and Munaf Patel who toured New Zealand has not been included in the team.

M Vijay will replace Sehwag while Asish Nehra has rewarded is good form in IPL2.

Find the complete team and squad for the four ODI series against West Indies.

Indian team, squad for 2009 Tour of West Indies:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk)
Yuvraj Singh
Gautam Gambhir
Rohit Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Yusuf Pathan
M Vijay
S Badrinath
RP Singh
Praveen Kumar
Ishant Sharma
Abhishek Nayar
Ashish Nehra
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik

Ind vs NZ 3rd Test Result - Match Drawn | India win Series in New Zealand after 41 years

Rain denied a deserving victory to India on the 5th day of the 3rd and final test match against New Zealand, but India recorded their first series triumph in 41 years, on Tuesday, 7th April 2009 at Wellington. India were just 2 wickets away from win when rain arrived on final day.

New Zealand started the day from 167/4 and overnight batsman Taylor and Franklin put a 142 runs partnership, contributed 107 and 49 runs respectively.

India should have blamed themselves for draw and 2-0 win due to poor fielding and late draw. Good thing is that, India ended their long wait of 41 years to win a Test series in New Zealand after Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi-led side drubbed the Kiwis 3-1 in 1968. India also won the 5 match ODI series by 3-1.

Match Summary:

India 1st Inning - 379 all out in 92.1 overs.

New Zealand 1st Inning -197 all out in 65 overs.

India 2nd Inning -434/7 dec. in 116 overs.

New Zealand 2nd Inning - 281/8 in 94.3 overs.

Toss -New Zealand, who chose to field first.

Result - Match Drawn.

Man of The Match - Gautam Gambhir (India).

Series - India won the 3-match series 1-0.