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Topic: West Indies

Vivian Richards’ philosophy was ‘see ball, hit ball’. He reserved his best against England

Kapil Dev was in awe of Viv Richards. Imran Khan said he was the best batsman he ever bowled to. Botham considered him a master batsman & Lillee confessed he could never dominate him.

Half an acre of land in US to blender & mini-truck, a look at quirky prizes cricketers get

This month, West Indies all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford received land in the US for his performance at the 2023 Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. Here are some of them.  

Ravindra Jadeja defends ‘experiments’, says India will be at their best in ODI series

India have treated the three-match ODI series as the buildup for their campaigns in the Asia Cup, beginning later this month, and the home World Cup in October-November.

West Indies beat India for the first time in nearly four years to level ODI series

Skipper Shai Hope (63*) and Keacy Carty (48*) starred for WI playing patient knocks to chase down the target, wrapping up the match in the 37th over.

How the once world-beating West Indies is now an ODI team that can’t even qualify for the World Cup

Two-time champions fail to qualify 2023 Cricket World Cup after consecutive losses to Zimbabwe, the Netherlands & Scotland. But their fall from grace has been in making over the years.

West Indies replaces Shimron Hetmyer with Sharmarh Brooks in T20 WC, after former misses flight

The decision by the CWI Selection Panel was made as Hetmyer missed his re-scheduled flight to Australia, which had been changed from 1 October at his request, due to family reasons.

After West Indies blitz, Rana’s spell triggers collapse as India win Women’s World Cup match

India raced to top of the table with a 155-run win over Stafanie Taylor’s side, who, despite dominating performance from openers, collapsed from 100-0 after 12 overs to 162 all out.

India marks 1,000th ODI with convincing 6-wicket win over West Indies in Ahmedabad

With Sunday's victory set up by captain Rohit Sharma and spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar, India became the first cricket team in the world to play 1,000 Men's ODIs.

Rohit returns as BCCI announces ODI squad for Windies series, Ravi Bishnoi gets maiden call-up

While Ashwin has been dropped from white-ball team, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Shami have also been rested from the series, BCCI secretary Jay Shah was quoted as saying in a press release.

Hours before the start of the historic 1971 West Indies tour, Indian team had no kit to play

In ‘1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness’, Boria Majumdar and Gautam Bhattacharya write about the twin tours that made the Indian team a force to reckon with.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.