India tour of West Indies, Only T20I: West Indies v India at Port of Spain, Jun 4, 2011
West Indies ran out of excuses for their decline a long time ago and are now scraping the bottom of the barrel of hope. It's a grim scenario. The evidence screamed out when the flight from London descended on Barbados. It was a breathtaking visual - a sparkling sea framing the houses like a jewel - but the question that immediately came to mind was, how on earth did such a tiny island produce a battery of world-class players? Now that same smallness offered another scary thought. How on earth will they find world-class players from such a small area? Trinidad is a much bigger place but big, of course, is relative.
Sometimes a win can just prove to be a setback. Is West Indies' recent Test win over Pakistan a boon or a bane? Will it make the hardliners in the WICB turn more adamant in their vision for a future that doesn't involve the bigger stars like Chris Gayle? Or does that win offer concrete proof of their new vision? This series against India can help decide it.
Team: INDIA VS West Indies
Venue: Port of Spain( West Indies - WI)
Date: JUNE 04-03-2011
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West Indies squad | |
DJG Sammy(Captain), CD Barnwell, D Bishoo, DM Bravo, ADS Fletcher(WKT Keeper), DP Hyatt, AR Nurse, R Rampaul, AD Russell, MN Samuels, K Santokie, LMP Simmons) |
India squad | |
SK Raina(Captain), Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, S Dhawan, V Kohli, P Kumar, A Mishra, MM Patel, PA Patel(WKT Keeper), YK Pathan, WP Saha†, I Sharma, RG Sharma, MK Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar. |
INDIA VS West Indies T20 ODI 2011 LIVE SCORECARD