Australia's limited-overs captain Aaron Finch won the 2018 ICC Men’s T20I Performance of the Year award for the second time for his breathtaking knock of 172 against Zimbabwe in Harare last July.
India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was named the International Cricket Council's Emerging Player of the Year in the world body's annual awards on Tuesday.
Virat Kohli has been rewarded for his remarkable performances across formats by being named captain of the ICC Test as well as ODI team of 2018. While two other Indians – Rishabh Pant & Jasprit Bumrah – have made the cut in the Test team, three other Indian players – Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav and Bumrah – have been included in the ODI team of the year.
Windies skipper Jason Holder has received effusive praise from his team's interim coach Richard Pybus for handling the "tough" leadership role "exceptionally well"
Kuldeep and Chahal have been used less in tandem with Jadeja making a return during the Asia Cup and edging out one of these two owing to his batting abilities, dynamic fielding and stump to stump lines with the ball.
England are solid favourites although history is on the side of the underdog Windies ahead of the first Test of the three-match series starting Wednesday (January 23) at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.
Former India captain and current 'A' team coach Rahul Dravid has urged that overreaction to some recent controversies that have caused a massive storm in Indian cricket should be avoided.
In all likelihood, the five-match series against New Zealand will be a sterner Test for Virat Kohli's Indian cricket team than what Australia were.
On this day in 1988, a blitzkrieg from Carl Hooper ensured West Indies had more than enough on board to help them to a 73-run win over India, thereby taking a 5-1 lead in the seven-match series.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) is thinking of instituting a behavioural counselling programme for the Indian cricket team in the wake of the furore over KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya's sexist comments.
India, with 116 points, stayed as the No 1 ranked Test team while skipper Kohli (922 points) moved 25 points clear of second ranked New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (897).
Prithvi Shaw, who missed all of the Australia tour with an ankle injury, says he will be fit in time for the upcoming season of the IPL.
Pakistan will also be pleased with the way their bowlers performed in the first match. Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan, in particular, were the standout stars. The pitch at Kingsmead is slightly spin friendly and that will help the touring team even more.
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