3:00 AM ET Toss India chose to bat v West Indies play 5:27 The former India wicketkeeper feels that the hosts should include three spinners at Rajkot After losing five tosses in a row, India’s captain Virat Kohli finally won one and opted to bat on a pitch with a fair covering of grass in

5:01 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Question marks over the limited-overs captaincy ahead of a World Cup year? Check. A team low on confidence following a prolonged period of underperformance in 50-over affairs? Check. A young but talented squad that frequently falls short as they come to terms with the demands of a new, high intensity

9:42 AM ET A dispute over the allocation of complimentary tickets has resulted in Indore losing out on hosting the the second ODI between India and West Indies. Visakhapatnam will now host the match, which is scheduled for October 24. The matter came to a boil after the simmering dispute over complimentary tickets, between the

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Prithvi Shaw will make his Test debut in Rajkot on Thursday. Breaking from the tradition of not talking about selection before the Test, India named a XII for the opening Test against West Indies a day in advance. They were back to playing with five batsmen and a wicketkeeper after

2:18 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Worcestershire have completed their second signing in the space of two weeks with Riki Wessels moving from Nottinghamshire. Wessels, 32, has been released from his contract to take up a three-year deal after Nottinghamshire strengthened their batting resources with the signings of Ben Slater, Joe Clarke and Ben Duckett. He

10:05 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Kumar Sangakkara has labelled England the best all-round side “in any conditions”, and expects them to challenge Sri Lanka in the three-Test series in November. Although England will begin the ODI series as favourites – they are the top-ranked team, while Sri Lanka are eighth – Sangakkara said Sri

1:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Kemar Roach is back on a central contract for West Indies. He was one of four players offered all-format contracts for 2018-19, as per the list announced by Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Monday. The other three are captain Jason Holder, batsman Shai Hope and pacer Alzarri Joseph,

2:24 PM ET Ankur Dhawan in Mumbai Test cricket needs saving and the players can be its saviours by embracing day-night Tests, Sanjay Manjrekar said at the Dilip Sardesai memorial lecture. Manjrekar felt that cricket’s “cocky” attitude towards fans and archaic traditions in dissension with the changing times were impeding the format’s popularity. He expressed

9:26 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After controversially dropping Karun Nair from the Test squad, even though he didn’t get a chance to fail or succeed for six straight Tests, India’s chairman of selectors MSK Prasad has given the batsman an advice: “keep on piling runs” in the domestic circuit and for India A. Prasad also

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A soggy outfield at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad meant the third T20I between West Indies women and South Africa women was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday. South Africa needed to win the match to keep their hopes of a series-victory alive, but a tropical rain