Pollard named in ODI side to face India

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West Indies have kept faith with most of the players that served them during the recent home series against Pakistan, with the selection of their squads for the opening matches of India’s tour of the Caribbean.Choosing for the Twenty20 International and the first two One day Internationals  all to be contested in Trinidad  West Indies have retained all but three of the players that featured against the Pakistanis, and Darren Sammy will remain in charge for the time being.Left-hander Devon Smith, whose aversion to spin was cruelly exposed by the Pakistanis, Mohammad Hafeez in particular, and wicketkeeper/batsman Devon Thomas have been sidelined because of their form.But key fast bowler Kemar Roach is being rested for the matches with a view to keeping him fresh for the later exchanges in the series.“It is expected that other players with heavy workloads will also be rested and rotated from time to time throughout the West Indies versus India series and moving forward,” said a WICB media release.West Indies will be boosted in the ODIs with the inclusion of all-rounder Kieron Pollard, after he missed the entire Pakistan series to take part in the Indian Premier League.

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ODI vice captain Dwayne Bravo, who missed the Tests against the Pakistanis, has also returned from the IPL, where he helped Chennai Super Kings, led by India’s World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to lift the title last Saturday over the Royal Challengers Bangalore, which included Chris Gayle.“Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are not eligible to represent the West Indies in T20 format as they did not take part in the last edition of the Caribbean Twenty20,” said the WICB media release.“The WICB Selection Criteria outlines that for a player to be eligible for selection to the West Indies team he must participate in the corresponding format of the game at the regional level.”Gayle, whose batting in the IPL was a revelation, helping him finish as the tournament’s leading scorer with 608 runs, will have to wait his turn for a recall to the side.“Gayle will not be considered for selection to the West Indies team before an intended meeting with himself, the Selection Committee, the WICB Management, and the West Indies Team Management,” stated the media release.“The Selection Committee views this meeting as necessary as a result of Gayle’s comments in a widely publicised radio interview in Jamaica.”Gayle’s decision to play in the IPL angered WICB officials under the impression he was recovering from an injury.The left-handed West Indies opener subsequently blasted the WICB over their indifferent attitude to his recovery from injury, and his subsequent non-selection for the Pakistan series on a Jamaican radio sports talk show.Similarly, Jerome Taylor, Gayle’s compatriot, also drew the ire of the WICB when he chose to play for Pune in the IPL.He too, was supposed to be recovering from an injury, which he sustained during the WICB Regional first-class championship, and also bemoaned the WICB’s interest in his recovery.“The Selection Committee is of the view that Taylor is required to play a full season of regional cricket in order to prove his fitness to compete adequately at the international level before being considered for selection,” the media release noted.Veteran left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul and rookie opener Adrian Barath were not considered for selection.

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Though no formal explanation was given for Chanderpaul, it appears the selectors will stick to their guns, and only select him for Tests, meaning his appearances in ODIs and T20Is will either be very scarce, or will not exist at all.An update on Barath, who has not played for West Indies, since he withdrew from the side on the eve of the World Cup, was given.“Although he has been allowed to return to low intensity cricket in Trinidad, Adrian Barath is still undergoing rehabilitation, and an assessment will be done during the Trinidad leg of the West Indies versus  India series,” said the media release.“A decision on his return to international cricket will be taken following the assessment, and it is hoped he will be available for the Test Series West Indies versus India.”West Indies face India in a T20I, five ODIs, and three Tests between next Saturday and the first week in July.

West Indies Squads:

T20I: Darren Sammy (captain), Christopher Barnwell, Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Andre Fletcher, Danza Hyatt, Ashley Nurse, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Krishmar Santokie, Lendl Simmons

ODIs: Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo (vice captain), Carlton Baugh Jr, Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Kirk Edwards, Anthony Martin, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Lendl Simmons.

Indian Cricket Coach said To prepare Talented youngsters !!!!!

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Indian New Cricket Coach,Former Zimbabwen all rounder Fletcher said,My job is prepare talented youngsters-There are a lot of talent in India."India have a plan to stay at the top. The young players have the potential and this tour will show the depth of talent we have. But any team playing at home is difficult to beat so we should not be complacent."India are without Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh for a five-match one-day series starting in Trinidad on June 6.Batting superstar Tendulkar, World Cup-winning captain Dhoni and paceman Zaheer have been rested while openers Gambhir and Sehwag, and all-rounder Yuvraj are unfit.Fletcher said he had followed a rotation policy when he was the England coach."While I was in England, I started the rotation policy resting senior guys and was criticised. It's important to do that considering the heavy schedule. We need to look into the matter as we go into the future," he said.Stand-in India captain Suresh Raina said the tour was a good opportunity for youngsters to show their talent."It's a great opportunity for the youngsters who have done well in domestic cricket and I hope they will do well," said Raina."I am really honoured to be leading the side. I am happy with the side as we have some very good batsmen in Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Subramaniam Badrinath and Shikhar Dhawan who have done well in first-class cricket."The Caribbean tour opens with a one-off Twenty20 international in Trinidad on June 4. India will also play three Tests after the one-day series.

T20 and one-day squad: 

Suresh Raina (capt), Harbhajan Singh (vice-capt), Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, Subramaniam Badrinath, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Vinay Kumar, Yusuf Pathan, Amit Mishra, Wriddhiman Saha.

Vijay stars in Chennai's successful title defence

Indian Premier league Champion Chennai Super Kings' wish list before this final? 1) Win toss on a slow pitch. 2) Great start by the openers. 3) Remove Chris Gayle for a duck. PS: While we are it why not knock out AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli cheaply? They got all that. Chennai produced a near-perfect game and mauled Royal Challengers Bangalore to lift their second IPL trophy.

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It was the ease with which the runs flowed and the calm manner in which they were accumulated by the Chennai openers that caught the eye. There were several big shots but nearly all of them were in conventional zones. There was just one bad shot in the first 14 overs. Just one. In the 10th over, Vijay had just played a nonchalant flick that sailed just clear of a lunging Luke Pomersbach on the deep-midwicket boundary. He then tried to slog the next ball across the line and edged it to the leg side. The reaction of the players reflected their awareness of the need to keep adrenalin in check: Vijay shadow practiced a straighter arc of the bat and Hussey rushed across to have a long chat.

For the duration of the partnership, which lasted 14.5 overs, they complemented each other with contrasting approaches. Hussey punctuated his bunts, chips and drives with the occasional big hit - the highlight was a monstrous heave off Syed Mohammad that crashed into the roof beyond wide long-on. Vijay went the other way. He punctuated his flamboyant on-the-up hits with quieter punches for singles and twos. They both ran between the wickets hard and fast and the scoring-rate never flagged. Vijay grew increasingly tired but it was Hussey who fell first, swatting a full toss from Mohammad to long-on. By then, they had laid a great platform.

It was Vijay who started the mayhem off the final delivery of the second over with a special shot. It was a short-of-length delivery with little room for maneuvering, or so it seemed, but Vijay wafted it on the up and through the line for a flamboyant six over long-on. Hussey pulled the next delivery, from Zaheer Khan, over the backward square-leg boundary to launch the assault. They repeated that double-dose of sixes again. Hussey swung the final delivery of the fifth over, bowled by Mohammad, over the midwicket boundary and Vijay lifted the next ball, from Chris Gayle, over long-on. Chennai reached 56 for 0 in six overs and kept going from strength to strength.

In contrast Bangalore slipped on the little things that matter on this stage. In the Powerplay, there were three instances of fielders succumbing to adrenalin rushes and indulging in needless throws; one, from Saurabh Tiwary, even went to the boundary. Pomersbach could have done a better job in seizing that chance from Vijay in the 10th over, and S Aravind messed up an opportunity to run out Hussey in the 12th over. Vijay, the non-striker, had called Hussey for a risky single and Aravind, the bowler who picked up the ball at short mid-on, flung it wide at the non-striker's end. There was another instance in the 11th over when the bowler, Mohammad, flung himself full stretch to his right but couldn't hang on to a difficult chance offered by Vijay. It was that kind of day. Things just didn't go right for Bangalore and everything went according to script for Chennai.