ODI series

Ahead of the 2023 World Cup, the men in blue will be playing against Australia for One Day Internationals (ODIs.) The ODI-series matches will be played after Asia Cup, which is scheduled to end on September 17. These three ODI series will be played ahead of the World Cup and will be working as a warm-up for India. Furthermore, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah will return to field.

The Indian cricket team beat West Indies, in the first match of the three-ODI series, which started on July 22. The Indian cricket team led by Captain Shikhar Dhawan scored 308 runs for 7 wickets, against West Indies, which only scored 305 runs with six wickets. With this, India won the first ODI match, and had a scoreboard of 1-0, against the West Indies team.

Rohit Sharma, team's captain, became the third captain to have his team win an ODI series in England after their five-wicket victory over England in final ODI. Rishabh Pant's unbeaten 125* and 133-run partnership with Hardik Pandya helped India chase down 260 and win three-match series 2-1 in Manchester. Apart from Rohit, the only two Indian captains to win an ODI series in England are MS Dhoni and Mohammed Azharuddin. 

New Zealand player Michael Bracewell scored 24 runs in the last over, including a six off the penultimate delivery, on July 11 match. Michael's performance helped New Zealand beat Ireland by one wicket in the opening match of their three-game ODI series. Despite Ireland's 300/9 score, all-rounder Michael Bracewell delivered an unbeaten 127 off 82 balls, creating a new record for most target-run chased in the 50th over of men's-ODI.

Fast bowler Kemar Roach, Batsman Nkrumah Bonner, and opening batsman Brandon King have been recalled to the senior men's squad for the three-match ODI series against India, as per an announcement by Cricket West Indies (CWI). The team will be visiting India from February 6 to 20, where they will play three T20Is. Notably, the ODIs will be played in Ahmedabad and T20Is will be played in Kolkata.