West Indies

India defeated West Indies by 88 runs to win the series 4-1 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill on August 7. Ravi Bishnoi's four and Axar Patel's three-wicket haul led India to win. The stand-in skipper contributed 28 runs in 16 balls to India's total of 188. It was the first time India has scored 188 runs after… read-more

The BCCI officially announced wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson to be a replacement of KL Rahul in the T20 Internationals, in West Indies series. On July 29, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah announced, "KL Rahul was earlier named in the squad and his participation in the T20I series was subject to fitness. The batter tested positive for COVID-19 last week and has been advised rest by the BCCI medical team."

India had a massive win against West Indies in the second One-day International (ODI) match, at Queen's Park Oval. Team India had a second win by two wickets with a smashing unbeaten 64 runs from Axar Patel. The Indian and West Indian squads had a chase of 312 runs, in 50 overs. With this, Team India is leading with 2-0 scoreboard in the three matches, ODI series, against West Indies.

Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah on July 14 were exempted from the five T20Is against the West Indies, which begin on July 29 in the Caribbean and the United States. KL Rahul, who just underwent surgery for a sports hernia, and Kuldeep Yadav were included on the 18-man team, subject to fitness. Ravichandran Ashwin has also returned to the T20 squad.

After the third One Day International (ODI) between West Indies and India, Twitter got frenzy on Virat Kohli, who got dismissed in two-ball duck. After winning the toss, India chose batting and secured 265 runs. Kohli previously got dismissed in the same fashion during the February 11th match, in Ahmedabad. Netizens gave mixed (bad/good) reactions. India won two ODIs against WI in WI series, started from February 6.