After a solid T20 win, its time to shift gears as India and the West Indies prepare to battle it out in the first ODI in Trinidad on Monday.
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India are without the services of Sachin Tendulkar, regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who have all been rested, in addition to the ill Yuvraj Singh and the injured duo of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
However, led by Suresh Raina, the visitors made a confident start to the tour by easing past the hosts by 16 runs in the lone Twenty20 match Saturday.
Raina, who claims to have learnt a lot about captaincy from Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Dhoni, marshalled the young side well and they hardly showed any nerves while outplaying the Caribbeans, desperately missing a certain Chris Gayle.
The man who set the IPL alight with his lusty hitting is a pariah in West Indies cricket right now due to his outbursts against the Board, reduced to a mere spectator at least for the first two ODIs.
Gayle's absence takes the zing out of West Indies' already brittle batting line-up and the largely untested Indian side would have breathed a sigh of relief that they won't have to face the most destructive batsman in cricket currently.
Brief preview
India are without the services of Sachin Tendulkar, regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who have all been rested, in addition to the ill Yuvraj Singh and the injured duo of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
However, led by Suresh Raina, the visitors made a confident start to the tour by easing past the hosts by 16 runs in the lone Twenty20 match Saturday.
Raina, who claims to have learnt a lot about captaincy from Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Dhoni, marshalled the young side well and they hardly showed any nerves while outplaying the Caribbeans, desperately missing a certain Chris Gayle.
The man who set the IPL alight with his lusty hitting is a pariah in West Indies cricket right now due to his outbursts against the Board, reduced to a mere spectator at least for the first two ODIs.
Gayle's absence takes the zing out of West Indies' already brittle batting line-up and the largely untested Indian side would have breathed a sigh of relief that they won't have to face the most destructive batsman in cricket currently.
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