Test Match - West Indies Vs India

West Indies v India, 1st Test, Kingston, Jamaica.

West Indies 34 for 1 (Barath 26*, Sarwan 2*) trail India 246 (Raina 82, Harbhajan 70, Edwards 4-56, Rampaul 3-59, Bishoo 3-75) by 212 runs

West Indies survived a daylight robbery by Harbahajan Singh and Suresh Raina to end the first day of the series in slight ascendance, if at all. A damp pitch with uneven bounce, early wickets, a counterattack, a collapse, a spectacular catch, watchful anxious end, the first day had it all.

Upcoming Matches India Vs West Indies 2011

Wed Jun 8 today

13:00 GMT | 09:00 local | 18:30 IST

2nd ODI - West Indies v India

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Sat Jun 11

13:00 GMT | 09:00 local | 18:30 IST

3rd ODI - West Indies v India

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Mon Jun 13

13:00 GMT | 09:00 local | 18:30 IST

4th ODI - West Indies v India

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Thu Jun 16

14:00 GMT | 09:00 local | 19:30 IST

5th ODI - West Indies v India

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Mon Jun 20 - Fri Jun 24

15:00 GMT | 10:00 local | 20:30 IST

1st Test - West Indies v India

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Tue Jun 28 - Sat Jul 2

14:00 GMT | 10:00 local | 19:30 IST

2nd Test - West Indies v India

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Wed Jul 6 - Sun Jul 10

14:00 GMT | 10:00 local | 19:30 IST

3rd Test - West Indies v India

Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

1st ODI - India Vs West Indies

India 217 for 6 (Rohit 68*, Dhawan 51) beat West Indies 214 for 9 (Sarwan 56, Samuels 55, Harbhajan 3-32) by four wickets.

Samuels, though, brought in the urgency, attacking Yusuf, becoming the first batsman to have a strike-rate of over 50. After a spell of 12 overs for 56, at 130 for 3, they asked for the Batting Powerplay. Forty-three came off the five-over block, but West Indies also lost Sarwan to a tickle down the leg side. The real blows came after the Powerplay as Raina snuck a short delivery through Samuels' legs, and Harbhajan did Bravo in with a doosra that dipped and kicked. The rest could add only 23 to the 191 for 6 in the 45th over, providing India with a seemingly easy chase. As it turned out, it took a dehydrated, cramping-up, and a slightly fortunate Rohit to pull it off.

Tendulkar at BCCI awards

Sachin Tendulkar has been named India's cricketer of the year at the BCCI awards in Mumbai, while former allrounder Salim Durani, who helped shape India's maiden Test win in the West Indies in 1971, received the lifetime achievement award.

India Tour Of West Indies 2011

Tendulkar, Yuvraj, Gambhir out of entire WI tour

Test squad

MS Dhoni (capt), VVS Laxman (vc), M Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel.

Limited-overs squad

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

The absence of several senior players for the upcoming tour of the West Indies provides an ideal platform for fringe players to shine on the international stage, Suresh Raina, India's captain for the limited-overs leg of the Caribbean tour, has said.

"It's a great opportunity for the youngsters who have done well in domestic cricket," Raina told the media ahead of the team's departure for the West Indies. "I am happy with the side, as we have some very good batsmen in Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, S Badrinath and Shikhar Dhawan, all of whom have done well in first-class cricket."