India’s captain Virat Kohli bats during the third Twenty20 international cricket match between India and West
Indies in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Associated Press / Rafi q Maqbool
Caribbean L 50 ife, December 13-19, 2019
ing in July next year and Taylor for
Southern Brave.
West Indies Captain, Taylor will
play alongside New Zealand star
Suzie Bates and England internationals
Anya Shrubsole.
The announcement means that
the eight teams have each announced
four members of their 15-strong
squads. Team head coaches have until
May 31 to settle their line-ups.
West Indies’ Deandra Dottin.
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mons.
But Desai, who served as Afghanistan
batting coach at the World Cup
qualifiers last year, has worked with
Simmons before and has gained the
nod.
Desai also worked with Canada,
as their head coach at the ICC World
Cricket League Division 2.
More recently, he also worked as
Batting Coach for the United Arab
Emirates at the ICC T20 World Cup
qualification event.
West Indies Head Coach, Phil Simmons
said: “I have worked with Monty
before and he is excellent coach. He
has proven he can get players to
improve on their talent and also to
perform better.”
The Team Management Unit also
includes Roddy Estwick as the bowling
coach and Rayon Griffith as fielding
coach.
keep up with the asking rate and were
restricted to 173-8. Skipper Kieron Pollard
hit 68 off 39 balls after the visitors
were reduced to 17-3 in the fourth
over.
India won the first Twenty20 in
Hyderabad, while West Indies won the
second in Thiruvananthapuram.
Kohli was named man of the series
for scoring 183 runs in three matches.
“I was in the zone and carried on
(from the first two games),” Kohli said.
“It was one of the best innings I have
played. I just want to contribute across
formats and it is about putting my
mind into it.”
Sharma and Rahul set a blistering
pace as they notched up 50 off 25
deliveries and then 100 in only 48 balls.
In total they added 135 runs for the
opening wicket off 70 balls before West
Indies broke through.
Sharma fell in the 14th over, caught
off a skier, and it resulted in a double
blow. Rishabh Pant fell for a two-ball
duck, caught at long off.
Kohli then came to the crease and
didn’t let India lose any momentum. He
smacked a 21-ball half-century as India
raced to 200 in the 18th over.
It was the first time since 2007 that
three Indian batsmen scored half-centuries
in the same T20 innings.
Chasing 241, West Indies missed
opener Evin Lewis who didn’t bat
because of an injury to his right knee.
The Indian pacers provided the optimal
start with in-form Lendl Simmons
out for 7. Brandon King was out for 5
while big-hitting Nicholas Pooran was
dismissed for a first-ball duck.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-41) and
Deepak Chahar (2-20) took two wickets
apiece, as did Mohammed Shami (2-25),
playing in his first T20 since 2016.
Shimron Hetmyer rescued the
innings with 41 off 24 balls, while Pollard
scored a 33-ball half-century. They
put on 74 runs for the fourth wicket.
Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Hetmyer
while Kumar had Pollard caught in the
deep to end any hopes of a West Indies’
recovery.
The two teams will play a threematch
ODI series next, with the first
game in Chennai on Sunday.
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Monty Desai is the new West Indies
Men’s batting coach.
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INDIA WINS TWENTY20 SERIES
CWI appoints new coach
Windies
Protecting
young
cricketers
By Azad Ali
West Indies Limited Overs Captain,
Kieron Pollard wants to ensure
the region’s young cricketers are protected
from “vultures” and that they
are properly nurtured for the future.
He made the comment at a media
conference ahead of the start of the
Twenty20 series against host, India
last week.
Following a One-Day series against
Afghanistan last month, the Windies
lost a Twenty20 series with players
such as Brandon King, 24, Nicholas
Pooran, 24, and Shimron Hetmyer,
22, in the team. Pollard believes they
must be given time as it is a patient
process in developing their full
potential, especially players including
Pooran, who have been in the international
arena for some time, but are
still considered relatively “green” on
the international circuit.
“There are a lot of young talents
coming through. It’s just a matter of
trying to reach them and ease them
into the world of international cricket,
which we know is very, very, tough
place,” said Pollard.
It remains vague as to who these
vultures are but with players including
leg-spinner Hayden Walsh, who
finished as the leading wicket-taker
in this year’s Caribbean Premier
League in his squad, Pollard emphasized
how bright the future was.
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