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On Sunday at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, India will become the first country to play 1,000 one-day Internationals, when they take on West Indies. Here, sports journalist and author Gulu Ezekiel looks back at 10 of the best.
Ajit Agarkar reckons the biggest challenge for India's new white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma is to remain fit ahead of T20 and ODI World Cup scheduled over the next 24 months. Rohit was appointed skipper after Virat Kohli stepped down as captain from T20Is and was removed from the leadership role in ODIs. “I think it's a good thing and the right thing to do - to have one captain for white-ball format and now Rohit actually can fly,” Agrakar said on the Star Sports.
Johannesburg – Although disappointed at the outcome in the second One-Day International against the West Indies, the Proteas women’s team feels that they remain on track as far as the build up to the World Cup is concerned.
Moeen Ali led from the front on England’s tour in the West Indies, and his form with ball and bat is reflected in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings.
Opener KL Rahul moved a place up to fourth while Virat Kohli and India's new white ball skipper Rohit Sharma remained static on 10th and 11th positions, respectively, in ICC T20 rankings for batters issued on Wednesday. In the bowling chart, seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar wasthe best-placed Indian at 20th position, having dropped a run while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah feel two places to 26th. No Indian featured in the all-rounder's list. India, though, did not feature in T20 Internationals in recent times. Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and fast bowler Jason Holder have achieved career-best rankings in bowling after helping the West Indies to a series-deciding 17-run victory in the fifth match against England in Bridgetown.
England's Moeen Ali led from the front on tour in the West Indies, and his form with ball and bat is reflected in the latest ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings. Moeen shined despite the tourists losing the five-match series 3-2 in Barbados. Moeen made 108 runs at a strike rate of 146 throughout the middle to late-over stretches in England's batting innings, also taking five wickets across 13 overs, at an economy of 7.15.
Johannesburg — Ayabonga Khaka generally plays second fiddle to the dynamic new ball duo Marizanne Kapp and Shabnim Ismail, but on the eve of the World Cup, she’s underlying her value to the Proteas.
The rain-affected second ODI between West Indies women and South Africa women was largely dominated by the bowlers barring the one-over eliminator. The match in Johannesburg went into a Super Over after both West Indies and South Africa were bowled out for 160 in 41-over-a-side match. But what transpired in those two overs was nothing short of outstanding. West Indies batters Deandra Dottin and Hayley Matthews smashed 25 runs off Shabnim Ismail's Super Over, the same bowler who had an economy rate of 3.65 in the allotted overs earlier.