International cricket tour
TheWest Indies cricket team toured India in December 2019 to play threeOne Day Internationals (ODIs) and threeTwenty20 International (T20I) matches.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] In November 2019, theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) swapped the venues for the first and third T20I matches.[ 4] Ahead of the tour,Chris Gayle confirmed that he would not be playing in the ODIs for the West Indies, after he announced he would be taking a break from cricket.[ 5]
For the first time in international cricket, theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) announced the use of technology to monitor front-footno-balls for all matches during the tour.[ 6] Thethird umpire called the front-foot no-balls, communicating this with the on-field umpires.[ 7] It was used as a trial to see if it can be implemented further, without a detriment to the flow of the game.[ 8]
India won the T20I series 2–1, winning the third and deciding match by 67 runs.[ 9] India also won the ODI series 2–1, after losing the opening match.[ 10] It was India's tenth-consecutive win in a bilateral ODI series against the West Indies, going back to May 2006, when the West Indiesbeat India 4–1 at home .[ 11]
Ahead of the series,Shikhar Dhawan injured his left leg and was replaced bySanju Samson in India's T20I squad.[ 16] Dhawan was later also ruled out of India's ODI squad, and was replaced byMayank Agarwal .[ 17] Bhuvneshwar Kumar was also ruled out of India's ODI squad due to injury and was replaced byShardul Thakur .[ 18] Navdeep Saini was added to India's squad for the third and final ODI, replacing the injuredDeepak Chahar .[ 19]
During the West Indies' ODI seriesagainst Afghanistan in November 2019,Nicholas Pooran was found guilty ofball tampering .[ 20] He was banned for four T20I matches, therefore missing the three T20I matches against Afghanistan and the first T20I against India.[ 21]
India won the toss and elected to field. KL Rahul (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[ 22] This was the highest total chased down by India in T20Is.[ 23] West Indies won the toss and elected to field. West Indies won the toss and elected to field. Shivam Dube (Ind) made his ODI debut.West Indies won the toss and elected to field. Khary Pierre (WI) made his ODI debut.India scored 31 runs in the 47th over of the match, the most productive over for India in ODIs.[ 26] Shreyas Iyer scored 28 runs in the 47th over of the match, the most runs scored by a batsman for India in a single over in ODIs.[ 27] Virat Kohli (Ind) andKieron Pollard (WI) were both dismissed for agolden duck , the first time that both captains were dismissed by the first ball without scoring in the same ODI match.[ 28] Kuldeep Yadav became the first bowler for India to taketwo hat-tricks in ODIs .[ 29] India won the toss and elected to field. Navdeep Saini (Ind) made his ODI debut.Shai Hope (WI) became the second-fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 3,000 runs in ODIs (67).[ 30] ^ "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced" .International Cricket Council . Retrieved11 January 2019 .^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF) .International Cricket Council . Retrieved11 January 2019 .^ "Tests against South Africa and Bangladesh in India's 2019-20 home season" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved3 June 2019 .^ "Hyderabad, Mumbai swap venues for India-West Indies T20Is" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved22 November 2019 .^ "Chris Gayle says no to India ODIs, takes 'break' from cricket" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved26 November 2019 .^ "Third umpire to monitor front-foot no-balls in India-West Indies series" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved5 December 2019 .^ "India vs West Indies: Third umpire, not on-field officials, to call front foot no balls during series - ICC" .Hindustan Times . Retrieved5 December 2019 .^ "Third umpire, not on-field officials, to call front foot no balls in India-West Indies series: ICC" .India Today . Retrieved5 December 2019 .^ "India take series after Rohit, Rahul, Kohli sixathon" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved11 December 2019 .^ "India vs West Indies Highlights, 3rd ODI: Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja help India seal series 2-1" .The Times of India . Retrieved22 December 2019 .^ "Virat Kohli continues to ace the big chase" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved22 December 2019 .^ "Bhuvneshwar, Kuldeep back in India squad for T20Is, ODIs against West Indies" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved21 November 2019 .^ "Fabian Allen recovers from injury to make WI squad for India tour" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved28 November 2019 .^ "India vs West Indies team selection: Bhuvneshwar, Shami return as India fall back on tried and tested for West Indies series" .Hindustan Times . Retrieved21 November 2019 .^ "West Indies ODI and T20I squads named for India clash" .Cricket West Indies . Retrieved28 November 2019 .^ "Samson replaces injured Dhawan for West Indies T20Is" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved27 November 2019 .^ "Mayank Agarwal replaces Shikhar Dhawan in India's ODI squad" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved11 December 2019 .^ "India vs West Indies: Shardul Thakur replaces injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Windies ODIs" .SportStar . Retrieved13 December 2019 .^ "Navdeep Saini Replaces Deepak Chahar In India Side For Third ODI Vs West Indies" .News Nation . Retrieved19 December 2019 .^ "Pooran suspended for four games for changing condition of the ball" .International Cricket Council . Retrieved13 November 2019 .^ "Nicholas Pooran banned for four T20Is for ball tampering" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved13 November 2019 .^ "Virat Kohli's 94* leads India to stunning victory" .International Cricket Council . Retrieved6 December 2019 .^ "India vs West Indies, 2019: 1st T20I – Kohli's record knock, India's biggest chase, Hyderabad's T20I debut and more stats" .Crictracker . Retrieved7 December 2019 .^ "India vs West Indies: Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to achieve massive T20I milestone" .Hindustan Times . Retrieved11 December 2019 .^ "Kieron Pollard completes 1,000 runs in T20Is" .ANI . Retrieved11 December 2019 .^ "Shreyas Iyer stars in record over for India in one-day internationals" .India Today . Retrieved18 December 2019 .^ "Stats - Rohit Sharma second only to Sachin Tendulkar" .ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved18 December 2019 .^ "India vs West Indies: Virat Kohli, Kieron Pollard set unwanted record after golden ducks in Vizag" .India Today . Retrieved18 December 2019 .^ "India vs West Indies: Kuldeep Yadav becomes first Indian to take 2nd international hat-trick" .Times of India . Retrieved18 December 2019 .^ "Shai Hope becomes second-fastest batsman to score 3,000 ODI runs" .The Times of India . Retrieved22 December 2019 .
International cricket tours of India
Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh England Ireland New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe
Other tours
Australian Ceylonese/Sri Lankan Dutch English Kenyan Multi-national Tanzanian
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