Bharat Express

Rohit Sharma

Ishan may be rested in favour of Samson for India's second ODI encounter against West Indies on Saturday at the same location.

With the ODI World Cup in 2023 less than four months away, India captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid will be looking to use the three-match ODI series against West Indies, which begins on Thursday at Bridgetown in Barbados.

The numbers of the drug tests performed on Indian cricketers in 2021 and 2022, which The Indian Express was able to get under the Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005, indicate this fact.

Harbhajan hoped that Rohit is getting the kind of backing from the BCCI like his predecessors got.

Members of the Indian cricket team, who are now touring the West Indies, met Sir Garfield Sobers in Barbados and exchanged pleasantries with one of the sport's all-time greats.

Ashwin maintained his position as the top bowler with a total of 860 points, despite being passed over for the World Test Championship final against Australia earlier this month.

The match was over when Steve Smith dismissed Virat Kohli (49) with a brilliant catch in the slip.

India is challenging Australia in the World Test Championship on Wednesday in The Oval in London and fans have reached the stadium to welcome their beloved team.

"In the background. See the India players having fun before the important #WTC23 final," the ICC stated along with the video.

WTC Final- It was a great day to play cricket at Surrey, the place that will play host to the final of the World Test Championship. The sun was out, everyone seemed to have opened the sunroofs of their car, the cyclists were out in force as well and a few of them were hunting …