Cricket News In Brief – November 1, 2011 – Part 2
West Indies have named a 15-member Test squad to face the Indians, which sees opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-Barath-c886 make a return after recovering from a hamstring injury.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LMP-Simmons-c1843 is omitted from the squad, after below par performance against Bangladesh in the first Test match, with the rest of the team composition relatively the same.
The Windies will battle the Men In Blue in three Test matches, with the series starting from the 6th of November at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, respectively.
Former Indian chairman of selector, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dilip-Balwant-Vengsarkar-c54093 has heaped praise on the current Men In Blue leader, Mahendra Singh Dhoni- labelling his captaincy as outstanding.
It was during Vengsarkar’s reign when Dhoni was named the skipper and since then has led the team to No 1 in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 test ranking along with lifting the coveted World Cup 2011 triumph on home soil.
"He is an outstanding captain. He is intelligent, smart and aggressive. The most important thing about Dhoni is that he is a courageous cricketer who backs himself all the way," Vengsarkar said.
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After taking a healthy lead of 124 from their first innings, Bravo then provided the heroics for the team in their second outing of the match with a well compiled knock of a century, stroking boundaries all around the park.
"I am very happy with my effort," enthused Bravo. "I just tried to play the right shots and waited for the loose balls to put them away.”
Indian pacer, Shantakumaran Sreesanth was disappointed with axing shown by the selectors but vows to return strong by performing well in the domestic circuit.
The seamer was not included for the upcoming three Test match series against West Indies and was bewildered by the omission, however, respects the selector’s decision.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398 last played for the national team in the winless tour of the Poms, where his bowling performance came under great scrutiny.
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