India v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760: 1st ODI – Caribbean players to watch-out for
After winning the 3-Test series 2-0, the Men in Blue are going to host the first ODI of the series of five matches against West Indies, at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on November 29, 2011.
The Indians are eying to win this series as well before flying to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 for a high-voltage event. On the other hand, the Windies are h**l-bent to outplay the home team with the momentum they demonstrated in the Test matches, despite failures.
Currently, some of the Caribbean’s ODI players are at the peak of form and have potential to deny India easy victories. They can also power their team to win some of the matches.
Here we take a brief look on the key skills and career records of the three West Indian stars, namely Ravi Rampaul, Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo.
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Often called as clone of the former West Indian legend, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brian-Charles-Lara-c48471, Bravo has proved to the world that he is a match-winning batsman who scores with aggression and passion. During the recently-concluded Test series, the youngster displayed some fabulous
batting performances which forced Lara to predict that his successor was going to build a promising future.
Within a year of his International debut, the left-hander has gained worldwide fame for his inherent cricketing skills. Bravo has a natural stamina to prolong his stay on the crease and hit boundaries on all sides of the wicket.
After playing domestic cricket for at least two years, Bravo got a chance to appear on International stage in 2009. Interestingly, he played his maiden ODI game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 at Kingston. A year later came his Test and T20I debuts.
The 22-year-old has played 31 ODIs so far, scoring 757 runs with the help of 5 fifties. The star is expected to shine in tomorrow’s game and steer his side to win.
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The young right-arm pacer potentially poses to be the mainstay of the Caribbean bowling attack. He is capable of moving the ball both ways, along with delivering long spells.
After Struggling for the last eight years, the speedster is not able to bowl with varied pace, but delivers an accurate line and length. Rampaul’s experience on the Indian soil has been good so far. Getting a chance to bowl in a World Cup 2011 match against
India, the fast bowler claimed 5 scalps, including a wicket of the God of Cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556. This excellent spell helped him cement his place in the team.
Rampaul bowled well during the Test series and is expected to do the same in the ODIs. The 27-year-old played his first ever ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in November 2003. So far, the pace man has played 62 One-day matches and grabbed 71 wickets.
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It will not be wrong to claim that Samuels is the only experienced batsman in the playing XI which is going to face the Blue Shirts.
The right-hander has been in good form since the dawn of the calendar year. He performed well in the two home series that followed the World Cup. It has been learnt that Samuels was so passionate about his cricket career that he used to skip his school exams
in order to play small-scale tournaments.
Starting his International career with bull-headed momentum, the batsman fell prey to overconfidence, which let him down badly just after two years of his debut. However, he realised his shortcomings soon and worked on them to resurge with full pump.
Samuels had to bear a two-year ban in 2007 for his alleged involvement in a spot-fixing scam.
The 30-year-old staged his ODI debut in October 2000 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. He has represented his nation in 120 ODIs so far, scoring 2862 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 21 fifties. He is likely to thrive in tomorrow’s clash.
Last word
If the above-mentioned talented trio shines, no power can deny triumph to the Caribbean. All three players have spent tough time in practice nets and are confident of big shows at Cuttack. Let us see how they maneuver success.
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