Fri, Oct 17, '14
New Delhi: The BCCI on Friday night ended the confusion over the status of West Indies' tour of India by categorically stating that the series has been called off, despite the WICB claiming that it has not yet done so. Uncertainty prevailed over the continuation of West Indies' tour to India with the BCCI stating that it has been called off by the WICB and announcing a replacement tour while the Windies Board said in a statement later that it had not taken any such decision.
Earlier in the day, the BCCI had issued a statement saying that the West Indies cricket team has pulled out of the remaining part of its India tour in the wake of an acrimonious ongoing pay dispute with their Board and has roped in Sri Lanka for a five-match ODI series.
Fri, Oct 17, '14
The West Indies' tour of India is shrouded in confusion after conflicting statements from the teams' boards.
India's board said it was "shocked and extremely disappointed" after being told by its counterpart that West Indies would be leaving the tour after Friday's fourth one-day international.
But the West Indies' board has denied making a decision to pull out.
The teams were scheduled to play one more ODI, a one-off Twenty20 international and three Test matches.
India have already lined up Sri Lanka as a replacement opponent in a five-match one-day series.
Fri, Oct 17, '14
New Delhi: The BCCI is seriously contemplating reviewing the West Indies players' participation in the cash-rich Indian Premier League as the ongoing series ended abruptly on Friday due to visiting team's payment dispute with their own cricket Board.
So miffed are the BCCI officials with the attitude of the Caribbean players that some hard actions can't be ruled out as far as their playing in IPL is concerned.
"The matter is likely to be raised at IPL governing council meeting where the issue will come up for serious discussions. Some of the members of Board's top brass want to ban the Windies players for at least one season," a senior BCCI functionary told PTI on Friday.
Fri, Oct 17, '14
The West Indies team has pulled out of their tour of India because of the ongoing payment structure dispute with the WICB and WIPA. The fourth ODI in Dharamsala will be their last game of the series, which was scheduled to have a fifth ODI, a Twenty20 international as well as three Tests.
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Thu, Oct 16, '14
Left-arm orthodox spinner Nikita Miller has been called up to the West Indies squad as a replacement for the injured Lendl Simmons for the remainder of the ODI series against India, team manager Richie Richardson said ahead of Friday's fourth ODI at Dharamsala. Miller will be flown in from Sri Lanka where he is representing the West Indies A team. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) had earlier this week tweeted that Simmons, who did not play the Kochi and Delhi matches on account of a back injury, will return home.
"We have decided to replace Lendll Simmons with Nikita Miller. Initially, it was assumed that Simmons would recover in time but it was later revealed that the injury was more serious than it seemed. So we had to fly him home." Richardson said on Thursday.