Kolkata: Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly has lavished praise on Sanjay Bangar for his all-round performance against West Indies in the Jodhpur One-dayer on Thursday, saying that the Railway player's showing has infused more flexibly into the Indian team ahead of the coming World Cup.
Baroda: West Indies skipper Carl Hooper said on Sunday the ongoing One-day series against India was not helping preparations for next year's World Cup in South Africa.
Shimla: Batting genius Sachin Tendulkar said on Sunday that India's chances of winning the World Cup looked bright especially after the team's impressive performances in the recent One-day Internationals.
Vadodara: Having won the One-dayer at Ahemdabad in a convincing manner despite being made to chase in the excess of 300 runs, a confident Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly said on Sunday the team will just play according to the situation and not formulate any game plan in advance for the fifth One-dayer on Monday.
Vadodara: Encouraged by the performance of its young brigade, India is likely to give a look-in to the uncapped seam bowler L Balaji in the fifth match of the One- day series against West Indies on Monday.
Vadodara: The West Indies team has been fined five percent of its match fee for slow over-rate during the fourth One-day International against India at Ahemdabad on Friday.
It is of course disappointing to lose the Ahmedabad game in the manner we did. The way the Indians chased a bigger total on Friday, it seems the third game at Rajkot was just a dress rehearsal for the home team.
Baroda: With the One-day series interestingly poised after the home team's spectacular victory in Ahemdabad, the Indian and West Indian teams arrived on Saturday for Monday's fifth One-dayer hoping to gain an upper hand in the series.
Ahemdabad: Chris Gayle hit a quick fire 140 and Ramnaresh Sarwan an unbeaten 99 as the West Indies hammered India's bowlers in the fourth One-day International on Friday.
Ahmedabad: In a surprising revelation of his destructive side, Sanjay Bangar overshadowed the contrasting centuries by Rahul Dravid and Chris Gayle as India pulled off another memorable victory, defeating West Indies by five wickets in the fourth one-day international here Friday.
