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Ind vs WI: Roston Chase great asset for team, says Kieron Pollard

Chennai, Dec 14 (ANI): West Indies Cricket Team skipper Kieron Pollard on December 14 held a press conference ahead of the first ODI against Indian Cricket Team. He praised Roston Chase by saying that he brings a good balance in the team. "He is a Test batsman, I think he is a great asset for us," said Pollard.

Change habits and focus on what you want to achieve: Pollard's message to young players

Chennai, Dec 14 (ANI):: West Indies Cricket Team skipper Kieron Pollard on December 14 held a press conference ahead of the first ODI against Indian Cricket Team. He said that younger guys should change their habits and be more focused on what they want to achieve and put it more into their games. He was replying to a question on Team coach praised Indian Cricket Team skipper Virat Kohli for his hard work.

Shivam Dube would become good all-rounder as he gains confidence: Bharat Arun

Chennai, Dec 13 (ANI): Indian Cricket Team Bowling Coach Bharat Arun held a press conference in Chennai ahead of the first ODI against West Indies. He hailed cricketer Shivam Dube by saying that he is an exciting talent for team India and as he gains in confidence he would become a good all-rounder. "Shivam Dube is an exciting prospect and I think he is gaining confidence with every game," said Arun.

India plays every match with World Cup in mind: Bharat Arun

Chennai, Dec 13 (ANI): Indian Cricket Team Bowling Coach Bharat Arun held a press conference in Chennai ahead of the first ODI against West Indies. He said that every match that Team India plays, it keeps World Cup in mind. "There is a different scenario, different process you need to be following and how good that you are able to follow the process that is being set for every individual is a challenge," said Arun.

West Indies bowling coach lauds Virat's devotion towards cricket

Chennai, Dec 13 (ANI): Ahead of the ODI matches against India, West Indies bowling coach Roddy Estwick on December 13 held a press conference in Chennai. While addressing the mediapersons, Estwick hailed the Indian Skipper Virat Kohli's hard work and his dedication towards cricket. He said, "You got a benchmark like Virat Kohli, somebody who you see in the gym, who work very hard and once our players can learn from players like that, then we got a chance, without hard work there is no success." Estwick said that hard work is boring but it gives you success.

Playing against Team India is helping our spinner bowlers to raise their game: Roddy Estwick

Chennai, Dec 13 (ANI): Ahead of the ODI matches against India, West Indies bowling coach Roddy Estwick on December 13 held a press conference in Chennai. He said that it's a career for his team's spinner bowlers. "It's all about learning, it's about building blocks for 2023, a fifty over world cup, how better to learn against the best, it helps you to raise your game, helps you to raise the standards, it's good that we can play against a quality side like India," he said.

Happy the way team performed in T20I series: WI Bowling Coach

Chennai, Dec 13 (ANI): Ahead of the ODI matches against India, West Indies bowling coach Roddy Estwick on December 13 held a press conference in Chennai. He said that the team is happy the way it performed in the T20 matches and hope to show the same performance in the One Day International matches also. The first ODI matches will be played between India and West Indies on December 15 in Chennai. India clinched the T20i triumph from West Indies.

West Indies team sweats it out ahead of 1st ODI with India

Chennai, Dec 13 (ANI): West Indies players practiced at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai ahead of first ODI against India on December 13. Both teams will face off in the first match of the three-match ODI series on December 15. Men in Blue had already won the T20 International series.

MS Dhoni is number one footballer in Indian Cricket Team: Rohit Sharma

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): As Rohit Sharma became the first-ever La Liga brand ambassador in India, he termed MS Dhoni as the best football player in the team. "MS Dhoni is the number one football player. There are few guys like Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, and Hardik Pandya they follow football and they do watch all these footballers," Rohit said during the media briefing. Expressing his happiness after becoming the La Liga brand ambassador Rohit also said that it's an honour to be part of such a high-profile league.

Don't expect to be at top if you intent to play international cricket for long time: Kieron Pollard

Mumbai, Dec 12 (ANI): India won the third T-20I match by 67 runs against West Indies in Mumbai on December 11. The 'Men in Blue' have won the T-20I series by 2-1. While addressing the post match press conference, the skipper of West Indies Cricket Team, Kieron Pollard said, "When you lead a team in terms of what you want to apply, your plans, you want to be thinking 2-3 overs in front. In cricket, sometimes you take chance and it works but sometimes it doesn't." "Sitting in different dressing rooms with a lot of legends and listening to them talking about cricket that how they prepare and go about in different situations. Even if I am not the captain then also I think what we could do to be one step ahead of the opposition," he added. "If you intent to play international cricket for long time then don't expect to be at high only as you will going to have some low time as well and this is how you bounce back in any situation," Pollard further stated.

Ind vs WI: We need to stick to our strengths and will do what's best for team, says KL Rahul

Mumbai, Dec 12 (ANI): India won the third T-20I match by 67 runs against West Indies in Mumbai on December 11. The 'Men in Blue' have won the T-20I series by 2-1. While addressing the post match press conference, opening batsman of the Indian Cricket Team KL Rahul said, "Each team has its own strengths and we do have big six hitters and all of us can hit sixes but we are most skilled and we still manage to get 220 or 240 total." "It is not the first time that we have made 200 plus total and have done it often," he added. "We need to stick to our strengths and what works best for us and our team. What we are all blessed with is strength and we try to use it. We back our strength," he further stated.

Ind vs WI: Didn't execute as we wanted, says Kieron Pollard

Mumbai, Dec 12 (ANI): India won the third T-20I match by 67 runs against West Indies in Mumbai on December 11. The 'Men in Blue' have won the T-20I series by 2-1. While addressing the post match press conference, the skipper of West Indies Cricket Team, Kieron Pollard said, "I thought we didn't execute as we wanted. This series was in terms of where we need to improve. They got away from us but we have chased 230 against South Africa so it wasn't impossible but it was going to be a top level battle." "We fought till the end but having said that as a batting unit in this series we were consistent," he added. "Guys are going in right direction as they are showing their intent but it was a good stuff for us throughout the series," he further stated.

Rohit Sharma addresses media ahead of 3rd T20I series

Mumbai, Dec 10 (ANI): Vice-Captain of Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma addressed media ahead of 3nd T20 match against West Indies. The match will be played on December 11 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The third match will decide the winner of the series.

World Cup is a long way, need to focus on winning series: Rohit Sharma

Mumbai, Dec 10 (ANI): Vice-Captain of Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma addressed media ahead of 3nd T20 match against West Indies. The match will be played on December 11 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The third match will decide the winner of the series.

Winning last match raised our confidence: WI bowling coach

Mumbai, Dec 10 (ANI): West Indies bowling coach Corey Collymore addressed media ahead of 3rd T20 match against India. The match will be played on December 11 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The third match will decide the winner of the series.

Suniel Shetty's NADA ambassadorship purely honorarium: Kiren Rijiju

New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): Actor Suniel Shetty has been appointed as brand ambassador of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). Speaking on his appointment, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju told that it is a contribution from Suniel Shetty. Kiren Rijiju said, "My idea is unless you create awareness, you can't prevent doping. Since I have taken Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, I realized that one of the important things for us to make sports clean and for that we are creating awareness and we are trying to take some innovative steps to ensure that athletes are given proper awareness as well as they are bound to top clean means of sports. So, we have appointed brand ambassador Suniel Shetty and it is purely honorarium and no money has been paid to him because he is willing and it is contribution from him." NADA is responsible for promoting, coordinating and monitoring doping control program in sports in all its forms in India.

Suniel Shetty becomes brand ambassador of NADA

New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty has been appointed as brand ambassador of National Anti Doping Agency. Shetty accepted his ambassadorship in presence of MoS for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju. Speaking on his ambassadorship, Suniel Shetty said, "It is a lot of responsibility but I am ready for it. I just don't want to be the face of it, I want to be involved and want to be there. It is honorary. For me, it's a feather in my cap." He further said, "First of all, my job would be to spread the awareness that no kind of drug will go unnoticed."

West Indies gearing up ahead of final T20 with India

Mumbai, Dec 10 (ANI): West Indies players practiced at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai ahead of third T20I match against India on December 10. India and West Indies will battle to win the series as teams have won one match each. The final match will be played on December 11.

Russia banned from Olympic Games for 4 years over doping

New Delhi, Dec 09 (ANI): The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on December 09 banned Russia from global sporting events which also include 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. WADA took the decision after accusing Moscow of falsifying data from an anti-doping laboratory. Executive committee of WADA took the decision after it concluded that Moscow had tampered with lab data by putting fake evidences and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats. Under the sanctions, Russian athletes will still be allowed to compete at the Olympics next year only if the athletes can demonstrate that they were not part of what WADA believes was a state-sponsored system of doping.

Ind vs WI: Will come back in next game, says Shivam Dube

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Dec 09 (ANI): West Indies beat India in the second T20I in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram on December 08 by 8 wickets. The series is all level by 1-1 each heading into the decider game. The third T20I will be played in Mumbai on December 11. While addressing the post match press conference, the batsman of Indian Cricket Team, Shivam Dube spoke on his maiden T20I half-century. He said, "It is really special for me as it's first 50 from my side to Indian team but I'm not happy because winning the match is more important for me." "I am going from Trivandrum with good memories, unfortunately we lost the match," he added. "We dropped some catches but that is a part of game. We will come back in the next game for sure," Dube further stated.