The BCCI has sent show cause notice to seven Indian players who were involved in the pub clash at St Lucia on the day when India was knocked out of the ICC World T20.

Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ravindra Jadeja and Murali Vijay have been given one week time to explain their role in the pub incident and why the board should not take disciplinary action against them.

Out of the seven players, four of them will be touring Zimbabwe for the upcoming tri-series.

Ashish Nehra

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India swept the test series against Bangladesh as Zaheer Khan collapsed four wickets off eight balls in the second innings of the Final test at Mirpur today.

Zaheer bagged a career best 7-87 as Bangladesh were bowled out for 312 leaving the visitors with just 2 runs to wrap the series.

India had won the opening test by 113 runs in Chittagong last week.

The second test was completed when the host conceded two byes in the opening over bowled by spinner Shakib Al Hasan.

Zaheer Khan was named Man of the Match and series.

Statistical Highlights:

• Zaheer Khan finished with 10/149 to become the fourth Indian fast bowler to take 10 wickets in an overseas Test match, joining Irfan Pathan who claimed 12/126 against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2005-06 and 11/96 against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2004-05, Venkatesh Prasad (10/153 against South Africa at Durban in 1996-97) and Chetan Sharma (10/188 against England at Edgbaston in 1986).
• The aforesaid occasion is the 10th of a 10-wicket haul in a Test match for India. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar holds the Indian record for registering the best figures on foreign soil – 12/104 against Australia at Melbourne in 1977-78.
• Zaheer has received his third Player of the series award for taking 15 wickets at an average of 19.53. His previous two such awards were both against England in 2007 and 2008-09.
• Zaheer Khan has received his fourth Man of the Match award – both at Mirpur against Bangladesh.
• Zaheer has captured 164 wickets away from home at an average of 30.93 in 43 Tests while in India, his tally is 71 in 27 Tests at an average of 37.91.
• For winning cause, Zaheer has bagged 121 wickets (ave. 25.64) in 31 Tests, including four instances of five wickets in an innins and one instance of ten wickets in a Test match.
• With eight dismissals (6 catches + 2 stumpings) in the Mirpur Test, MS Dhoni has equalled his previous best wicketkeeping performance. In the Perth Test against Australia in 2007-08, he had effected eight dismissals (7 catches + 1 stumping).
• India have posted their sixth victory in seven Tests against Bangladesh.
• India have won four Tests in a row for the second time – two against Sri Lanka followed by two against Bangladesh.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni enjoys a winning percenage of 72.72 – eight out of eleven played – the remaining three drawn.
• Zaheer (7/87) has recorded his best figures in an innings, eclipsing the 5/29 against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2002-03. His previous best bowling figures against Bangladesh were 5 for 34 at Mirpur in 2007.
• Zaheer’s second instance of five-wicket in an innings Bangladesh is his ninth overall.
• Zaheer, on foreign soil, has claimed five wickets or more in an innings seven times.
• Shahadat Hossain (40) has registered his career-best score in Tests, obliterating the 33 against West Indies at Kingstown in July 2009.
• Mohammad Ashraful’s runs’ tally of 386 at an average of 42.88 in six Tests is the highest for Bangladesh in Tests against India.
• With Shahadat’s wicket, Harbhajan Singh has become the third Indian bowler to claim 600 international wickets, joining Anil Kumble (956) and Kapil Dev (687).
• Sachin Tendulkar has extended his record by featuring in 55 wins for India. His 18 hundreds resulted in the Indian wins, extending another record.
• India have won five Test series in a row for the first time. They won 2-0 again Australia in 2008-09, 1-0 against England in 2008-09, 1-0 against New Zealand in 2008-09, 2-0 against Sri Lanka in 2009-10 and 2-0 against Bangladesh in 2009-10.

With this victory, India will remain in the top slot. The ICC Top ranked team will face the second placed South Africa in a two match series starting February 6.

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After his poor on-field behaviour, Sreesanth is now selected in India’s 15 member squad for the first two test matches against Sri Lanka. Sreesanth will be sharing with Zaheer Khan, who has recovered from his shoulder injury.

The selectors have recalled Pragyan Ojha and S Badrinath. M Vijay will also be reatined as reserve batsman.

Indian Team: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, M Vijay, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra.

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India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his deputy Yuvraj Singh continued to hold on to the top two spots in the latest ICC ODI Players Ranking issued on Monday. Apart from these two, Sachin Tendulkar is in 7th spot while Delhi opener Virender Sehwag is in 9th place.

No Indian features among thr top 10 ODI bowlers. Left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan is at 17th place in the list which is headed by Sri Lankan Nuwan Kulasekara followed by New Zealand Daniel Vettori and Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.

In the allrounders chart, Yuvraj Singh is occupying the second place with 362 rating points behind Shakib (427), while South African Jacques Kallis is third with 332 points.

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Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is under threat from his deputy Yuvraj Singh. This is just for the top slop. Dhoni’s number one ODI batsman’s tag could be taken by Yuvraj if Yuvi performs better in the upcoming series.

India is preparing to leave for Sri Lanka for the tri-series which has New Zealand as the third team. Dhoni is the number one batsman in the chart with 44 rating points separating him from second placed Yuvraj. Besides Dhoni and Yuvraj, India have two more batsmen in the top 20. Little master Sachin Tendulkar occupies the 12th position with a place in the top 10 well within his sights, while opener Gautam Gambhir shares the 17th spot with New Zealand’s Ross Taylor.

In the team chart, India trails number-one ranked South Africa by just one ratings point but if it wins all the three matches (including the final), it will gain two ratings points.

However, if India loses one match in the tournament, it will stay on 126 ratings points while defeat in two matches will drop it to 123 ratings points.

Among other, Kumar Sangakkara is the only Sri Lanka batsman inside the top 20, sitting just outside the top 10 in 11th position. Mahela Jayawardena is in 30th position while Tillakeratne Dilshan is 32nd.

In the rankings for ODI bowlers, Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara is feeling the pressure from New Zealand duo of Kyle Mills and Daniel Vettori. With only 36 points separating Kulasekara from Vettori, a change at the top of the order looks inevitable.

The 23rd placed Harbhajan Singh is the highest-ranked Indian bowler in the absence of 16th placed Zaheer Khan.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Tillakaratne Dilshan have been nominated for maximum awards in the Sixth ICC Awards. Eighteen players have been nominated under two categories. The Awards will be given during the ceremony that will be held on October 1 in Johannesburg.

The Nominations are:

Cricketer of the Year

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tillakaratne Dilshan, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Johnson, Graham Onions, Thilan Samaraweera, Kumar Sangakkara, Harbhajan Singh, Graeme Smith, Andrew Strauss, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers

Test Player of the Year

Stuart Broad, Michael Clarke, MS Dhoni, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Johnson, VVS Laxman, Jesse Ryder, Thilan Samaraweera, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Peter Siddle, Harbhajan Singh, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers

ODI Player of the Year

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, MS Dhoni, Andrew Flintoff, Chris Gayle, Umar Gul, Martin Guptill, Michael Hussey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Thilan Thushara

Emerging Player of the Year

Martin Guptill, Ben Hilfenhaus, Philip Hughes, Amit Mishra, Graham Onions, Kemar Roach, Jesse Ryder, Peter Siddle

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year

Rizwan Cheema (Canada), Khurram Chohan (Canada), Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Trent Johnston (Ireland), Alex Cusack (Ireland), Neil McCallum (Scotland), Kevin O’Brien (Ireland), Niall O’Brien (Ireland), William Porterfield (Ireland), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Edgar Schiferli (Netherlands), Steve Tikolo (Kenya), Regan West (Ireland), Bas Zuiderent (Netherlands)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Dwayne Bravo, Alex Cusack, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Umar Gul, David Hussey, Sanath Jayasuriya, Zaheer Khan, Ajantha Mendis, Wayne Parnell, Abdur Razzak, David Warner

Women’s Cricketer of the Year

Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Holly Colvin (England), Charlotte Edwards (England), Laura Marsh (England), Sana Mir (Pakistan), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Mithali Raj (India), Karen Rolton (Australia), Priyanka Roy (India), Lisa Sthalekar (Australia), Claire Taylor (England), Sarah Taylor (England), Stefanie Taylor (West Indies), Haidee Tiffin (New Zealand), Aimee Watkins (New Zealand)

Umpire of the Year

Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Steve Davis (Australia), Ian Gould (England), Tony Hill (New Zealand), Daryl Harper (Australia), Asad Rauf (Pakistan), Simon Taufel (Australia)

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India have dropped down one place to fourth in the ICC Test Championships table after the annual update released on Tuesday, which reflects the performance of only the last three years with the older results being discarded.

Sri Lanka, riding on their Test series win over Pakistan, leveled India (119) on points but replaced Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team at number three after re-calculation upto the nearest decimal 0.01 ratings points difference.

Australia (124) clung on to the top above second-placed South Africa (122) as just five ratings points separate top four teams.

But Ricky Ponting’s men must win both the remaining Ashes Tests to stay there. Otherwise, it will be Graeme Smith’s turn to lead the number-one Test team in the world.

Australia have led the Test rankings ever since the current method was introduced in May 2003.

The progress of Kumar Sangakkara’s team is due to a consistently high performance during the period of the rankings. In that time, the team has played 10 series, winning six, drawing three and losing just one (in Australia).

No matter how the Ashes finishes, England (99) will remain in fifth position but if the home side wins the series, Australia will drop to fourth position in the Test Championship table.

If the series ends in a 1-1 draw, South Africa will rise to the top. Australia, Sri Lanka and India will all have the same rating, but with Australia still clinging on to second place by a decimal point.

In the batting list, Gautam Gambhir remained on second spot with 847 points behind Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara (862).

Sachin Tendulkar (15th), VVS Laxman (17th) and Virender Sehwag (19th) are the other Indian batsmen in the top 20.

Among bowlers, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan are in top 10 at sixth and ninth respectively while Ishant Sharma is in 19th in the list headed by South African Dale Steyn.

The annual update is carried out to ensure the ICC Test Championship table continues to reflect recent form with older results being discarded.

The table reflects all Test series that were completed since August three years ago. All series played until the start of next August will be added to this table, so by then the ratings will be based on four years of results, with series completed within the last two years carrying greater weight.

Next August the first year of results will be dropped and this pattern is repeated each August, with the oldest of the four years of results removed to be gradually replaced with results of series completed over the following 12 months.

Thus, once a year, the rankings change overnight without any new series being completed.

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West Indies and India are prepared for the first of four one-day internationals, in Jamaica, after extremely contrasting World Twenty20 campaigns in England. India entered the tournament as one of the favourites but failed very badly, losing all their matches in the Super Eights stage. As a result of their second-round elimination, India reached the Caribbean even before their hosts, who exceeded expectations by qualifying for the semi-finals, where they lost to Sri Lanka.

For India, a team shaken by defeat, injury and fatigue, this series is the last before a long break until the Champions Trophy in September. They will do well to focus on the task at hand, rather than think about the lengthy rest their tired bodies deserve.

MS Dhoni during practice session at Sabina Park in Jamaica

India look weakened as they are without Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina and Zaheer Khan, four key players either injured or resting because of their hectic schedule in recent months. Their unavailability, though, opens up rare opportunities for players on the fringes of the national squad such as Dinesh Karthik, S Badrinath and M Vijay because the Indian one-day side has been a settled unit for a while now. It also gives others, such as Ashish Nehra, a new lease of life for few would have expected him to return after four years on the sidelines.

In West Indies side, the selectors have left out Lendl Simmons from the squad for the first two games. There are other twists in the team with Darren Sammy omitted, Runako Morton and Narsingh Deonarine recalled, and the uncapped Darren Bravo brought in.

Teams:

West Indies: CH Gayle, LS Baker, SJ Benn, DE Bernard, DJ Bravo, DM Bravo, S Chanderpaul, N Deonarine, RS Morton, D Ramdin, R Rampaul, RR Sarwan, JE Taylor

India: MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, S Badrinath, G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik, P Kumar, AM Nayar, A Nehra, PP Ojha, YK Pathan, I Sharma, RG Sharma, RP Singh, M Vijay

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Two days after their World Twenty20 campaign ended, the Indian team has landed in Jamaica for their next assignment, a four-ODI series against West Indies.

India have been in great form in one-dayers over the past ten months, losing only three dead matches from 18 games. West Indies performed strongly in the World Twenty20 after a forgettable show against England in the Tests and one-dayers.

India are missing four first-team players on the tour – Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina – but coach Gary Kirsten said this was a chance for the youngsters to shine. “You’re always going to miss them because they are great players, but it’s a great opportunity for a tour of this nature for young players to show what they’re made of.”

The first of four one-dayers is on June 26 in Kingston.

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After Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan, Suresh Raina was not considered for the West Indies tour because of a thumb injury and Irfan Pathan was left out of the squad announced by BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan.

Ashish Nehra made a comeback after four years as national selectors on Wednesday announced a 16-member squad for the ODI series beginning June 26.

Apart from Delhi pacer Nehra, Tamil Nadu batsmen Murali Vijay and S Badrinath were also included in the squad for the four-match series for which the Indian team will directly fly from London tomorrow.

Mumbai all rounder Abhishek Nayar was the lone new face in the squad which will be captain by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and will have Yuvraj Singh as his deputy.

Virender Sehwag, who pulled out of the Twenty20 World Cup because of a shoulder injury, was not considered for selection.

Srinivasan said that Raina was not considered for selection as he had sustained a hairline fracture on his thumb. He has been advised two weeks’ rest.

Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt), Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Murali Vijay, S Badrinath, RP Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Kartik.

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