The

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played the West Indies cricket team in India in November and December 2019 to play one

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, three

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s (ODIs) and three

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(T20I) matches. It was the first Test match that Afghanistan played against the West Indies. The two teams had played each other ten times before, with the majority of matches in the Caribbean, with this being Afghanistan's fourth Test match. All the matches were played at the

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. Following the

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, where Afghanistan lost all of their matches,

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was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats. In September 2019,

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was named as the captain of the West Indies' team for the ODIs and T20Is, taking over the roles from

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. Holder was retained as the Test captain of the team.

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was one of the on-field umpires for the Test match, becoming the 62nd Indian to umpire at this level. The West Indies won the first two ODIs to take an unassailable lead in the series, and secured their first ODI series win since beating

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3–0 in August 2014. The West Indies won the final ODI by five wickets, winning the series 3–0, which was also their first whitewash since the Bangladesh series. Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–1. It was the second time that Afghanistan had won a T20I series against a team in the top ten of the

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rankings, after whitewashing Bangladesh 3–0 in June 2018. The West Indies won the one-off Test match by nine wickets, with the game finishing early on the third day.

Squads

West Indies cricketer

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was found guilty of

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during the third ODI match. Pooran admitted the charge, and was banned for four T20I matches.

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was added to the West Indies' T20I squad for the final match, as cover for

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who was injured.

Tour matches

50 over match: Afghanistan XI vs West Indies

Four-day match: Afghanistan XI vs West Indies

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

Only Test

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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