The

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toured India in December 2019 to play three

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s (ODIs) and three

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(T20I) matches. In November 2019, the

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(BCCI) swapped the venues for the first and third T20I matches. Ahead of the tour,

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confirmed that he would not be playing in the ODIs for the West Indies, after he announced he would be taking a break from cricket. For the first time in international cricket, the

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(ICC) announced the use of technology to monitor front-foot

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s for all matches during the tour. The

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called the front-foot no-balls, communicating this with the on-field umpires. It was used as a trial to see if it can be implemented further, without a detriment to the flow of the game. India won the T20I series 2–1, winning the third and deciding match by 67 runs. India also won the ODI series 2–1, after losing the opening match. It was India's tenth-consecutive win in a bilateral ODI series against the West Indies, going back to May 2006, when the West Indies beat India 4–1 at home.

Squads

Ahead of the series,

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injured his left leg and was replaced by

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in India's T20I squad. Dhawan was later also ruled out of India's ODI squad, and was replaced by

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was also ruled out of India's ODI squad due to injury and was replaced by

Shardul Thakur Shardul Narendra Thakur (born 16 October 1991) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a bowling all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right arm medium pace. Domestic career Thakur was initially criticized for his lack of height for ...

Navdeep Saini Navdeep Amarjeet Saini (born 23 November 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He has played for Delhi since 2013. He made his international debut for the India cricket team in August 2019. Early life Navdeep Saini was born on 23 November 1992 in Karnal ...

was added to India's squad for the third and final ODI, replacing the injured

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. During the West Indies' ODI series against Afghanistan in November 2019,

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was found guilty of

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. He was banned for four T20I matches, therefore missing the three T20I matches against Afghanistan and the first T20I against India.

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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