Mitchell Ownen's dream all-rounded debut and a blistering half-century from Cameron Green steered Australia to a three-wicket win over the West Indies at Sabina Park.
Short, who has scored 293 runs with a fifty and taken seven wickets in 14 T20Is for Australia so far, pulled up sore after training in Jamaica ahead of the first of the five T20Is against West Indies and has been sent back home. He had a fine Major League Cricket (MLC) stint with San Francis
Even after delivering a match-winning performance against England in the 1st T20I, India spinner Varun Chakravarthy's hunger to improve remained intact.
Abhishek Sharma's flamboyant display lifted India to its first T20I win in 2025 as England succumbed to a seven-wicket defeat in the series opener at Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl in the first T20I of the five-match series against England at the iconic Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
Ahead of the first T20I match of the series against England, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra reflected on top Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav's performance in the 20-over series and said that the 34-year-old should bat at number 3.
The West Indies managed to make it out a nail-biting affair, courtesy of skipper Rovman Powell's blitzkrieg, But in reality, the hosts never really recovered from the damage caused by Mahedi Hasan in the powerplay.
Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana's blitz knocks and Titas Sadhu's three-wicket haul helped India Women to beat West Indies by 49 runs in the first T20I match of the three-match series on Sunday.