Andre Russell  

Andre Russell, playing for Jamaica Tallawahs, against St Lucia Zouks, was hit on the helmet by a Hardus Viljoen bouncer

Manchester: Unbeaten India take on West Indies in a league match of the ICC World Cup 2019 on Thursday (June 27). A win for the Virat Kohli-led side will almost confirm a semi-final spot. Windies on the other hand will find it difficult to make the last-four stage even if they manage to beat India. Andre Russell is ruled out of the entire tournament with an injury and Sunil Ambris has replaced him. India start as favourites. Here is India’s likely Playing 11.

All-rounder Andre Russell has been ruled out of further participation in the World Cup 2019 due to an injury to his left knee. Twenty six-year-old Ambris, a top-order batsman, has played six Tests and six ODIs for the West Indies

Nottingham: West Indies wicketkeeper Shai Hope said it was exciting for him to watch  his team’s fast bowlers charging in and putting the opposition batsmen under pressure. The Caribbean pacemen Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Russell have been outstanding at the ICC World Cup 2019 so far as they bowled out Pakistan for 105 and on June 6 rattled the Australian top order. However, Australia recovered to post 288 and later won by 15 runs. After the loss, Hope, who struck a half century, spoke to the media in Nottingham.

West Indies captain Jason Holder is confident the five-day rest between the win against Pakistan in their ICC World Cup 2019 opener and the match with Australia will be enough for Chris Gayle and Andre Russell to be fully fit

'Pakistan lost heavily in their first game in 1992 and bounced back to win that tournament after all. But we cannot really dwell on what happened 27 years ago. Winning the 2019 tournament is going to take some doing this time around'

ICC World Cup 2019 is around the corner and we look at the 10 players, from each of the participating countries, who have that 'X-factor'. Watch out for these 10 players in England and Wales in the quadrennial showpiece event

Curtains came down on the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2019) with Mumbai Indians (MI) crowned as the champions for a record fourth time. They edged Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a thrilling final in Hyderabad. Here is the full list of IPL 2019 award winners

The chase was always going to be a cakewalk for the home team with the dew coming on. Mumbai chased down the total quickly and in the 17th over KKR never looked like the favourites to win the game.

In IPL 2019 so far, Hardik has played 12 matches for Mumbai Indians and smashed 355 runs at a strike rate of 198.32. He is hitting the ball as cleanly as anyone can and has the second-best strike rate in the tournament, only behind Kolkata Knight Riders' Andre Russell

Virat Kohli scored his 5th IPL hundred and became the first captain ever to score 5 centuries in the Indian Premier League. Chris Gayle is the only other player who has scored six centuries in the IPL.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their second match of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday in the Eden Gardens.

The Bangalore side found it difficult to stop Andre Russell and Nitish Rana towards the end of the game. A sluggish knock from Robin Uthappa did not help the cause of the home team

This IPL season, some players have excelled while some have performed dissapointingly. Here is taking a look at the best-combined playing XI from the IPL teams.

The likes of Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Alzarri Joseph and others have made the best use of the grand IPL stage to make an impact.