Virat Kohli's injury, new rule to be introduced tomorrow and more - Cricket News Today, 29th September 2018

The Indian fans were waiting for the selectors to name the squad to take on West Indies in a two-match series but the selection meeting was postponed as the selectors were waiting for injury updates of a few players.

However, it has been confirmed that opener Prithvi Shaw is likely to be picked in the side while Mayank Agarwal, who has been doing well for a while now, may have to wait for his chance as the Man of the Tournament in the Asia Cup 2018, Shikhar Dhawan, is likely to be named as the third opener ahead of Mayank and Murali Vijay in spite of the latter doing well for Essex.

A lot of other things happened in the sport over the last 24 hours. Let us take a look at some of the other news that happened in the world of cricket in the last one day.

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Update on the squad selection for the West Indies Tests

The Indian selectors are awaiting an update on India skipper Virat Kohli's injured wrist before they sit down to pick the squad for the two-Test series against the West Indies.

"Virat is carrying a wrist niggle. Tests have been done and selectors are awaiting the medical update from the National Cricket Academy's support staff. It is not clear how he sustained the wrist injury. It could have been during the England Test matches or training sessions," a senior BCCI office-bearer told PTI on Saturday.

If Virat's injury is not serious, the selectors will announce the squad for the two Tests. Else, they will name the team only for the first Test which begins in Rajkot on October 4. It is also understood that pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be rested for the series. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has cleared the fitness test and is available for selection while there is no update on Ishant Sharma's injury.

The updated DLS method to come into effect from tomorrow

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The ICC has confirmed that the new versions of Duckworth-Lewis-Stern system and it will come to effect from September 30 starting with the first ODI between Zimbabwe and South Africa.

According to the latest update, the par score calculations will assume that teams will be able to score a slightly higher proportion of their runs towards the end of an innings. In finalizing the updated version, the scoring patterns between ODI (final 20 overs) and T20 were analyzed, as were the scoring patterns between men's and women's international matches.

The study has confirmed that in both cases, while overall scoring rates are obviously different, wicket-adjusted resource utilisation rates are essentially identical.

Mayank Agarwal's timely message to the Indian selectors

With the Indian squad for the West Indies Tests set to be picked over the weekend, Mayank Agarwal has sent a message to the Indian selectors by scoring a stroke-filled 90 for Board President's XI against the touring West Indian side.

Mayank's 90, along with Ankit Bawne's unbeaten 116, helped BP XI score 360/6 before declaring towards the fag end of the day. Mayank's fellow opener Prithvi Shaw was dismissed for 8 and Hanuma Vihari, who made his debut against England at the Oval, scored 3.

Shreyas Iyer scored a brisk 61 and skipper Karun Nair accounted for 29. Devendra Bishoo was the pick of the West Indies bowlers as he finished with figures of 3/104 while pacer Shannon Gabriel scalped two wickets.

Brief Scores: BP XI 360/6 decl in 90 overs (Ankit Bawne 116*, Mayank Agarwal 90, Devendra Bishoo 3/104) vs West Indies.

Kedar Jadhav gives an update on his hamstring injury

Kedar Jadhav, who injured his hamstring in the last night's Asia Cup 2018 final, is set to be out for a while. The right-hander, who just returned from a similar injury after missing three months action, was trying to steal a single and went off the field allowing the Indian batsmen to rotate strike and take the team closer to the target.

After the dismissal of Ravindra Jadeja, Jadhav returned to bat and took India to a thrilling last-ball win. After the match, the right-hander admitted that he could have suffered a "Grade I or II tear".

"I've been in this situation few months back. Knew field will be up in the end and will be easy to take one or two. The way Kuldeep batted gave me confidence too. I'm still a batsman who can bowl. It's at least Grade I or II tear. Let's see tomorrow," he said after the match.