Raina: India stars deserved a break
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Stand-in captain Suresh Raina has defended India's decision to rest most of their star names for the limited-overs series against West Indies.
The tourists will be without regular skipper MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan for the series which begins today with a one-off Twenty20 international in Port of Spain.
The trio have all been rested after the exertions of the World Cup and the Indian Premier League while Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag have also remained at home due to illness and injury.
Raina believes the players "deserved a break" and is looking forward to leading a young side, in what is also coach Duncan Fletcher's first series since his appointment. "It [being captain] is a great challenge to me and I'm really looking forward to that," said Raina. "We have good players who want to do well in this series. They have done well in first-class cricket and the IPL or in the World Cup team."
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments