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India skipper Virat Kohli has been a bit more charged up than he usually is during the ongoing West Indies series and rival captain Kieron Pollard is “clueless” as to what’s been the trigger. During the T20 series, Kohli’s imitation of Kesrick Williams’ ‘notebook tick’ celebration was ‘television gold’, and then he seemed agitated when on-field umpire Shaun George referred Ravindra Jadeja’s run-out in the first ODI in Chennai. In fact, Kohli was very animated after Pollard’s first-ball dismissal. “You have to ask him why he is so animated. I…

Australia’s limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch has backed all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to make a comeback to the national team soon, saying that a “three-dimensional” cricketer like him can’t be kept out for long. Facing mental health issues, Maxwell took a short break from the game in October this year but recently made himself available for the tour of India. He was, however, not picked and Marnus Labuschagne got his first call-up following his outstanding form in Test cricket. Finch said the door isn’t shut for any player who was not picked…