BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: West Indies captain Chris Gayle and veteran batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan have been dropped for the opening two One-Day Internationals in the five-match series against Pakistan. The selectors opted to leave out the trio as “consistent with the policy to expose young players” following West Indies' disappointing performance in losing to Pakistan by 10 wickets in the World Cup quarterfinals last month. Dwayne Bravo is the new captain, while leg-spinner Anthony Martin is the only uncapped player in the 13-man squad. The series starts April 23 and is preceded by a Twenty20 match two days earlier. Squad for ODIs: Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo (VC), Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Kirk Edwards, Anthony Martin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Devon Thomas. Deccan bounces back Deccan Chargers revived their faltering Indian Premier League campaign with a 33-run thrashing of Royal Challengers Bangalore Thursday. Pacemen Dale Steyn and Manpreet Gony grabbed three wickets each while Ishant Sharma took one to restrict Bangalore to 142-9 after Bharat Chipli struck 61 not out to take Deccan to 175-5 at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. The win was Deccan's first at home after eight IPL losses. Sharma struck early for Deccan, having the dangerous Tillakaratne Dilshan caught behind in the second over for seven. The experiment to promote tailender Zaheer Khan as a pinch hitter also flopped, with Steyn uprooting his middle stump with a swinging full toss. Gony then removed opening batsman Mayank Agarwal and the in-form AB de Villiers to leave Bangalore reeling at 29-4 in the seventh over. Virat Kohli waged a lone battle, making a 51-ball 71 before falling to Gony. Chipli earlier held the Deccan innings together with his quick-fire 35-ball knock, containing five fours and three sixes. Zaheer had given Bangalore a key breakthrough when he removed opener Shikhar Dhawan in the third over. Deccan piled on 63 runs from the last five overs. Brief scores: Deccan 175-5 in 20 overs (B. Chipli 61, S. Sohal 38, K. Sangakkara 36; Zaheer Khan 3-32) beat Bangalore 142-9 in 20 overs (V. Kohli 71, C. Pujara 25; D. Steyn 3-24, M. Gony 3-31) by 33 runs.
