VVS Laxman was dismissed in bizarre fashion - stumped after lifting his back leg on leaving a harmless Shivnarine Chanderpaul delivery outside off - on the third day of the third Test against West Indies in Dominica.

Team India have a "Save Dhoni" campaign ahead of them if they want to pre-empt a ban on their skipper in the Lord's Test against England, beginning July 21.

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni could not stop praising his lower-order batsmen after going up 1-0 in the Test series against the West Indies and the appreciation is well-deserved given that the team's tailenders have shown steely resolve in recent times.

Darren Sammy spent a sleepless night after dropping a catch which ultimately cost West Indies the first Test against India and the miss could haunt him for quite a while if the visitors go on to win the series.

He is clutching a crumpled paper-bag of peanuts, his eyes are bloodshot, saliva drips out from the corner of his mouth, his head is tonsured, he is dishevelled, probably homeless, and he was just chased away by the cops from the boundary line. He used to be Richard Austin.

Indian cricketers, who will be part of the upcoming Test series in the West Indies, will have enough opportunities to experience the spectators' unique sense of humour just like previous touring teams.

For supporters of once-great sporting institutions like the San Francisco 49ers and Nottingham Forest, the past is another continent.

Flashback to the 2009 ODI series in West Indies. The four-match tournament had MS Dhoni captain the Indians to a 2-1 victory with the final match at Gros Islet being washed out.