Indian batsmen put a defendable total of 229 and fall of first few West Indian wickets quickly made it look like India’s win was guaranteed but it was not meant to be. Johnson Charles, Darren Bravo and tail-enders fought for the last wicket and turned the table around to win a lost match.
India lost the second match of Tri-Nation One-Day International (ODI) series to West Indies being played in West Indies between three teams. The third being Sri Lanka. Host has also won the first match against Sri Lanka.
Johnson Charles played an important role in this victory. During his innings of 97 which came in just 100 balls, Charles smashed four sixes and eight fours. Darren Bravo too played a crucial innings of 55 runs, forging a 115-run stand with Charles for the fourth wicket after the Windies had lost three early wickets.
But in the end it was birthday boy Kemar Roach, who scored a match winning 14 off 32 balls to steer the Windies home.
Earlier, India put into bat, lost Shikar Dhawan (11) cheaply. Rohit Sharma (60) played a gritty knock and held one end up, however India kept losing wickers at regular intervals.
Virat Kohli (11) and Dinesh Karthik (23) failed to make an impression while Mahendra Singh Dhoni (27) injured himself, ruining any chances of a late flourish.
Suresh Raina (44), though, gave a good account of himself but was dismissed at a key juncture of the innings.
Scoreboard of the second Tri-Nation One Day International
India:
Rohit Sharma c Charles b Sammy 60
Dinesh Karthik c and b Samuels 23
Suresh Raina c Ramdin b Roach 44
Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Best 27
Total 229/7
Bowling:
Kemar Roach 10-2-41-2
Tino Best 10-0-52-2
Darren Sammy 10-3-41-2
West Indies:
Johnson Charles b Yadav c I Sharma 97
Darren Bravo c Dhawan b Ashwin 55
Total (47.4 overs) 230/9
Bowling:
Umesh Yadav 9.4-2-43-3
Ravichandran Ashwin 10-0-44-2
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