First the Indian batsmen than the fielders and bowlers performed at their best to keep alive their chances of qualifying for the Tri-Nation Series final. India won yesterday’s match against West Indies by 102 runs (D/L method) played at the Queen’s Park Oval.
The match was hindered by 2-hour rain and hence the original score of 311 in 50 overs was revised to 274 in 39 overs for West Indies, still they fell short of the target.
Plating first, Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan gave a solid start and struck a 123-run partnership. They were followed by skipper Virat Kohli who smashed a brilliant 102 off 83 balls, hitting 13 fours and 2 sixes.
Suresh Raina (10), Dinesh Karthik (6), Murali Vijay (27) and Ravindra Jadeja (2) were not available to perform well with the bat but Ravichandran Ashwin (25) gave good support to his captain at the end and took India over 300.
Chasing the target opener Chris Gayle was caught behind cheaply for 10 runs.
Left hand bat Darren Bravo (1) also got caught in first slip before rain stopped play with the score at 56/2 in 10 overs.
After the delay and with a revised target, opener Johnson Charles (45) looked to lead the chase but, first lost partners and then got out himself.
The rain had also changed the dynamics of the pitch and the Indian bowlers chanced upon it to regularly clinch Windies wickets, so much so that the hosts were six down before they even reached 100.
The middle-order completely collapsed with only skipper Dywane Bravo (14) getting double figures.
However from 113/8, Kemar Roach (34) and Sunil Narine (21) knocked a few lusty blows to try and deny India the bonus point, scoring 58 runs for the eighth wicket before Jadeja took the last two scalps to seal the deal for India.
Indian Captain Virat Kohli was awarded the Man of the Match award.
India
Rohit Sharma c Ramdin b Best 46
Shikhar Dhawan c Darren Bravo b Roach 69
Virat Kohli c Sammy b Dwayne Bravo 102
Total - 311
Bowling
Tino Best 10-0-51-2
Marlon Samuels 8-0-39-1
West Indies
Johnson Charles c Raina b Ishant Sharma 45
Kemar Roach b Jadeja 34
Sunil Narine c Ishant Sharma b Jadeja 21
Total - 171
Bowling
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 8-1-29-3
Umesh Yadav 8-1-32-3
Ishant Sharma 7-1-30-2
Ravindra Jadeja 7-1-44-2
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