India concede series; WI (Ra)victors

India made (Viswana)three changes to their playing eleven – Sanjay Manjrekar, Sadanand and Sanjeev Sharma made way for Mohammad Azharuddin, Kiran More and Maninder Singh.

The West Indians made just a couple of changes – David Williams and Patrick Patterson made way for Desmond Haynes and Courtney Walsh. On winning the toss, Vivian Richards, their skipper, inserted India.

Arun Lal, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Jeff Dujon. Walsh broke the three-run stand. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 44-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 28. Eldine Baptiste broke the 47-run stand.

Mohinder Amarnath, whose 148-ball innings four boundaries and the only six of the Indian innings, scored 100. He was unbeaten, and was adjudged the player of the match. Woorkeri Raman, whose 23-ball (Benjam)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Winston broke the 23-run stand.

Azharuddin, who faced eight balls, scored just a couple. Baptiste broke the three-run stand. Kapil Dev, whose 44-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 45. He was caught by Carl Hooper. Benjamin broke the 66-run stand.

Ravi, India’s skipper, scored 28. His 30-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Baptiste. Winston Davis broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket stand, which was worth 71. More, who faced seven balls, scored nine. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies conceded five extras. India scored 230 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Hooper, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded five. He was wicketless, as was Richards, who bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31.

Davis and Walsh bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 69, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 42. Baptiste and Benjamin bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens, each. They picked up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 38.

Haynes, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Dev broke the 18-run stand. Simmons, whose 96-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 67. He was caught by Srikkanth, who broke the 108-run stand.

Richards, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was caught by Lal. Srikkanth broke the 18-run stand. Richie Richardson, whose 90-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 49. He was trapped leg before by Srikkanth, who broke the 11-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 37. Gus Logie, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 29. He was run out. Hooper, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the West Indian innings, scored 39. He was unbeaten.

Dujon, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was stumped by More. Shastri broke the 31-run stand. Baptiste faced three balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. The West Indies scored 231 for the loss of six wickets off 49.1 overs, winning by four wickets with five balls to spare. Chetan Sharma bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 25.

Amarnath bowled six overs, conceding 14. He was wicketless, as were Maninder Singh (who bowled 9.1 overs, conceding 55) and Arshad Ayub (who bowled 10 overs, conceding 37). Shastri bowled four overs, conceding 24. He picked up a wicket.

Dev bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Srikkanth, who bowled six overs, conceded 25. He picked up three scalps.

The West Indians led the seven-match series 4-1.