India lose; WI are (Ra)victorious

It was a 43-overs-a-side match. India made three changes to their playing eleven – Mohinder Amarnath, Kiran More and Maninder Singh made way for Sadanand Viswanath, Sanjay Manjrekar (who was making his One-day International debut) and Arshad Ayub.

The West Indies made just (Duj)one change to theirs – Jeff made way for One-day international debutant David Williams. On winning the toss, Ravi Shastri, India’s skipper, chose to bat.

Arun Lal, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Gordon Greenidge. Patrick Patterson broke the 34-run stand. Krishnamachari scored (Srikkan)thirty-two. His 55-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Williams. Winston Benjamin broke the 35-run partnership.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 24. His 26-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the Indian innings. He was caught by Vivian Richards, the West Indies’ skipper, who broke the 50-run stand.

Kapil Dev, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 22. He was caught by Gus Logie. Richards, the player of the match, broke the 32-run partnership. Shastri, who faced nine balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Carl Hooper, who broke the 22-run stand.

Viswanath, who faced five balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Eldine Baptiste. Richards broke the three-run stand. Woorkeri Raman, whose 123-run stand included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 95. He was caught by Baptiste. Patterson broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth 38.

Manjrekar, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Ajay, who faced a couple of balls, scoring aS(har)many. The West Indies conceded nine extras. India scored 221 for the loss of seven wickets off 43 overs. Courtney Walsh bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 39.

Baptiste bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40. Hooper bowled an over, conceding eight. He picked up a wicket. Benjamin bowled nine overs, conceding 35. He picked up a wicket. Patterson bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 49, picking up a couple of wickets. Richards bowled eight overs, conceding 42. He picked up three scalps.

Richie Richardson, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 27. He was caught by Dev. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 38-run stand. Logie faced 26 balls, scoring a dozen. He was caught by Viswanath. Ayub broke the 39-run stand. 

Desmond Haynes, whose 90-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 49. Raman broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 70. Richards, whose 77-ball innings included seven boundaries and as many sixes, scored 110. He was unbeaten. 

Hooper, who faced 15 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Manjrekar. Dev broke the 44-run partnership. Baptiste, who faced nine balls, was in seventh heaven, because he was unbeaten.

India conceded eight extras. The West Indians, who scored 225 for the loss of four wickets off 40.1 overs, won by six wickets with 17 balls to spare. Srikkanth, who bowled a wicketless ball, conceded four. Ajay bowled three wicketless overs, conceding a dozen. Shastri bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 50.

Raman, who bowled four overs, conceded 44. He picked up a wicket. Sanjeev, who bowled six overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22, picking up a wicket. Ayub bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 55, picking up a wicket. 

The West Indies led the seven-match series 3-1.