India made just
one change to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu made way for
Chandrakant Pandit. The West Indies made one change to their playing eleven –
Winston Benjamin made way for Ian Bishop. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper,
chose to bat on winning the toss.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced a D(uj)o(ze)n balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dujon. Curtly Ambrose broke the 16-run stand. Mohinder Amarnath, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Dujon. Courtney Walsh broke the 25-run stand.
Vengsarkar wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. Walsh broke the four-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 90-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Gus Logie. Roger Harper broke the 40-run stand.
Kapil Dev, who faced four balls, did not open his account. He was caught by Gordon Greenidge, the West Indian skipper. Carl Hooper broke the one-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 39-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was caught by Harper. Hooper was in seventh heaven.
Pandit, who faced 52 balls, scored 31. He was unbeaten. Kiran More, whose 56-ball innings included a boundary, scored 30. He was caught by Logie. Ambrose broke the 51-run stand. Sanjeev Sharma, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten.
The West Indies conceded half-a-dozen extras. India scored 169 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Bishop, who bowled six overs, conceded 13. He was wicketless, as was Patrick Patterson, who bowled nine overs, conceding 39.
Harper bowled 10 overs, conceding 28. He picked up a wicket. Walsh bowled six overs, conceding 19. He picked up a couple of wickets. Ambrose bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31, picking up two wickets. Hooper bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a couple of scalps.
Greenidge, whose 118-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 77. He was unbeaten. Desmond Haynes, whose 121-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six, scored 85. He was the player of the match. Sanjeev broke the 121-run stand.
The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Richie Richardson, who faced a ball, failed to open his account. He was caught by More off the bowling of Sanjeev. Hooper, who faced five balls, scored just a couple of scalps.
India conceded 11 extras. The West Indians, who scored 175 for the loss of two wickets off 40 overs, won by eight wickets with 60 balls to spare. Srikkanth and Dev bowled four wicketless overs. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 14. Shastri bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 31.
Narendra Hirwani and Maninder Singh bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 32. Sanjeev, who bowled six overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of scalps.
The West Indies advanced.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced a D(uj)o(ze)n balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dujon. Curtly Ambrose broke the 16-run stand. Mohinder Amarnath, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Dujon. Courtney Walsh broke the 25-run stand.
Vengsarkar wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. Walsh broke the four-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 90-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Gus Logie. Roger Harper broke the 40-run stand.
Kapil Dev, who faced four balls, did not open his account. He was caught by Gordon Greenidge, the West Indian skipper. Carl Hooper broke the one-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 39-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was caught by Harper. Hooper was in seventh heaven.
Pandit, who faced 52 balls, scored 31. He was unbeaten. Kiran More, whose 56-ball innings included a boundary, scored 30. He was caught by Logie. Ambrose broke the 51-run stand. Sanjeev Sharma, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten.
The West Indies conceded half-a-dozen extras. India scored 169 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Bishop, who bowled six overs, conceded 13. He was wicketless, as was Patrick Patterson, who bowled nine overs, conceding 39.
Harper bowled 10 overs, conceding 28. He picked up a wicket. Walsh bowled six overs, conceding 19. He picked up a couple of wickets. Ambrose bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31, picking up two wickets. Hooper bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a couple of scalps.
Greenidge, whose 118-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 77. He was unbeaten. Desmond Haynes, whose 121-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six, scored 85. He was the player of the match. Sanjeev broke the 121-run stand.
The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Richie Richardson, who faced a ball, failed to open his account. He was caught by More off the bowling of Sanjeev. Hooper, who faced five balls, scored just a couple of scalps.
India conceded 11 extras. The West Indians, who scored 175 for the loss of two wickets off 40 overs, won by eight wickets with 60 balls to spare. Srikkanth and Dev bowled four wicketless overs. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 14. Shastri bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 31.
Narendra Hirwani and Maninder Singh bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 32. Sanjeev, who bowled six overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of scalps.
The West Indies advanced.
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