India made a
couple of changes to their playing eleven – Woorkeri Raman and Arshad Ayub made
way for Dilip Vengsarkar, who returned to lead the team, and Maninder Singh. The
West Indies made five changes to theirs – Phil Simmons, Vivian Richards, Eldine
Baptiste, Winston Davis and David Williams made way for Desmond Haynes, Jeff
Dujon, Roger Harper, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh.
On winning the toss, Gordon Greenidge, the West Indies’ skipper, inserted the Indians. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 25 balls, scored three. He was caught by Dujon. Patrick Patterson broke the 12-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 30. Mohinder Amarnath, who faced 31 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 112. His 113-ball innings included 10 boundaries and five sixes. Carl Hooper broke the 120-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose 100-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 76. He was unbeaten.
Kapil Dev, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was caught by Gus Logie. Hooper broke the eight-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 21-ball innings included a six, scored 17. He was caught by Greenidge. Hooper broke the 48-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced seven balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.
The West Indies conceded 15 extras. India scored 238 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Harper bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 38. Ambrose bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 38. Winston Benjamin bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 49.
Walsh bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35. Patterson bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Hooper bowled seven overs, conceding 32. He picked up three scalps.
Greenidge, whose 51-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 27. He was caught by Dev. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 42-run stand. Richie Richardson, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 38. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Narendra Hirwani broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 92.
Haynes, whose 121-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 87. Dev broke the 38-run stand. Logie, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was caught by Dev. Hirwani broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.
Hooper, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 25. He was caught by Kiran More. Hirwani broke the 14-run stand. Harper, who faced 15 balls, scored four. Sanjeev broke the 16-run stand. Dujon, who faced 13 balls, scored 10. Hirwani broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.
Ambrose, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. He was unbeaten. The eighth-wicket pair failed to open its account. Benjamin, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sanjeev. Walsh, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Sidhu. Sanjeev broke the two-run stand. Patterson, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. Sanjeev broke the three-run stand.
The Indians conceded 15 extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 215 off 48.3 overs, lost by 23 runs. Srikkanth bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Maninder Singh and Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 41.
Dev bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Hirwani bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 50, picking up four wickets. Sanjeev, who bowled 7.3 overs, conceded 26. He picked up five scalps.
On winning the toss, Gordon Greenidge, the West Indies’ skipper, inserted the Indians. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 25 balls, scored three. He was caught by Dujon. Patrick Patterson broke the 12-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 30. Mohinder Amarnath, who faced 31 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 112. His 113-ball innings included 10 boundaries and five sixes. Carl Hooper broke the 120-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose 100-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 76. He was unbeaten.
Kapil Dev, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was caught by Gus Logie. Hooper broke the eight-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 21-ball innings included a six, scored 17. He was caught by Greenidge. Hooper broke the 48-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced seven balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.
The West Indies conceded 15 extras. India scored 238 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Harper bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 38. Ambrose bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 38. Winston Benjamin bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 49.
Walsh bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35. Patterson bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Hooper bowled seven overs, conceding 32. He picked up three scalps.
Greenidge, whose 51-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 27. He was caught by Dev. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 42-run stand. Richie Richardson, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 38. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Narendra Hirwani broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 92.
Haynes, whose 121-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 87. Dev broke the 38-run stand. Logie, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was caught by Dev. Hirwani broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.
Hooper, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 25. He was caught by Kiran More. Hirwani broke the 14-run stand. Harper, who faced 15 balls, scored four. Sanjeev broke the 16-run stand. Dujon, who faced 13 balls, scored 10. Hirwani broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.
Ambrose, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. He was unbeaten. The eighth-wicket pair failed to open its account. Benjamin, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sanjeev. Walsh, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Sidhu. Sanjeev broke the two-run stand. Patterson, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. Sanjeev broke the three-run stand.
The Indians conceded 15 extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 215 off 48.3 overs, lost by 23 runs. Srikkanth bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Maninder Singh and Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 41.
Dev bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Hirwani bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 50, picking up four wickets. Sanjeev, who bowled 7.3 overs, conceded 26. He picked up five scalps.
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