Saturday, December 8, 2018

India WIn; It’s (Azh)arevised target

Both teams made one change apiece to their playing elevens – while Kapil Dev made way for Venkatesh Prasad, Kenny Benjamin made way for One-day International debutant Barrington Browne. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors.

Stuart Williams, who faced half-a-dozen balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Vinod Kambli. Javagal broke the (Srina)three-run stand. Brian Lara, who faced 18 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Prasad. Srinath broke the 14-run stand.

Phil Simmons, whose 52-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prasad, who broke the 16-run stand. Keith Arthurton, who faced seven balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 15-run stand.

Jimmy Adams wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a couple. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the nine-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 54. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Azharuddin ran him out.

Carl Hooper, whose 86-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 70. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the 43-run stand. Courtney Walsh, the West Indies’ skipper, faced 11 balls, scoring three. He was caught by Atul Bedade. Prasad broke the 13-run stand.

Anderson Cummins, whose 49-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 34. He was caught by Tendulkar. Manoj broke the 15-run P(rabhak)artnership. Browne, who faced 22 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Cuffy, who faced five balls, scoring just (Camer)one.

India conceded 20 extras. The West Indies scored 192 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Rajesh Chauhan bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket, as did Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34.

Prasad bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up three wickets. His statemate bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-four, picking up three scalps.

India’s target was revised to 128 from 33.1 overs. Their openers failed to get off the mark. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Lara off the bowling of Walsh. Tendulkar, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Hooper. Cuffy broke the two-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu celebrated his 31st birthday with an unbeaten knock of 65, which earned him the player of the match award. His 102-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes.

Azharuddin, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 34. He was caught by Chanderpaul. Cuffy broke the 61-run stand. Kambli, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. He was caught by Arthurton. Cummins broke the 48-run stand. The big-hitting Baroda batsman, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was unBe(d)a(de)ten.

The West Indies conceded eight extras. India, who scored 135 for the loss of four wickets off 33.1 overs, won by eight runs. Hooper bowled five overs, conceding 29. He was wicketless, as was Browne, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 27.

Cummins, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Walsh, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15. Cuffy bowled 8.1 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up a couple of scalps.

India levelled the five-match series 1-1.



  






  

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