India, who were
playing the West Indies for the first time since 2002, made no changes to their
playing eleven. The West Indians made eight changes to the eleven that last
played the Indians – Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon
Samuels, Carl Hooper, Ridley Jacobs, Vasbert Drakes and Corey Collymore made
way for Xavier Marshall, Runako Morton*, Sylvester Joseph, a couple of One-day
International debutants (Narsingh Deonarine and Denesh Ramdin), Dwayne Smith,
Tino Best and Daren Powell.
On winning the toss, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies’ skipper, chose to bat. Morton, who faced eight balls, scored a run. Sixteen balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Irfan Pathan, who broke the one-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 21. Joseph, who faced 14 balls, scored three. Thirty-nine balls later, Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni ran him out.
Marshall, whose 48-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 26. Twenty-six balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid, India’s skipper and the player of the match. Harbhajan Singh broke the 10-run stand. Chanderpaul, who faced 53 balls, scored 22. A hundred and three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Raina, who broke the 52-run stand.
Ricardo Powell, who faced three balls, scored one. Three balls later, Virender Sehwag broke the one-run stand. The Barbadian scored 20. Although his innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, he had no reason to be in seventh heaven – (Smi)thirteen balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Harbhajan broke the 24-run stand.
The Guyanese, whose (Deo)n(ar)inety-one-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 41. Fifty-four balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Sehwag, who broke the 41-run stand. Ramdin, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 24. Twenty-nine balls later, Ashish Nehra broke the 32-run stand.
The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Powell, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Nehra. Best – whose unC(arlis)le represented the West Indies – scored 24. His 21-ball innings included three boundaries. Eight balls later, he was caught by Raina. Zaheer Khan broke the six-run stand. Jermaine Lawson, who faced four balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 13 extras. The West Indies were dismissed for 178 off 47.4 overs. Raina, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket. Pathan bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 29, picking up a wicket. Khan bowled 9.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 32, picking up a wicket.
Sehwag, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of wickets. Nehra bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of wickets. Harbhajan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a couple of scalps.
Sehwag, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. Eight balls (Ramd)into the chase, he was caught behind. Lawson broke the three-run stand. Mohammad Kaif, whose 39-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 24. Sixty-two balls later, he was caught by Joseph. Best broke the 65-run partnership.
Raina, whose 42-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 35. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Marshall. Smith broke the 14-run stand. Dravid, whose 65-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 52. He was unbeaten.
Yuvraj Singh, whose 58-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 28. A hundred balls later, Lawson broke the 51-run partnership. Dhoni, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 15. He was unbeaten.
The West Indies conceded 24 extras. India scored 180 for the loss of four wickets off 36 overs, winning by half-a-dozen wickets with 14 overs to spare. Morton, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded a couple. The Jamaican bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiD(ar)en. He conceded 44.
Best, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Smith, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 37. Lawson, who bowled nine overs, conceded 58. He picked up two scalps.
[*Note: Morton, who was born in Nevis on July 22, 1978, died in a car crash in Trinidad at the age of 33 on March 4, 2012.]
On winning the toss, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies’ skipper, chose to bat. Morton, who faced eight balls, scored a run. Sixteen balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Irfan Pathan, who broke the one-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 21. Joseph, who faced 14 balls, scored three. Thirty-nine balls later, Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni ran him out.
Marshall, whose 48-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 26. Twenty-six balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid, India’s skipper and the player of the match. Harbhajan Singh broke the 10-run stand. Chanderpaul, who faced 53 balls, scored 22. A hundred and three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Raina, who broke the 52-run stand.
Ricardo Powell, who faced three balls, scored one. Three balls later, Virender Sehwag broke the one-run stand. The Barbadian scored 20. Although his innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, he had no reason to be in seventh heaven – (Smi)thirteen balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Harbhajan broke the 24-run stand.
The Guyanese, whose (Deo)n(ar)inety-one-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 41. Fifty-four balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Sehwag, who broke the 41-run stand. Ramdin, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 24. Twenty-nine balls later, Ashish Nehra broke the 32-run stand.
The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Powell, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Nehra. Best – whose unC(arlis)le represented the West Indies – scored 24. His 21-ball innings included three boundaries. Eight balls later, he was caught by Raina. Zaheer Khan broke the six-run stand. Jermaine Lawson, who faced four balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 13 extras. The West Indies were dismissed for 178 off 47.4 overs. Raina, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket. Pathan bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 29, picking up a wicket. Khan bowled 9.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 32, picking up a wicket.
Sehwag, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of wickets. Nehra bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of wickets. Harbhajan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a couple of scalps.
Sehwag, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. Eight balls (Ramd)into the chase, he was caught behind. Lawson broke the three-run stand. Mohammad Kaif, whose 39-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 24. Sixty-two balls later, he was caught by Joseph. Best broke the 65-run partnership.
Raina, whose 42-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 35. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Marshall. Smith broke the 14-run stand. Dravid, whose 65-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 52. He was unbeaten.
Yuvraj Singh, whose 58-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 28. A hundred balls later, Lawson broke the 51-run partnership. Dhoni, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 15. He was unbeaten.
The West Indies conceded 24 extras. India scored 180 for the loss of four wickets off 36 overs, winning by half-a-dozen wickets with 14 overs to spare. Morton, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded a couple. The Jamaican bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiD(ar)en. He conceded 44.
Best, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Smith, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 37. Lawson, who bowled nine overs, conceded 58. He picked up two scalps.
[*Note: Morton, who was born in Nevis on July 22, 1978, died in a car crash in Trinidad at the age of 33 on March 4, 2012.]
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