The match was
reduced to a 49-overs-a-side match. Neither India nor the West Indies made no
changes to their playing eleven.
On winning the
toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts, whose skipper,
Chris Gayle, faced a couple of balls, failing to get off the (Shar)mark. A
couple of dot balls into the match, he was caught by Dhoni off the bowling of
Ishant.
Runako Morton and
Ramnaresh Sarwan, who faced a dozen balls each, scored 22 apiece. They were unbeaten.
Forty-five balls
into the match, play was called off owing to rain. India had conceded three
extras at that point. The West Indies had scored 27 for the loss of a wicket at
that point.
Ashish Nehra
bowled 3.3 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded nine. Ishant, who
bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up the only wicket to fall.
India won the
four-match series 2-1.
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