India made (Parth)IV changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Praveen Kumar made way for the Gujarat wicketkeeper, Virender Sehwag (who was leading the team, and inserted the visitors on winning the toss), Rohit [the player of the (Shar)match] and Umesh Yadav.
The West Indies made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Ramnaresh Sarwan and Carlton Baugh made way for Danza Hyatt and Denesh Ramdin.
The first Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10th over. They scored 52 and lost three wickets.
Adrian, whose (Bara)thirteen-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Twenty-six balls into the match, he was caught by Patel. Vinay Kumar broke the 18-run stand.
Marlon Samuels, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Twenty-three balls later, Varun Aaron broke the 28-run stand.
The West Indies scored 50 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.
Lendl Simmons, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 19. Eleven balls after Samuels’ dismissal, Yadav broke the six-run stand.
Fifteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. The West Indies had scored 64 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Darren Bravo was batting on nine, Hyatt was batting on five.
The second Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the bowling Powerplay – was between the 16th and the 20th over. They scored 22 without the loss of a wicket.
The West Indies scored 100 off 22.5 overs (137 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 77 balls. While Bravo’s contribution to the partnership was 27, Hyatt's contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.
The fourth-wicket pair eventually put on 75. Hyatt, whose 54-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 31. Ninety-nine balls after Simmons’ dismissal, Vinay Kumar and Patel ran him out.
Bravo’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 56 balls.
The West Indies scored 150 off 32.5 overs (197 overs). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
Thirty-four overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. The West Indies had scored 152 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Bravo was batting on 59, Kieron Pollard was batting on 10.
Bravo, whose 74-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 60. Forty-nine balls later, Suresh Raina broke the 27-run stand.
The third Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the batting Powerplay – was between the 36th and the 40th over. They conceded 11 and lost a wicket – that of Pollard, who faced 33 balls, eventually scoring 13. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the five-run stand.
Daren Sammy, the West Indies' skipper, faced eight balls, failing to get off the mark. Twenty-eight balls later, Ravindra Jadeja broke the 10-run stand. Ramdin, who faced 34 balls, scored 14. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Yadav, who broke the 14-run stand.
The West Indies scored 200 off 47.3 overs (285 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point.
Andre Russell, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 22. Twenty balls later, Aaron broke the 17-run stand. Kemar Roach, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Anthony Martin, who faced eight balls, scoring three.
India eventually conceded 10 extras. The West Indies scored 211 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Sharma, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded eight.
Raina, who bowled five overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket. Vinay, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket.
Jadeja and Ashwin bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 30. Yadav bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up two wickets. Aaron, who bowled nine overs, conceded 47. He picked up two scalps.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10th over. They had scored 55 and lost four wickets.
Patel, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Twenty-five balls into the chase, he was caught by Martin. Roach broke the 37-run stand. Gautam Gambhir, who faced three balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Three balls later, he was caught by Ramdin. Roach broke the four-run stand.
Kohli, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Eleven balls later, Roach broke the six-run stand.
India scored 50 off 7.3 overs (47 balls). The West Indies had conceded 10 extras at that point.
Sehwag, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Eighteen balls after Kohli’s dismissal, Russell broke the four-run stand.
Raina had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Bravo. Russell broke the eight-run stand.
The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the bowling Powerplay – was between the 16th and the 20th over. They had scored 20 without the loss of a wicket.
India scored 100 off 21.4 overs (133 balls). The West Indies had conceded a dozen extras at that point.
The sixth-wicket pair put on 50 off 73 balls. While Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 24, Jadeja’s contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.
Jadeja, whose 62-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 38. A hundred and three balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by Simmons. Pollard broke the 83-run partnership.
A hundred and seventy-one balls into the chase, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 142 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets at that point. Sharma was batting on 44.
India scored 150 off 30.1 overs (184 balls). The West Indies had conceded 19 extras at that point.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 17. Ashwin, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty balls later, Hyatt, Ramdin and Sammy ran him out.
Sharma’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a six – came off 62 balls.
The third Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the batting Powerplay – was between the 36th and the 40th over. They had scored 17 without the loss of a wicket.
India scored 200 off 44.5 overs (273 balls). The West Indies had conceded 23 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they had conceded at that point.
Sharma, whose 99-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 72. Eighty-one balls after Ashwin’s dismissal, Martin broke the 42-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Vinay, whose 48-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. Five balls later, he was caught by Roach off the bowling of Sammy.
Both Aaron, who faced 11 balls, and Yadav, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen apiece. Their innings included a boundary apiece.
India, who scored 213 for the loss of nine wickets off 48.5 overs, won by a wicket with seven balls to spare. Samuels bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 37.
Pollard bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 23. He picked up a wicket. Martin bowled half-a-dozen overs, included a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up a wicket. Sammy bowled 8.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up a wicket.
Russell bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up two wickets. Roach bowled 10 overs, conceding 46. He picked up three scalps.
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