Samuels hits ton, but WI crumble to 59-run defeat

Oct 17, 2014

West Indies players, who are locked in a payment structure dispute with WICB and WIPA, accompanied their captain to the toss. The visitors won it and chose to field •BCCI

Andre Russell used the short ball to break that stand, but persisting with that strategy proved counterproductive for West Indies•BCCI

West Indies managed a few late wickets but Kohli's century led India to 330 for 6 •BCCI

Samuels kept carting sixes to keep West Indies' hopes up. He reached his 50 off 48 balls. He went on to complete his seventh century off 97 balls, but he had run out of partners•BCCI

Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane took their time to settle and later tucked into some wayward bowling. They added 70 for the first wicket •BCCI

Virat Kohli displayed the confidence he said he had gained during a 138-run stand for the third wicket with Suresh Raina•BCCI

India struck early, with Umesh Yadav picking up the wicket of Dwayne Smith in the second over•BCCI

Darren Bravo resisted, first in the company of Kieron Pollard, then along with Marlon Samuels•BCCI

Raina struck 71 off 58 as India primed themselves for another 300-plus total•BCCI

But just when he was finding his flow, he was dismissed by Akshar Patel•BCCI

Andre Russell played a brief cameo of 46 off 23 balls. West Indies hopes of a recovery ended with his dismissal and they lost the match by 59 runs•BCCI