India vs West Indies, 4th ODI at Dharamsala, , Oct 17 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary

No trophy given. No Man of the Series named. It's just been that kind of day today. Everything seems terribly mired in uncertainty. I'm sure you guys are as curious to know the fate of this series. Do stay tuned to the site for the latest news on that. For now though, this is Alagappan Muthu going off to ponder this muddle

Virat Kohli is the Man of the Match "First run scored in Delhi felt like my first run for India. The kind of cricket I've played in the last four five years, I guess people expect runs from me everytime. I guess it's all about clearing your mind and being positive and take my time and not rush into it. [On turnaroung] I'm someone who relies on visuallisation a lot. I visualised myself playing against the bowlers the next day. I'm a confidence player and that works for me. Some time off helped to forget the bad phase, hopefully I can build on it. It was more mental than physical, had to do a bit of alteration with the way I was setting up. Had some memorable partnerships with Raina, starting from that 337 chase in Hobart. The idea is me, him and MS bat the team through in the middle order and hopefully we can take this form thorugh to the world cup and it will be lethal for us and dangerous for other teams. [With this Man of the Match] Not being overexcited, trying to stay as calm as possible and that's what I learned in the last two months"

"Virat played well in the last game, continued from there and it's important he gets back into good nick. Took his time, otherwise he is natually aggressive. I thought he would usually attack the spinners, but he took his time and built his innings. A few more runs would have been good, when we were going back to the hotel yesterday at 7.30 pm, we thought we would want 350-360. But we did well with the new ball, Bhuvi bowled really well," MS Dhoni says. "First time I've seen him [Akshar] bowl and kept to him. Very consistent, not someone who gets hit too easily. Tried to use him in all manner of situations. Very happy with his bowling, despite the dew he bowled really well. Built pressure with him. We knew they bat deep. We have done quite well in all three departments. Bit more consistent in the slog bowling and bowling overall. There will be up and down, but what's important is not to give too many. But with the change in rules we won't know what's good in the last 10, or five overs. Have to get a fair benchmark figure there"

"[Tough]Not only this morning, tough so far on the tour. Credit to the team, despite the situation off the field we played our hearts out. Want to congratulate Samuels on another hundred. To the team, coaching staff, everying stuck together. Thanks to them. Thanks for coming out, people in India. We look forward to representing West Indies sometime tour," Dwayne Bravo says, "Unlucky for us Virat got his form back against us. But we wish him the best. Can't fault the effort of our boys"

"Concentrated on my strength and execute my strength. Not giving room for the batsmen to use," says Akshar Patel, "Nothing was said from the captain. He just said to bowl to your strength. Samuels is a good batsman, classing hitting. I just concentrated on not giving him a fuller length. First match under Dhoni's captaincy, feel proud"

Paras: "Don't know what to make of the Indian bowling effort - Bhuvi and Axar combined read 20-3-51-4, while the heroes of the last match - Shami and Jaddu combined read 19.1-1-152-4!"

10.20 pm West Indies threatened at various stages of this innings, and at others they looked terribly suspect. Their fielding looked dangerously inept, but Marlon Samuels has saved them some blushes with a century. There is a footer on the television saying India have won the ODI series 2-1. I guess we will know more when the WICB statement arrives

Akseli: "Ravindra Jadeja 9-1-80-2, What the? and people always say he's the man to slow things down... ...I think if it was allowed WI team would buy him a private helicopter by each player."

Mid-off comes in, sweeper goes back

Paul-E: "One more wicket and then we can hear WICB's statements. Hurray!!!"

Ravi Kiran: "In a match like this, Smith, Pollard and Ramdin innings is a huge spoil sport. Most runs scored by Samuels and Russell is only useful to compensate the deliveries eaten away but not to make progress."

ravi: "Tail? Jerome has a century in international cricket last when I checked." So does Anil Kumble, but he's more a bowler, isn't he? Same logic