- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR30.6 aarghh would be apt response to this brain fade from Rohit, after grinding it out for nearly 15 overs he swings at a pitched up delivery and the mishit sails tamely down to long off, when you have already got a couple of fours in the over ... sigh is an apt sign off 124/44.2 smart work from Roach, Dhawan skipped out and went through with a straight push in the air to a good length ball, but he didn't get it far from Roach, who stuck out his right hand, it popped in the air further to the bowler's right, but he recovered quickly to take it 25/19.1 Gayle glorious at wide slip, what a catch, brings his big frame down to the right and plucks this thick edge one handed, Kohli went hard at this good length delivery and not surprisingly, it is that man Darren Sammy, again in the region outside off, it was angled in and swung away slightly, but rather poor stroke from Kohli, just tried to whack it away wildly 39/225.3 Samuels breaks the partnership, soft dismissal, Karthik pushed at a tossed up ball, it spun in, took the inner part of the bat and popped back to the bowler, replays show bat brushed pad first before it came down on the ball 98/342.6 and Raina falls immediately after Dhoni's injury break, a short ball outside off, he goes for a tame cut and edges it through, bangs the bat into the ground on his way back 182/546.1 Best takes out Dhoni, 141.6 kph inswinging full delivery, Dhoni tries to smoke it down the ground, misses, and loses his leg stump, Tino is pumped up, even more, that is 197/648.4 Jadeja goes, opens up and swings at a length ball, it moves away a bit, takes the underedge and hits the stumps 212/7Extras22 (b 5, lb 6, nb 2, w 9)TOTAL229/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.58)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Shikhar Dhawan, 4.2 ov), 2-39 (Virat Kohli, 9.1 ov), 3-98 (Dinesh Karthik, 25.3 ov), 4-124 (Rohit Sharma, 30.6 ov), 5-182 (Suresh Raina, 42.6 ov), 6-197 (MS Dhoni, 46.1 ov), 7-212 (Ravindra Jadeja, 48.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KAJ Roach 10 2 41 2 4.10 33 2 0 3 0 TL Best 10 0 52 2 5.20 38 3 2 4 2 DJG Sammy 10 3 41 2 4.10 36 5 0 0 0 KA Pollard 1 0 8 0 8.00 2 1 0 1 0 SP Narine 10 0 56 0 5.60 27 5 1 1 0 MN Samuels 9 1 20 1 2.22 39 1 0 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 they get the big man, there was a short cover in place and Gayle's forced a back of a length ball to Raina there, he's a sharp fielder, Raina, and this is a sharp take 13/140.2 what has he done, what has he done, he's backed away, got down on the knee and slammed a full delivery in the air straight to mid off, Charles is gutted, Raina runs up to pat him on the back 211/83.1 that looks close, umpire Gould gives it after a long appeal from Umesh, pitched up inswinger, beats the bat, hits pad, could it have been doing too much? Pitching on and hitting leg stump, says ball tracker 25/24.1 one more goes, now Samuels jumps across to off, and plays on to a good length delivery which bounces extra on him 26/327.5 Ashwin gets the breakthrough, was a shortish ball, but turned and bounced, Bravo went ahead with an awkward pull and Dhawan at midwicket took it high and safe 142/430.2 Ishant strikes immediately, big strike too, sharp bounce outside off, that really took off, Pollard tried dabbing it past the keeper, but DK the livewire dived to his right to pluck it 155/531.4 what a ball, Ashwin tosses it up from round the stumps, Ramdin drawn forward into a waft, it turns in, brushes pad and hits off, this game has turned from 142 for 3 161/636.5 he's gone now, the entertainment is over, wide half-tracker, Sammy throws the bat at it, third man settles under the top-edge 197/743.2 needless, but the ones before him have not set good examples, swings this tossed up full delivery on middle straight to mid on 220/9Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL230/9 (47.4 Overs, RR: 4.82)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Chris Gayle, 1.4 ov), 2-25 (Devon Smith, 3.1 ov), 3-26 (Marlon Samuels, 4.1 ov), 4-142 (Darren Bravo, 27.5 ov), 5-155 (Kieron Pollard, 30.2 ov), 6-161 (Denesh Ramdin, 31.4 ov), 7-197 (Darren Sammy, 36.5 ov), 8-211 (Johnson Charles, 40.2 ov), 9-220 (Sunil Narine, 43.2 ov)
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- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 2 wickets)
- India: 50 runs in 13.2 overs (82 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: India - 65/2 in 17.0 overs (RG Sharma 28, KD Karthik 8)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (RG Sharma 27, KD Karthik 18, Ex 5)
- India: 100 runs in 26.2 overs (160 balls), Extras 9
- RG Sharma: 50 off 77 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: India - 133/4 in 35.0 overs (SK Raina 16, MS Dhoni 3)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 27 runs, 0 wicket)
- India: 150 runs in 37.3 overs (227 balls), Extras 10
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (SK Raina 31, MS Dhoni 16, Ex 3)
- India: 200 runs in 46.4 overs (282 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: India - 229/7 in 50.0 overs (R Ashwin 5, B Kumar 11)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 3 wickets)
- Dinesh Karthik kept wickets in place of MS Dhoni from the start of West Indies innings
- West Indies: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (J Charles 22, DM Bravo 28, Ex 2)
- Drinks: West Indies - 87/3 in 17.0 overs (J Charles 42, DM Bravo 29)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 4
- J Charles: 50 off 60 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 131 balls (J Charles 50, DM Bravo 48, Ex 2)
- DM Bravo: 50 off 72 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 29.4 overs (178 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: West Indies - 182/6 in 35.0 overs (J Charles 84, DJG Sammy 17)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 29 runs, 1 wicket)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 37.3 overs (225 balls), Extras 7
Match Coverage
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'West Indies showed character' - Pollard
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Profligate West Indies escape with thrilling win
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