India survive scare against spirited Windies
Posted on Jun 26, 2009 at 19:46 | Updated Jun 27, 2009 at 11:08
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Kingston: Yuvraj Singh hit a sublime 131 as India pipped West Indies by 20 runs in a thrilling first one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series at Sabina Park on Friday.
Leaving behind their pathetic show in the Twenty20 World Cup, the Indian batsmen came out firing on all cylinders as they trampled the West Indies attack to reach an intimidating 339 for six after opting to bat.
However, defending even such a massive total proved quite a task for the Indians as they just about managed to bowl the hosts out for 319 in 48.1 overs.
It was a spirited chase by the hosts, for whom Shivnarain Chanderpaul top-scored with 63 and Denesh Ramdin played a sparkling 29-run knock down the order.
Earlier, Yuvraj treated the host bowlers with utter disdain and clobbered them for seven huge sixes and 10 boundaries apart from sharing a crucial 135-run stand with Dinesh Karthik (67) to shape the Indian innings.
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (41), Yusuf Pathan (40 not out) and Harbhajan Singh (21 not out) also chipped in with useful contributions.
With the wicket of Chanderpaul in the 36th over it looked all over for the hosts but their lower order batted with steely resolve and made it an edge-of-the-seat contest.
West Indies required 21 off the last two overs with one wicket in hand but Ashish Nehra removed Ramdin with the first ball of the 49th over to bring a huge relief for his side.
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Posted By mohamed_ashik
After Cris Gayle fell for a athletic catch by Harbajan, Indian team relaxed its nerves and just pushed the overs.
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Posted By pratapchandran
All said and done, we have to give credit to Indian team for having come back strongly to post a
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Posted By jacksanthanam
Dhoni is a smart bloke. He uses his captaincy to walk anywhere in the batting order to see to it
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Posted By rlefti
its not one time dhoni is having a bad day...I have been saying he was a fluke right from the
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Posted By rlefti
its not one time dhoni is having a bad day...I have been saying he was a fluke right from the
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