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Sunday, July 05, 2009
GROS ISLET, St Lucia: India dodged the showers to eke-out a workmanlike six-wicket victory over West Indies in the rain-hit third One-day International on Friday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.
India take an unbeatable 2-1 lead the four-match series with the final match to be contested on Sunday at the same venue. Chasing a revised target of 159 from 22 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis Method following a near hour-long stoppage for rain during their chase, India hit the jackpot with one ball to spare.
India were put on the path to glory, when their openers Dinesh Karthik and Gautam Gambhir shared 95 in 12.1 overs for the first wicket. Karthik hit the top score of 47 from 43 balls, and Gambhir made 44 from 38 balls before they were dismissed within three overs of each other to leave India 108 for two in the 16th over.
India required 11 from the final over, and Dhoni hit a six off the second ball from Jerome Taylor over mid-wicket, before Yusuf Pathan hit the winning run, when he stabbed a short, rising ball into square cover, and scampered a single.
Earlier, Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked 62 to lead West Indies to 185 for seven. Sarwan struck five fours and a six from 58 balls, after India sent West Indies in to bat, and the home team tried to maintain the intensity, after the weather failed to cooperate, and reduced their innings to a maximum of 27 overs.
West Indies captain Chris Gayle supported with 27, Runako Morton scored 22, and Darren Bravo made 21 to keep the momentum going.
Ashish Nehra led India’s bowling with three for 21 from five overs, and Harbhajan Singh captured two for 25 from five overs.
Play started two hours and five minutes late because of the weather, but then a couple more stoppages for rain forced the final reduction in the number of overs.
Nehra made the breakthrough for India, when Gayle was caught behind in the fourth over, but then another shower sent the players scampering.
On resumption, India tried to keep a lid on the West Indies’ scoring, but Sarwan added 51 with Morton, and 47 with Chanderpaul to keep the home team going. When Gautam Gambhir’s throw from square leg to keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni ran Sarwan out in the 21st over, West Indies were 135 for four.
India were then put under further pressure, when the Bravo brothers — Darren and Dwayne — added 44 for the fifth wicket before West Indies lost three wickets for 16 runs in the last two overs.
Score board
India won toss
West Indies (maximum 27 overs)
*C H Gayle c Dhoni b Nehra 27
R S Morton st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 22
R R Sarwan run out (Gambhir/Dhoni) 62
S Chanderpaul c Nehra b Pathan 15
D J Bravo c Dhoni b Nehra 13
D M Bravo b Nehra 21
†D Ramdin not out 14
J E Taylor c I Sharma b Harbhajan Singh 1
Extras (lb7, w3) 10
Total (7 wkts, 27 overs) 185
Did not bat: D E Bernard, S J Benn, R Rampaul
Fall: 1-27, 2-78, 3-125, 4-135, 5-169, 6-172, 7-185
Bowling: I Sharma 5-0-35-0; Nehra 5-1-21-3 (1w); R P Singh 5-0-34-0; Harbhajan Singh 5-0-35-2; Yuvraj Singh 2-0-19-0 (1w); R Sharma 1-0-7-0; Pathan 4-0-27-1 (1w)
India (target: 159 off 22 overs)
K D Karthik run out (Rampaul) 47
G Gambhir c wkpr Ramdin b Benn 44
*†M S Dhoni not out 46
Yuvraj Singh c D M Bravo b Bernard 2
R G Sharma c Bernard b D J Bravo 11
Y K Pathan not out 1
Extras (lb4, w3, nb1) 8
Total (4 wkts, 21.4 overs) 159
Did not bat: A M Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, I Sharma, R P Singh, A Nehra
Fall: 1-84, 2-108, 3-117, 4-148
Bowling: Taylor 3.5-0-39-1 (1w); Rampaul 4-0-26-0 (1nb); Bravo 4-0-27-1; Bernard 3-0-21-1 (2w); Benn 5-0-31-1; Gayle 2-0-11-0
Result: India won by six wickets
Series: India lead four-match series 2-1
Man of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)
ODI debut: Abhishek Nayar (India)
Umpires: C R Duncan and N J Llong (Englgand). TV umpire: G E Greaves. Match referee: B C Broad (England)
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