Result: India won by 1 wkt
Last 5 Ovs : 17/2, RR : 3.4, 4s : 2, 6s : 0
WI: 211/9 in 50 ovrs
Ind: 213/9 in 48.5 ovrs
Run Rate : 4.36
Last Wicket : Vinay Kumar c K Roach & b D Sammy 18(48) - 201/9, 46.1 Ovs
Previous Overs : . W . . . . | W . . . . . | . . . 1 1 . | 1 4 1 . 4
Last Wicket : Vinay Kumar c K Roach & b D Sammy 18(48) - 201/9, 46.1 Ovs
Previous Overs : . W . . . . | W . . . . . | . . . 1 1 . | 1 4 1 . 4
A long ODI match, some poor cricket and a comical end; that's the story
of the 1st ODI game between India and West Indies. At the end of it
all, India find themselves 1-0 up in the series. There are 4 more games
to go, and let's hope they are equally entertaining. Until then, it's
goodbye from us here. Good night!
Rohit:
Idea was to play throughout the innings and get India through. Very
disappointed that I wasn't able to finish it but we won in the end, and
that's what matters. Myself and RJ just wanted to get the singles and we
knew that with the dew in place, we could get the runs easily. He
batted well and gave me good support. Vinay Kumar also batted
brilliantly. A couple of Ranji games helped and I was just waiting for
the opportunity and I'm very glad that it came at the right time, and
happy that I helped the team from a tough position.
Rohit Sharma is the Man of the Match for his 72 runs.
Sehwag:
I was sitting on one seat and didn't get up till the match got over.
This is the 2nd time we have played a nail biting match and it's good to
be on the winning side. Whatever you say to the number 10 or 11, they
will do only what they want to do, so it's no use telling them anything.
RJ and RS had a good partnership and the lower order contributed well,
especially Vinay. We have to learn from our mistakes, our batsmen didn't
do well but the bowlers did.
Sammy:
Every loss is disappointing but the coach always tells us to create
opportunities and we have been doing that. Today we again fell short of
the finish line. We all knew we didn't bat as well as we should have but
we fought hard. The bowlers gave us a very good start and we fought all
the way down to the wire. When you look back at the game, we come up
with a lot of things which we could have done differently. We gave too
many extras, but we have a never say die attitude and it will take us a
long way.
What a match this has been.
India started the chase in an explosive manner and every one would have
thought of an early finish, but WI bowlers came back strongly and
especially Russell struck 2 important blows to leave India reeling at
59/5. But Jadeja and Rohit Sharma stitched an all important partnership
for the 6 wicket to bail India out of trouble. But once Jaddu got out to
a loose shot, WI found the opening they wanted. Rohit Sharma and the
tail-enders found it hard to score on this slow wicket, but two quick
wickets towards the end spiced up this boring match as WI sensed a win.
But poor bowling changes cost Sammy the match as Umesh and Aaron held
their nerve to finish it on a high. Stay tuned for the presentation....
48.5 Sammy to Umesh Yadav, FOUR!!,
what an unbelievable match this has been, India have won a humdinger
here, it was full and on the stumps, Umesh Yadav gets forward and drives
it past the fielder to long on, the fielder at mid on didn't even
attempt to stop it and once it went past him, it raced away to the
boundary, Rohit Sharma is a relieved man and this tail-end duo has
clinched it for India
48.4 Sammy to Umesh
Yadav, no run, fuller length delivery just outside off, Umesh Yadav
initially wanted to play at it, but withdraws his bat at the last
minute, well left by him
48.3 Sammy to
Aaron, 1 run, another short and wide outside off, Aaron pushes it
towards backward point, Polly dived full length to his right, but
couldn't stop it, they get a single
48.2 Sammy to Aaron, FOUR!!,
is this the decisive hit? short and wide outside off, Aaron reaches for
it and cuts it past the fielder to square third man, it was well hit
and the deep fielder had no chance of cutting it off, just 4 needed now
48.1
Sammy to Umesh Yadav, 1 run, this time he's taken the single, this is
surprising, angling into the pads, Umesh Yadav clips it to backward
square leg, there was a slight fumble in the deep, but Aaron had
over-run
