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28 March 2024

India vs West Indies 1st ODI: Windies rout India by 124 runs

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By Cricket Correspondent and Agencies

West Indies beat India by 124 runs in the first ODI in Kochi to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series on Wednesday.

Chasing a target of 322, India were bowled out for 197 in 41 overs.

India lost their way despite openers Rahane (24) and Dhawan posted 49 runs.

Dhawan top scored with 68 and Jadeja remained unbeaten on 33 but lost wickets at regular intervals.

Samuels followed up his unbeaten century claiming two for 10 in three overs.

INDIA INNINGS

Rampaul yorks Shami to end the defiance of the last pair as India are all out for 197 in 41 overs.

Mohammed Shami b Rampaul 19 (17b 2x4 1x6)

India have lost their ninth wicket. Ind 155-9 ni 36 overs.

Mohit Sharma c Taylor b Rampaul 8 (7b 2x4 0x6)

Mishra is trapped leg before as India lost their eighth wicket. Ind 146-8 in 34.3 overs.

Amit Mishra lbw b DJ Bravo 5 (13b 1x4 0x6)

SEVEN DOWN! Sammy takes a superb catch at slip as Kumar nicks Samuels. Ind 138-7 in 30.4 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Sammy b Samuels 2 (10b 0x4 0x6)

OUT! Samuels strikes a deadly blow rattling the stumps of Dhawan in his first over. Ind 134-6 in 28.4 overs.

Shikhar Dhawan b Samuels 68 (92b 9x4 0x6)

OUT!
Sammy strikes with a peach of delivery to virtually york the Indian captain. Ind 114-5 in 25.1 overs.

MS Dhoni b Sammy 8 (21b 0x4 0x6)

Dhawan completes his ninth ODI half century. Ind 105-4 in 23 overs.

OUT! Bravo strikes a deadly blow flattening the stumps of the in-form Raina for a duck. Ind 83-4 in 16.2 overs.

Suresh Raina b Dwayne Bravo 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)

OUT! The pressure is mounting on India as Rayudu goes. Ind 82-3 in 15.5 overs.

Ambati Rayudu c Benn b Russell 13 (21b 1x4 0x6)

OUT! Double trouble for India as Kohli angles his bat only to give a regulation catch to Sammy at slips. Ind 55-2 in 9.5 overs.

Virat Kohli c Sammy b Taylor 2 (5b 0x4 0x6)

RUN OUT! Disaster for India as a mix-up results in both openers ending up at one end. Ind 49-1 in 8.4 overs.

Ajinkya Rahane run out 24 (22b 4x4 0x6)

Rahane hits the first boundary of the Indian innings pulling Taylor from outside off to square leg. Ind 15-0 in 4 overs.

WEST INDIES INNINGS

West Indies powered by an unbeaten century from Marlon Samuels (126) made a challenging total of 321-6 after being put into bat.

Samuels made a spectacular returns to the national side cracking 11 fours and four sixes facing 116 during his superb knock.

Smith gave Windies the ideal start with a breezy run-a-ball 46 which was laced with four boundaries and two sixes, sharing in a 64-run stand for the second with Darren Bravo (28).

Ramdin (61) and Samuels ran the Indian bowling ragged during a record fourth wicket stand of 165.

But India clawed back in the later overs to prevent West Indies from running away with the match.

Shami returned best figures of four for 66.

OUT! Wickets are tumbling in a heap in the final overs. WI 298-6 in 48 overs.

Andre Russell c Kohli b Mohammed Shami 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)

OUT! Pollard goes cheaply castled by Shami attempting a scoop shot. WI 296-3 in 47.3 overs.

Kieron Pollard b Mohammed Shami 2 (4b 0x4 0x6)

OUT!
Jadeja finally breaks the fourth wicket stand of 165 as Ramdin holes out in the deep. WI 285-4 in 45.4 overs.

Denesh Ramdin c Jadeja b Mohammed Shami 61 (59b 5x4 2x6)

Samuels completes his sixth hundred and only second against India. WI 280-3 in 45 overs.

SIXES! Samuels breaks the shackles by lofting Mishra for two consecutive maximums. WI 166-3 in 31 overs.

OUT! Bravo hammers a six off Mishra and then perishes next ball holing out to Dhawan in the deep. WI 120-3 in 22.3 overs.

Darren Bravo c Dhawan b Mishra 28 (45b 2x4 1x6)

OUT! Jadeja has the last laugh after being thumped for a six by Smith castling his CSK team mate next ball. WI 98-2 in 17.2 overs.

Dwayne Smith b Jadeja 46 (45b 4x4 2x6)

SIX! Jadeja comes into the attack and his third ball is launched over long-on for the first six of the match by Darren Bravo. WI 59-1 in 10 overs.

Smith gets cracking with two consecutive boundaries off his Chennai Super Kings mate Mohit. WI 48-1 in 9 overs.

OUT! Shami strikes as Bravo fishes at a delivery which seamed away late to get a thick edge to second slip. WI 34-1 in 7.1 overs.

Dwayne Bravo c Dhawan b Mohammed Shami 17 (24b 4x4 0x6)

Bravo gets cracking with a couple of boundaries off Shami.

Bravo stands tall and punches Mohit through the covers for a couple of boundaries. WI 16-0 in 2 overs.

Smith hits the first boundary of the match slamming Kumar through the covers. WI 5-0 in 1 over.

Dwayne Bravo and Dwayne Smith are opening batting while Kumar has the new ball.

PLAYING XI

India: S Dhawan, AM Rahane, V Kohli, AT Rayudu, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, A Mishra, Mohammed Shami, MM Sharma

West Indies: DR Smith, MN Samuels, DM Bravo, D Ramdin, DJ Bravo, KA Pollard, DJG Sammy, AD Russell, SJ Benn, R Rampaul, JE Taylor

India have won the toss and opted to bowl first against West Indies in the opening one-day international.

India will start favourites as they take on West Indies in the first of the five ODIs at Kochi's Nehru Stadium on Wednesday not having lost their last three ODI home series against the Caribbean team.

West Indies are without two key players Chris Gayle (injury) and Sunil Narine who has been withdrawn after being reported for a suspect action during the Champions League T20 held in India.

West Indian players have agreed to play the 1st ODI in Kochi despite payment disputes with their Board, according to a tweet from sports.ndtv.com.

The West Indies cricket team’s opening One Day International (ODI) against India in Kochi from 2.30 pm local time (1.00pm UAE) today is in danger of being abandoned as the players, their union—the West Indies Players Association (WIPA)—and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) remain locked in a confusing three-way financial dispute, according to wired868.com.

At the heart of the dispute is the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed by the WICB and WIPA, on behalf of the players, on 18 September 2014, it reported.

The West Indies A’ team, conveniently, is just a one hour flight away from India in neighbouring Sri Lanka. But its manager, Lockhart Sebastian, did not get far when he invited players to step into the breach and represent the full West Indies ODI team today.

The West Indies players have offered a compromise. They are willing to play today under the old CBA/MOU until a new one can be renegotiated.

“We are of the view that this proposal would be an acceptable way forward since everything remains the same,” said the players, in their letter to WIPA, “and more importantly neither the WICB nor the players are in a disadvantageous position while we continue to discuss further…

“Let us continue under the old structure until we are able to properly negotiate a fair and reasonable agreement in the best interest of West Indies cricket.”

EARLIER: A strike could hit West Indies' tour opener against India on Wednesday due to a row between leading West Indies players and their own union.

The match in Kochi, where the teams are already assembled, is the first of five one-day internationals to be followed by three Test matches and a Twenty20 international.

As a mark of protest, West Indies players skipped the scheduled training session on Tuesday and skipper Dwayne Bravo did not attend the customary trophy unveiling ceremony, according to ndtv.com.

Bravo also skipped the pre-match media conference.

The West Indies Players Assocation (WIPA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) signed a new agreement last month covering pay and conditions but all-rounder Dwayne Bravo said players were kept in the dark about the talks and would not accept the outcome.

"We believe we are being hoodwinked and are being treated like little school boys, yet we are being asked to perform and play as professionals," Bravo wrote in a letter to WIPA president Wavell Hinds published by the Caribbean website Wired868.com.

"The players are of the view that as a matter of principle, we should not accept these conditions whereby we are being asked to play a series against India without any certainty of what are our obligations and what we will be playing for."

The WICB said in a statement on Tuesday that they were aware of the dispute and the possibility of a strike.

"It has also come to the WICB's attention that the some of the players could withdraw their services for the first ODI. The WICB deeply regrets this apparent eventuality, especially in light of the tedious and substantial work which went into the good faith negotiations to arrive at the new, historic CBA/MOU.

"The WICB apologises to the fans, the BCCI and all other stakeholders should the first ODI be disrupted as a result of player action. The WICB is making every effort to ensure that it fulfills all its commitments and that cricket is played," said the statement.

Bravo wrote in his letter that players were being asked to take a substantial loss as part of a deal they were not party to. He said the tour should be conducted under previous contractual terms until a solution was found.

WIPA was not immediately available for comment.

West Indies players last boycotted a series in 2009 when they, backed by WIPA, refused to play a home campaign against Bangladesh due to a previous contract dispute.

When top players went on strike the WICB brought in a second-string squad to complete the series.

Bravo suggested that WIPA chief Hinds may be suffering from a conflict of interests.

"Perhaps Mr. Hinds, the confusion of the plethora of positions that you occupy being Chairman of Selectors for Jamaica Senior team, a Board member of the Jamaica Cricket Association and the dual role of President and CEO of WIPA have in some way contributed to the confusion or perhaps being a member of the same club as (WICB president Dave) Cameron in some way may have clouded your judgment," he wrote.

A WIPA press release regarding the signing of the new collective bargaining agreement on Sept. 18 noted that the arrangement would see better deals for players outside of the full West Indies team with more than 100 players being kept on retainers.

According to WIPA secretary Wayne Lewis, it "involved allowing the WICB to reallocate about $2.3 million which represented amounts paid annually only to those cricketers who were selected to the senior WI team."