India vs West Indies 2nd ODI: Windies win thriller by two wickets

WEST INDIES WIN BY TWO WICKETS

WEST INDIES INNINGS

West Indies showed a lot of character in their batting building quick partsnerships with Darren Sammy emerging the Man of the Match in today's nail biting finish.

Powell 59 and Bravo 50 led well the Windies attack.

Simmons 62 and Sammy 63 n.o ensured West Indies were on the right track.

Charles 12 and DJ Bravo 18 contributed well to the score. Holder 7 was dismissed by Shami attempting a bold shot.

India showed some fielding lapses with Bravo being dropped on three ocassion and Dhawan failing to see the ball as Sammy hit a four as the game drew to a end..

Kumar, Ashwin and Shami claimed two wickets each while Jadeja and Sharma had to be content with one wicket.

West Indies 289-8 in 49.3 overs

West Indies win by two wickets with 3 balls remaining.

Sammy guides West Indies to victory hitting Sharma to take the winning run. WI win by 2 wickets.

 Shami concedes 3 runs checking the Windies run rate.WI 286-8 in 49 overs.

SP Narine c sub (AT Rayudu) b Mohammed Shami 0 (3m 3b 0x4 0x6) 

Shami gets his second victim sending back Narine. WI 286-8

JO Holder c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 7 (5b 1x4 0x6) 

Jadeja strikes for India stunning Simmons with a LBW. WI 267-6

LMP Simmons lbw b Jadeja 62 (74b 5x4 1x6) 

Shami is punished by Sammy and Simmons conceding 13 runs of this crucial over. WI 263-5 in 46 overs.

Sammy hits a huge six adding to the odd singles. Sharma gives away 11 runs.WI 248-5 in 44 overs.

Jadeja concedes 11 runs with Simmons and Sammy hitting their shots.WI 237-5 in 43 overs.

Sammy slams two boundaries to add to the quick singles off Shami. WI 215-5 in 41 overs.

Kumar concedes 3 runs as West Indies cautiously approach the target roating strike. WI 203-5 in 40 overs.

Kumar strikes for India dismissing DJ Bravo who pulls a lofted shot to Dhawan. WI 185-5.

DJ Bravo c Dhawan b Kumar 18 (26b 2x4 0x6) 

DJ Bravo goes for the big shots slamming Raina to the fence. WI 185-4 in 34 overs.

Raina plugs the run flow conceding one run. WI 163-4 in 30 overs.

Simmons hits Jadeja twice to the ropes speeding up the run chase.WI 160-4 in 28 overs.

Ashwin takes out Powell who attempts a shot, misses and Dhoni stumps him. WI 147-4.

KOA Powell st Dhoni b Ashwin 59 (70b 7x4 1x6) 

Powell attempts to push the run rate slamming Ashwin for a huge four.WI 141-3 in 25 overs.

Powell gets his 53 off 62 balls. WI 131-3 in 23 overs.

Ashwin strikes for India sending back the well settled Bravo who slices the ball to Dhoni. WI 123-3.

DM Bravo c Dhoni b Ashwin 50 (54b 8x4 0x6) 

Bravo was dropped thrice depicting the fielding lapse. WI 109-2 in 21 overs.

Shami concedes 6 runs of this over. WI 106-2 in 20 overs.

Bravo goes after Ashwin slamming him to the ropes. WI 100-2 in 19 overs.

Raina gives away 6 runs as the batsmen rotate strike. WI 86-2 in 16 overs.

Raina concedes 8 runs of this over with Bravo doing all the fireworks. WI 79-2 in 14 overs.

Raina brought into the attack but Powell slams him to the ropes. WI 67-2 in 12 overs.

Bravo steps up the attack slamming Sharma to the boundary thrice. WI 60-2 in 10 overs.

Shami fails to contain Bravo who slams him to the ropes.WI 46-2 in 9 overs.

Sharma concedes 6 runs plugging Powell's runs. WI 41-2 in 8 overs.

Kumar concedes 12 runs with Powell slamming him hard to the ropes. WI 35-2 in 7 overs.

Sharma concedes 8 runs of this over. WI 23-2 in 6 overs.

MN Samuels c Dhoni b MM Sharma 8 (10b 2x4 0x6) 

Rohit Sharma strikes another vital blow for Windies sending back Samuels. WI 23-2.

Kumar bowls a maiden over. WI 15-1 in 5 overs.

Samels and Powell attempt to take on the Indian bowlers but Sharma concedes 2 runs. WI 14-1 in 3 overs.

J Charles c & b Kumar 12 (9b 2x4 0x6) 

OUT! Kumar strikes for India getting Charles after he just began to attack the bowlers. WI 14-1.

Charles slams Mohit Sharma for a boundary as West Indies begin their run chase cautiously. WI 12-0 in 2 overs.

Kumar goes into the attack conceding 6 runs with Charles slamming him to the ropes once. WI 6-0 in 1 over

INDIA INNINGS

It was not the best of starts for India with Rampaul dismissing Rohit Sharma 12 and Dhawan being sent back 35 LBW by Permaul.

Rampaul struck the heart of the Indian batting dismmising the danger men.

Virat Kohli was denied his ton at 99 by Rampaul attempting a huge shot taken by Holder while Raina was dismissed at 24 by Rampaul.

Yuvraj Singh added 28 runs before being dismissed by Sammy.

Dhoni and Ashwin escallated the score by some brilliant knocks.

Ashwin  19 was dismissed by Holder attempting a reverse shot behind the wickets to Charles.

Dhoni played a captains knock and was not out at 51.

Jadeja added 10 runs before Rampaul getting him clean bowled.

The new batsman Kumar was not out at 1 with India piling 288-7 in their allotted 50 overs match.

India 288-7 in 50 overs

Ashwin turns up the heat with a huge six and four before being dismissed. Dhoni and new batsman Kumar attempt to go for the shots but fail.

R Ashwin c Charles b Holder 19 (10b 2x4 1x6) 

Holder gets Ashwin who attempts a reverse sweep behind the stumps.

Dhoni goes after Rampaul and hits a huge six. Dhoni has upset Rampauls plan of action. India 275-6 in 49 overs.

Ashwin and Dhoni slam Holder to the ropes. Holder concedes 12 runs.India 261-6 in 48 overs.

Rampaul gets a wicket but fails to contain the runs flow. Dhoni takes over and slams him twice to the ropes.India 249-6 in 47 overs.

RA Jadeja b Rampaul 10 (20b 0x4 0x6) 

Rampaul strikes yet again for West Indies. Jadeja misreads the ball and is beaten. India 240-6.

Dhoni goes after Bravo hitting hard over the fence. Bravo gives away 12 runs. India 238-5 in 46 overs

Maiden over by Narine. West Indies attempt to pile pressure on Dhoni and Jadeja. India 226-5 in 45 overs.

Holder attempts to put the brakes on the Indians concedes 4 runs. India 226-5 in 44 overs.

Narine concedes 3 runs with Dhoni and Jadeja at the crease. India 219-5 in 42 overs.

Dhoni takes on Holder and hammers him out over the fence for a huge six. Holder concedes 10 runs. India 219-5 in 42 overs.

Narine bowls a maiden over. India 209-5 in 41 overs.

Kohli c Holder b Rampaul 99 (100b 9x4 0x6)  

Kohli dismissed at 99 by Rampaul while attempting a huge shot off a bouncer with the ball swirling down to fine leg with Holder diving forward to get a very low catch.

Tidy spell by Narine concedes two runs. India 207-4 in 39 overs.Raina falls as Rampaul pitches it up from round the wicket as Raina swings, and top-edges to extra cover.

Raina c  Bravo b Rampaul 23 (24b 2x4 0x6)

Narine attacks but manages to give away three runs. India 202-3 in 37 overs.

Holder attempts to break the partnership between Raina and Kohli but concedes 5 runs. India 199-3 in 36 overs.

Kohli and Raina build on a steady partnership as Bravo concedes 10 runs. India 194-3 in 35 overs

India cruise along with Bravo conceding 8 runs. India 179-3 in 33 overs.

Skipper Bravo returns only to be despatched to the fine leg fence by Kohli and also dropped a return catch. Ind 156-3 in 31 overs.

Sammy strikes as Yuvraj miscues to Samuels at midwicket. Ind 138-3 in 27.4 overs.

Yuvraj Singh c Samuels b Sammy 28 (49b 3x4 1x6)

Kohli cracks consecutive boundaries off Sammy to bring up his half century.

Yuvraj gets another boundary sweeping Permaul past backward square leg. Ind 126-2 in 26 overs.

Yuvraj hits the first six of the match sweeping Narine over midwicket. Ind 119-2 in 25 overs.

Kohli paddles Narine to the fine leg fence. Ind 105-2 in 21 overs.

Yuvraj is growing in confidence sweeping Permaul to the square leg fence. Ind 99-2 in 20 overs.

Yuvraj breaks the shackles by pulling Narine over midwicket for his first boundary. Ind 93-2 in 19 overs.

Narine comes into the attack and Kohli takes him sweeping the second delivery to the midwicket fence. Ind 83-2 in 17 overs.

Permaul strikes after being hit for a boundary by Dhawan who is caught at slip. Ind 69-2 in 13.2 overs.    

Shikhar Dhawan c DJ Bravo b Permaul 35 (37b 5x4 0x6)

Dhawan gets another boundary edging Bravo to the fine leg fence. Ind 55-1 in 11 overs.

Dhawan drives Holder through the covers for the sixth boundary at the end of the Powerplay overs. Ind 49-1 in 10 overs.

Rampaul fails to tame Dhawan who slams him to the ropes, concedes 10 runs. India 34-1 in 7 overs.

Holder continues the attack for West Indies conceding two runs. India 24-1 in 6 overs.

Rampaul dismisses Rohit Sharma and conceding five runs. India 21-1 in 5 overs.

Rohit Sharma c Sammy b Rampaul 12 (19b 3x4 0x6)

Rampaul dismisses Rohit Sharma with a brilliant bowl. India 21-1.

Holder fails to contain Dhawan who slams him twice to the ropes. 17-0 in 4 overs

Rampaul bowls a tidy spell conceding two runs. India 11-0 in 3 overs.

Holder manages to put the brakes on India conceding one run. India 9-0 in 2 overs.

Good start for India as Rohit slams two boundaries as Rampaul attempts to strike for West Indies. India 8-0 in 1 over.

West Indies have two changes, Kieran Powell is in for Gayle, and Veerasammy Permaul has been included in place of Narsingh Deonarine.India have one change, Mohit Sharma is in for Unadkat.

PLAYING XI

INDIA: RG Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, B Kumar, Mohammed Shami, MM Sharma

WEST INDIES: KOA Powell, J Charles, MN Samuels, DM Bravo, LMP Simmons, DJ Bravo, DJG Sammy, SP Narine, V Permaul, JO Holder, R Rampaul

India secured an easy six-wicket victory over West Indies in the first ODI at the Nehru Stadium in Kochi to lead the series 1-0.

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