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In reply to the pity score of 182 runs made by the West Indies, India started poor innings as the openers Rohit Sharma and Shikar Dhawan had sent to the pavilion by the Jerome Taylor in early overs. While Virat Kohli has done a commendable work along with Rahane, to make the match alive till India reached 63 in 15 overs.
Captain Dhoni (45*) and Suresh Raina (22) put India on a winning path after Rahane's exit. Ravichandran Ashwin (16*) helped Dhoni to fish the match with 65 balls remaining and 4 wickets in hand.
Before the Indian batting West Indies has not impressed its fans, since Gayle, Smith and Samuels have disappointed with their poor performance. The valiant Gayle once looked strong with 2 fours and one six, but Shami and Mohit together said bye to him at his individual score of 21 runs and the team were at 35 runs of the team score. After Gayle, Jonathan Carter and the senior player Darren Sammy have tried to put the Windies on track but they were sent to pavilion by Ashwin and Shami respectively.
We must come across the skipper Jason Holder, who scored 57 runs powerfully with boundaries including 3 sixes, The team’s innings ended with his departure at 182 runs.
Mohammed Shami has been given the Man of the Match title, he has taken crucial Smith, Gayle and Sammy's wickets in ensuring India's victory. India won the match but, the batting department struggled to fight as the Windies bowlers maintained the tight bowling with line and length.
-Kannamsai
