West Indies pip India by 3 wickets
Posted on Oct 26, 2006 at 14:01 | Updated Oct 27, 2006 at 13:10
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Yet no signs of the Prince. Brian Lara, only announced fit for the game during the morning of the match, saved himself and allowed Runako Morton to step up.
Morton, though not striking the ball with much venom, certainly made sure that he would put a price on his wicket. And so he did, placing the ball in the gaps, quietly cutting down on the target. The support from the other end by Ramnaresh Sarwan, just like Brian Lara’s presence during the match against Australia, was evidently rubbing off on Morton too.
Sarwan worked his way to a 50; the pair was closing in on seeing their side through to register another memorable win for the Caribbeans, close to adding to the recent successes against India.
Morton by now had lost the nerves, his shots reached the fielders like a tracer bullet if not beating them to the fence. A keen contest in the offing had lost the fizz, Team India’s shoulder’s had dropped down.
Right when it seemed it was all over for India, Ajit Agarkar struck when Runako Morton went for a cross-batted swat, but completely missed it before the stumps to be declared out leg before with 13 runs remaining.
A bizarre series of events followed Morton’s dismissal, as West Indies, prone to dismal collapses in the past, almost relived the horror when Lara, Sarwan and Dwayne Smith went back to the pavilion in the space of seven runs.
Drama ensued as the hosts found themselves back in the game with Windies requiring four from three balls. Marlon Samuels however didn’t buckle under pressure, for he dispatched the next Ajit Agarkar delivery fiercely to the fence, clinching a thrilling win for his team with two balls to spare.
India struggle
Batting woes continued for India in their Group A match against the West Indies at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera (Ahmedabad) on Thursday.
The Indian total was build around Dhoni’s 51 and Rahul Dravid’s 49. Dhoni was run out in the last over of the Indian innings going for a second run when West Indies wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh collected the throw by Shivnarine Chanderpaul neatly and broke the stumps with the batsman just inches short of his ground.
After being put in to bat by Windies skipper Brian Lara, India managed to put up 223 on board thanks to some lusty hitting by wicketkeeper/batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni who scored 51 off 65 balls with the help of two massive sixes and one four.
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Posted By Ankit Choudhry
Whole indian team was resposible for loss agaist WI.Lots of misfielding...............lots of wides in death overs ...............blunder in team selection.........poor
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Posted By Raj
Just read an hillarious comment about Suresh Raina\\Mohammad Kaif:
\"It is sad that players such VVS Laxman and Saurav Ganguli have
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Posted By M.V.Menon
Why blame Shewag? The ones to be kicked out are Greggy & Jammy.
If Ganguly was checked out because his avg.
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Posted By Vimal
1. WHY THE HELL, WOULD YOU PLAY WITH 4 QUICKIES ON A SLOW WICKET? WE ARE INDIAN TEAM NOT SOUTH
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Posted By s santhanam
If India is to lift any trophies at international level, BCCI should organize series only with Kenya, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Nepal
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