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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After the fall of Dravid it was up to Dhoni and Raina -- the last recognised batting pair—and they took their time to settle down as the pitch was not really conducive to stroke play.
However, Raina after hitting India first four in 72 balls was stumped by Carlton Baugh for 19 off Samuels. With the score reading 164/6 and only eight overs left not many would have put their money on India crossing the 200-run mark.
Dhoni realised that the lower order would not be able to do much came out of his shell and began taking risks. Converting ones into twos and diving full length to complete runs he gave hope that India would be able to put up a fighting total.
And the Jharkhand batsman brought up the 200 of the Indian innings in the 47th over hitting Gayle to two consecutive sixes. Harbhajan Singh gave him company, scoring 15 off 15 balls before being bowled by Taylor and Ajit Agarkar was the last man out off the last ball of 50th over.
For West Indies, Bradshaw was the most successful bowler taking three wickets.
Teams:
India: Rahul Dravid (C), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (WK), Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, Munaf Patel.
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara (C), Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith, Carlton Baugh (WK), Ian Bradshaw, Jerome Taylor.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Darryl Harper (Australia). Third umpire: Simon Taufel (Australia). Reserve umpire: Amiesh Saheba (India). Match referee: Mike Procter (South Africa).
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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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