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Virat Kohli struck a magnificent 127 as India crusied to a 59-run win over the West Indies in Dharamsala on Friday and sealed the ODI series 2-1
Virat Kohli reassured that he is back in form and struck a sublime knock off 114 balls to push India to 330 for six after the West Indies put them in to bat
Openers Shikhar Dhawan (38) Ajinkya Rahane(68) and Suresh Raina (71) were the other big contributors to the formidable score.
For West Indies Marlon Samuels (112 off 106 with 4x9 and 6x6)scored his seventh ODI hundred and second in three matches.Marlon Samuels fought a lost battle with Darren Bravo (40) chipping in at the top. Andre Russell came up with a 46-run cameo (off 23 balls) towards the end.
West Indies won the toss and chose to field
Scorecard
India scored 330/6 in 50 Overs
Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ajinkya Rahane | lbw b Sulieman Benn | 68 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 86.08 |
Shikhar Dhawan | c Darren Bravo b Andre Russell | 35 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 100.00 |
Virat Kohli | run out (Denesh Ramdin) | 127 | 114 | 13 | 3 | 111.40 |
Suresh Raina | c Denesh Ramdin b Jerome Taylor | 71 | 58 | 3 | 5 | 122.41 |
MS Dhoni (C) (W) | run out (Kieron Pollard) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120.00 |
Ravindra Jadeja | c Andre Russell b Jason Holder | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Ambati Rayudu | not out | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 171.43 |
Akshar Patel | ||||||
Mohammed Shami | ||||||
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | ||||||
Umesh Yadav |
Extras: 9 (b - 0, w - 3, no - 6, lb - 0, penalty - 0) | |
Fall of Wickets | 1/70 (Shikhar Dhawan 11.3ov.) 2/142 (Ajinkya Rahane 26.4ov.) 3/280 (Suresh Raina 44.4ov.) 4/290 (MS Dhoni 46.3ov.) 5/300 (Ravindra Jadeja 47.2ov.) 6/330 (Virat Kohli 50ov.) |
Bowlers | O | M | R | WKT | NO | WD | ECON |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerome Taylor | 9 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.56 |
Jason Holder | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.78 |
Andre Russell | 7 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.86 |
Sulieman Benn | 8 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 |
Marlon Samuels | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 |
Dwayne Bravo | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.5 |
Kieron Pollard | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dwayne Smith | c Mohammed Shami b Umesh Yadav | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Darren Bravo | b Akshar Patel | 40 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 78.43 |
Kieron Pollard | c Shikhar Dhawan b Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 19.35 |
Marlon Samuels | b Mohammed Shami | 112 | 106 | 9 | 6 | 105.66 |
Denesh Ramdin (W) | c Akshar Patel b Ravindra Jadeja | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
Dwayne Bravo (C) | lbw b Ravindra Jadeja | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Darren Sammy | c & b Akshar Patel | 16 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 76.19 |
Andre Russell | b Umesh Yadav | 46 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 200.00 |
Jason Holder | c Suresh Raina b Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 137.50 |
Jerome Taylor | b Mohammed Shami | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
Sulieman Benn | not out | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
Extras: 19 (b - 0, w - 9, no - 10, lb - 0, penalty - 0) | |
Fall of Wickets | 1/1 (Dwayne Smith 2ov.) 2/27 (Kieron Pollard 11ov.) 3/83 (Darren Bravo 20.2ov.) 4/120 (Denesh Ramdin 27.1ov.) 5/121 (Dwayne Bravo 27.4ov.) 6/165 (Darren Sammy 35.1ov.) 7/222 (Andre Russell 40.5ov.) 8/239 (Jason Holder 43.3ov.) 9/260 (Jerome Taylor 46.3ov.) 10/271 (Marlon Samuels 48.1ov.) |
Bowlers | O | M | R | WKT | NO | WD | ECON |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 10 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
Umesh Yadav | 9 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.89 |
Mohammed Shami | 9.1 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7.85 |
Virat Kohli | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Akshar Patel | 10 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 |
Ravindra Jadeja | 9 | 1 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8.89 |
Match Statistics
- If he bats, Virat Kohli will play his 50th ODI innings at home. If he scores 7 or more, he will become the second batsman after Michael Bevan to have 50-plus averages after 50-plus innings, both home and away.
- Dwayne Bravo is on the cusp of two milestones: he is 32 runs and a wicket away from becoming the ninth player to complete the ODI double of 3000 runs and 200 wickets.
- The fourth game at Dharamsala between India and West Indies is the 250th ODI for Dhoni. He also became the fourth wicket-keeper in the annals of ODIs to appear in 250-plus games. Others are - Kumar Sangakkara (336), Mark Boucher (294) and Adam Gilchrist (282).
- Ajinkya Rahane needs to score 18 to reach 1000 ODI runs.
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