2014 India Vs West Indies Fourth ODI At Dharamsala Friday Oct 17,2014

 

 Dalai Lama meets cricketers

 


 
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

West Indies scored 271/10 in 48.1 Overs

R/R: 5.63

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.