India made no changes to their playing eleven.
The West Indies made three changes to the (Fid)eleven
that last played the Indians – Andre Fletcher, Lendl Simmons, Jerome Taylor and
Edwards made way for Darren Sammy, Wavell Hinds and Kemar Roach.
On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper,
inserted the hosts.
Prior to the start of play, the ground was wet.
The West Indies’ openers put on 50 off 8.3 overs (52
balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. While the contribution
of Chris Gayle, the West Indies’ skipper and the player of the match, to the
partnership was 33, Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s contribution to it was 17.
Chanderpaul, whose 29-ball innings included a couple
of boundaries, eventually scored 23. Seventy-two balls into the match, he was
caught by Dhoni. Ashish Nehra broke the 80-run partnership.
Gayle’s half-century – which included three boundaries
and as many sixes – came off 41 balls.
The West Indies scored 100 off 13.2 overs (82 balls).
India had conceded five extras at that point.
Sammy, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries
and a six, scored 19. Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by Murali Vijay.
Ravindra Jadeja broke the 39-run stand.
The West Indies scored 150 off 17.5 overs (109 balls).
India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
Kieron Pollard, whose 17-ball innings included a
couple of sixes, scored 11. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Yusuf Pathan.
Zaheer Khan broke the 41-run stand.
Dwayne Bravo, who faced a couple of balls, scored a
run. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Nehra broke the
three-run stand.
Ramnaresh Sarwan, who faced a couple of balls, scored
a run. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Sharma. Nehra broke the
one-run stand.
The sixth-wicket pair put on a run. Gayle, whose
66-ball innings included five boundaries and seven extras, eventually scored
98. The next ball, the substitute, Dinesh Karthik, and Dhoni ran him out.
Hinds, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten, as was Denesh
Ramdin, who faced a couple of balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a
boundary.
The number of extras they eventually conceded gave
India no reason to be in seventh heaven. The West Indies scored 169 for the
loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.
Suresh Raina, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded
23. He was wicketless, as were Pathan and Harbhajan Singh bowled four overs
apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 16.
Jadeja, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 27. He
picked up a wicket, as did Khan, who bowled four overs, conceding 36. Nehra,
who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He picked up three scalps.
Vijay, who faced 14 balls, had no reason to be in
seventh heaven – 19 balls into the chase, he was caught by Pollard. Sammy broke
the 12-run stand.
Gambhir, whose 14-ball innings included three
boundaries, scored 15. Nine balls later, he was caught by Ramdin. Roach broke
the 15-run stand.
Sharma, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary,
scored five. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Ramdin. Pollard broke the
11-run stand.
India scored 50 off 8.4 overs (59 balls). The number
of extras they had conceded at that point gave the West Indies no reason to be
in seventh heaven.
Raina, whose 25-ball innings included four boundaries
and a six, scored 32. Twenty-six balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught
by Sammy. Gayle broke the 42-run stand.
Yuvraj, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary,
scored a dozen. Four balls later, he was caught by Chanderpaul. Sulieman Benn
broke the one-run stand.
India scored 100 off 14.1 overs (94 balls). The West
Indies had conceded nine extras at that point.
Pathan, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of
sixes, scored 17. Seventeen balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, he was caught by Hinds.
Jerome Taylor broke the 33-run stand.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 25. Dhoni, whose
18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 29. Sixteen
balls later, Bravo ran him out.
India scored 150 off 18.4 overs (129 balls). The West
Indies had conceded 18 extras at that point.
Harbhajan, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary
and a six, scored 14. Four balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, he was caught by
Bravo. Roach broke the 11-run stand.
Jadeja, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. He
was unbeaten.
Nehra, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the
mark. Four balls later, he was caught by Benn. Bravo broke the two-run stand.
Khan, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He
was unbeaten.
The West Indies eventually conceded 19 extras. India,
who scored 155 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 14 runs.
Benn, who bowled an over, conceded a couple. He picked
up a wicket. Pollard and Gayle bowled a couple of overs each, picking up a wicket
apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 22.
Sammy, who bowled three overs, conceded 16. He picked
up a wicket. Bravo and Taylor bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece.
While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 24. Roach, who bowled four
overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of scalps.
