India made four changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Murali Vijay, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ashish Nehra made way for three Twenty20 International debutants (Parthiv, Shikhar Dhawan and Subramaniam Badrinath, the player of the match) and Harbhajan Singh.
The West Indies made ten changes to their playing
eleven – Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo,
Ramnaresh Sarwan, Wavell Hinds, Denesh Ramdin, Sulieman Benn, Kemar Roach and
Jerome Taylor made way for Andre Fletcher, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Marlon
Samuels, Danza Hyatt, Chris Barnwell, Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Devendra
Bishoo and Ravi Rampaul.
On winning the toss, Daren Sammy, the West Indies’
skipper, inserted the visitors.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They had scored
46, and lost a wicket.
Dhawan, who faced 11 balls, eventually scored five.
Three overs into the match, he was caught by Fletcher. Sammy broke the 13-run
stand.
Virat Kohli, whose 12-ball innings included a couple
of boundaries, scored 14. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Hyatt.
Sammy broke the 35-run stand.
The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark.
Parthiv, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six,
scored 26. The next ball, he was caught by Samuels off the bowling of Sammy.
India scored 50 off 7.5 overs (48 balls). The West
Indies had conceded three extras at that point.
Suresh Raina, India’s skipper, faced half-a-dozen
balls, scoring a couple. Ten balls later, he was caught by Barnwell. Sammy
broke the eight-run stand.
India scored 100 off 16 overs (98 balls). The West
Indies had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 46 balls. While
Badrinath’s contribution to the partnership was 28, Rohit Sharma’s contribution
to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Sharma, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, eventually scored 26. Fifty-four balls later, Barnwell broke the
71-run partnership.
Badrinath, whose 37-ball innings included five
boundaries, eventually scored 43. Three balls later, he was caught by Fletcher.
Needless to say, Bishoo was in seventh heaven.
India scored 150 off 19.2 overs (118 balls). The West
Indies had conceded 13 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number
of extras they eventually conceded.
Yusuf Pathan, whose six-ball innings included a couple
of sixes, scored 15. He was unbeaten, as was Harbhajan, who also scored 15. He
had a reason to be in seventh heaven – his innings included a boundary and a
six.
India scored 159 for the loss of half-a-dozen extras
off 20 overs. Russell, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 26. He was
wicketless, as were Rampaul and Nurse, who bowled four overs apiece. While the
former conceded 38, the latter conceded 23.
Barnwell, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 24.
He picked up a wicket, as did Bishoo, who bowled four overs, conceding 31.
Sammy, who bowled four overs, conceded 16. He picked up four scalps.
The first Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings –
which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over.
They had scored 31, and lost a couple of wickets.
Simmons, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary,
scored nine. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Ravichandran
Ashwin broke the 22-run stand.
The second-wicket pair failed to get off the mark.
Fletcher, whose 16-ball innings included a six, scored (Pat)eleven. Three balls
later, Munaf broke the one-run stand.
The West Indies scored 50 off nine overs (54 balls).
India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 57 balls. While
Bravo’s contribution to the partnership was 23, Samuels’ contribution to it was
26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Samuels, whose 29-ball innings included three
boundaries, scored 27. Sixty-seven balls later, he was caught by Parthiv.
Harbhajan broke the 66-run partnership.
Bravo, whose run-a-ball innings included five
boundaries, eventually scored 41. A couple of balls later, Harbhajan broke the
four-run stand.
Hyatt, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary
and a six, scored 14. He was unbeaten.
Sammy, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the
(Ku)mark. Three balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Praveen broke the one-run
stand.
Barnwell, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and three sixes, scored 34.
The number of extras they eventually conceded gave
India no reason to be in seventh heaven. The West Indies, who scored 143 for
the loss of five wickets off 20 overs, lost by 16 runs.
Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Pathan, who conceded 22, was wicketless. Munaf, Ashwin and Kumar (whose spell
included a maiden) picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 35, 30, and 27,
respectively. Harbhajan, who conceded 25, picking up a couple of scalps apiece.
India won the one-off match.
