The action from India is back to live screens as the 1st ODI between the two Indians was played today. With a young in form Indian Batting site the Caribbeans were to be presented a tough challenge but they were ready for it.
The toss was won by the visitors and they elected to bat first. With Dwayne Bravo, Jason Holder and Ravi Rampaul, West Indies looked a much better site than the tests.
The decision proved to be a disisterous one for the islanders as the big man "Christopher Henry Gayle" was dismissed for a DUCK by Kumar. But the deck was settled by the 65 runs stand between Marlon Samuels and Johnson Charles scoring 24 and 42 runs respectively. Darren Bravo scored 59 runs but the West Indian team was bowled out for 212 runs in only 35.2 overs. Raina & Jadeja took away 3 wickets each in their complete 10 overs.
West Indies set a total of 212 runs only which proved to be a wall of sand in front of the Indians. Though Shikhar Dhawan was early taken up by Jason Holder but Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma pulled the game back scoring 86 and 72 runs respectively. The finishing touches were given by MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh finishing the match in exact 35.2 overs. India won the match comfortably by 6 wickets leading the 3 match series by 1-0. The Man of the Match was awarded to Virat Kohli for his wonderful 86 runs.
Let's see what more would be presented in the net 2 matches
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