The game between West Indies and India was played between yesterday. Both the Indians were keen to win the match as India looked forward to seal the series West Indies were on their heels in the absence of Chris Gayle as they had to win the match in order to remain alive in the 3-match series.
The toss went the West Indies way as who decided to bowl first. India didn't mind batting first. Though they lost Rohit Sharma early on in the hunt but still Virat Kohli & the skipper Ms Dhoni were right where they left in the last match. Unfortunately Virat Koli fell 1 short for his 100 and got out to Ravi Rampaul on 99 while the skipper MS Dhoni blasted the ball for his quick fire of 51 runs. India managed a reasonable total of 288 runs/7 wickets. Ravi Rampaul got 4 wickets for 60 runs.
West Indies started just with the right passion but without Gayle in the side it just looked impossible but batters had other ideas. Though Johnson Charles and Marlon Samuels left earlier in the innings but Kieran Powell and Darren Bravo pulled up their side by scoring 50 and 52 runs respectively . Lendl Simmons also delivered a cameo of 62 runs. West Indies were bit disturbed in the middle overs where they lost their 5 wickets. But Darren Sammy remained there and made sure that he got his time right over the line and scored a healthy 63 runs*. West Indies closed the match in the last over and won by 2 wickets with 3 balls to spare.Bhushvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Muhammad Shami got 2 wickets each but it was all in vain.
Man of the Match was awarded to Darren Sammy for his match saving innings of 63 runs* and a key wicket of Yuvraj Singh. So West Indies square the series as they remain alive in the 3 match series. Let's see what happens in the last and decisive match and who take the trophy home.......
The toss went the West Indies way as who decided to bowl first. India didn't mind batting first. Though they lost Rohit Sharma early on in the hunt but still Virat Kohli & the skipper Ms Dhoni were right where they left in the last match. Unfortunately Virat Koli fell 1 short for his 100 and got out to Ravi Rampaul on 99 while the skipper MS Dhoni blasted the ball for his quick fire of 51 runs. India managed a reasonable total of 288 runs/7 wickets. Ravi Rampaul got 4 wickets for 60 runs.
West Indies started just with the right passion but without Gayle in the side it just looked impossible but batters had other ideas. Though Johnson Charles and Marlon Samuels left earlier in the innings but Kieran Powell and Darren Bravo pulled up their side by scoring 50 and 52 runs respectively . Lendl Simmons also delivered a cameo of 62 runs. West Indies were bit disturbed in the middle overs where they lost their 5 wickets. But Darren Sammy remained there and made sure that he got his time right over the line and scored a healthy 63 runs*. West Indies closed the match in the last over and won by 2 wickets with 3 balls to spare.Bhushvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Muhammad Shami got 2 wickets each but it was all in vain.
Man of the Match was awarded to Darren Sammy for his match saving innings of 63 runs* and a key wicket of Yuvraj Singh. So West Indies square the series as they remain alive in the 3 match series. Let's see what happens in the last and decisive match and who take the trophy home....... 
A week ago no one could have predicted that Pak, WI and AUS would win on the same day and that too against SA, IND and ENG respectively. What a strange game this is!!!
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