India vs West Indies ODI Series
India vs West Indies First ODI
India win high-scoring thriller in Kingston (IND 1:0|4)
June 26, 2009
A 131 in 102 balls with 10 fours and 7 sixes from Yuvraj Singh helped India amass 339 for six in Jamaica on Friday in their first of a four-match series of one-dayers, but the determined hosts ran them close to be bowled out for 319 in the 49th over. India's total was the second highest one-day international score at Sabina Park.
Chris Gayle (37) and Runako Morton (42) put on 65 inside 10 overs for the opening stand before Ramnaresh Sarwan (45) and an aggressive Shivnarine Chanderpaul (63) kept West Indies up with the run-rate. They needed 25 to win off the last three overs with two wickets remaining but Rudra Pratap Singh bowled Sulieman Benn for seven in the 48th over, and then wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, who had kept the score ticking with a smart 29 off 26 balls, was caught by Harbhajan Singh off Ashish Nehra's first ball of the 49th over.
Earlier, deciding to bat first, India lost Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma cheaply, but Karthik (67) and Yuvraj set them on their way to the big total. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (41 of 46 balls), Yusuf Pathan (40 not out off 38) and Harbhajan Singh (21 not out off 13) chipped in with useful contributions.
First ODI, Kingston, Jamaica: India 339/6 (Yuvraj 131, Karthik 67) beat West Indies 319 (Chanderpaul 63, Ashish Nehra 3-49, Yusuf Pathan 3-56) by 20 runs
India beat West Indies by 20 runs
India won the toss and decided to bat
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339 for 6 (50.0 overs)
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319 all out (48.1 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Karthik | c Ramdin | b Bernard | 67 |
77 | 6 | 1 |
| Gambhir | c DJ Bravo | b Taylor | 13 |
14 | 0 | 1 |
| R Sharma | c DJ Bravo | b Baker | 4 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj | c Ramdin | b DJ Bravo | 131 |
102 | 10 | 7 |
| Dhoni | run out | 41 |
46 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jadeja | c Ramdin | b DJ Bravo | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Y Pathan | not out | 40 |
38 | 2 | 2 | |
| Singh | not out | 21 |
13 | 0 | 2 | |
| Extras | 3nb 10w 1b 8lb | 22 | ||||
| Total | for 6 | 339 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gayle | c Singh | b Nehra | 37 |
33 | 5 | 1 |
| Morton | c Dhoni | b Y Pathan | 42 |
51 | 4 | 1 |
| Sarwan | run out | 45 |
42 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chanderpaul | c Jadeja | b Y Pathan | 63 |
59 | 3 | 3 |
| DJ Bravo | c R Sharma | b I Sharma | 8 |
21 | 0 | 0 |
| Bravo | c Singh | b Singh | 19 |
16 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor | lbw | b Y Pathan | 21 |
15 | 4 | 0 |
| Ramdin | c Singh | b Nehra | 29 |
26 | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard | c R Sharma | b Nehra | 19 |
20 | 1 | 0 |
| Benn | b Singh | 7 |
6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Baker | not out | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 2nb 19w 4b 4lb | 29 | ||||
| Total | all out | 319 | (48.1 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: N J Llong, N A Malcolm, B C Broad, C E Mack
West Indies: Gayle (C), Morton, Sarwan, Chanderpaul, DJ Bravo, Bravo, Ramdin (W), Taylor, Bernard, Benn, Baker
India: Karthik, Gambhir, Dhoni (C/W), Yuvraj, R Sharma, Y Pathan, Jadeja, Singh, I Sharma, Singh, Nehra
Indian Tour of West Indies, 2009
India in West Indies 2009
2009 tour itinerary
Fixtures
JuneMon 22nd India Arrive Jamaica
Tues 23rd Rest/Practice
Wed 24th Rest/Practice
Thurs 25th Rest/Practice
Fri 26th 1st ODI - Kingston, Jamaica
Sat 27th Rest/Practice
Sun 28th 2nd ODI - Kingston, Jamaica
Mon 29th TRAVEL TO St Lucia
Tues 30th Rest/Practice July
Wed 1st Rest/Practice
Thu 2nd Rest/Practice
Fri 3rd 3rd ODI - Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sat 4th Rest/Practice
Sun 5th 4th ODI - Gros Islet, St Lucia
Mon 6th India Departs