Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

V Sehwag
219(149) 25x4 - 7x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 60 runs
  • 10x4 - 0x6
12 31 28 47 16 24 35 26
D Ramdin
D Ramdin
96(96) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 29 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 4 18 6 22 9 9 24

Best performances - Bowlers

RA Jadeja
RA Jadeja
O10
M2
R34
W3
Eco3.40
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
R Sharma
O10
M0
R43
W3
Eco4.30
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India led the 5-match series 3-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

8 December 2011 - day/night match (50-over match)

ODI debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Dustin Silgardo

I shall leave you with that, but do read George Binoy's bulletin and stay tuned for Sidharth Monga's piece on Sehwag's record innings. Goodnight and good luck.

It's been a day when India, after producing a Neil Armstrong in Tendulkar, have now got a Buzz Aldrin in Virender Sehwag. Unlike Aldrin, though, everyone will remember who Sehwag is.

Sehwag: "I was cheering for Sachin when he got his double-hundred and it's great to emulate that and break his record. I'd love to come back to Madhya Pradesh. The crowd has been great and thanks to them for cheering every run ...

"The pitch was great and allowed you to play your shots. I think you can only get a double-hundred when you're experienced. The last time I played 47 overs I got 175, this time I got 200.

"Rahul Sharma is a good prospect because he bowls at around 90kph and if it stops and turns then it becomes hard for the batsman."

Sehwag is of course Man of the Match.

He also gets a special prize of ten lakhs for reaching the world record. Is that the going rate for a world record?

Sammy: "Sehwag's destroyed bowlers all over the world. We bowled some good balls but he played better shots. The pitch was a belter and we got pegged back by their spinners. But we managed to get past 250. There was some hope because we had seen South Africa chase 400 plus. But they kept taking wickets and that made it hard."

Now for the presentation. Any guesses for the Man of the Match. Somehow the achievement of the double-hundred seems to hit home only when Ravi Shastri booms out what happened

"Well, whether you remember it or not, Sachin's double also yielded the same result- India winning by a margin of 153 runs." Well spotted Sash. India did win by 153 runs in Gawlior

All that will be forgotten though. This match will forever be remembered for Sehwag's 219

Well that was a rather tame end with Ramdin missing a possible maiden hundred. But the story of today is one man. Virender Sehwag. The spinners took nine of the ten wickets with Rahul Sharma taking three wickets on debut and Ravindra Jadeja turning in remarkable figures of 3 for 34 in 10 overs on a pitch where every other bowler took some tap.

49.2
W
Raina to Ramdin, OUT, and he's thrown it away. Skies an attempted slog-sweep and mid-on keeps his nerve to hold a really high catch

D Ramdin c RG Sharma b Raina 96 (133m 96b 12x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

49.1
0
Raina to Ramdin, no run, that's played to long-on. But Ramdin refuses the single. He wants the ton

Ramdin will be on strike, needing four runs for a first ODI century

END OF OVER:
49 | 9 Runs | WI: 265/9 (154 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.40, RRR: 154.00)

  • Sunil Narine27 (33b)
  • Denesh Ramdin96 (94b)
  • Rohit Sharma5-0-39-0
  • Suresh Raina6-0-17-1
48.6
0
RG Sharma to Narine, no run, nice length and Narine defends
48.5
0
RG Sharma to Narine, no run, full on middle stump and defended off the front foot
48.4
4
RG Sharma to Narine, FOUR, short and punched off the back foot to the vacant cover fence
48.3
0
RG Sharma to Narine, no run, pushed to cover point

India now bringing the field in to Narine. finally, they've decided to make it harder for Ramdin to get a hundred

West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13LMP SimmonsKOA Powell
2nd50MN SamuelsLMP Simmons
3rd18MN SamuelsDP Hyatt
4th9D RamdinDP Hyatt
5th10D RamdinKA Pollard
6th40D RamdinAD Russell
7th5DJG SammyD Ramdin
8th23R RampaulD Ramdin
9th33D RamdinKAJ Roach
10th64D RamdinSP Narine