Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2457dThe Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Bravo, Sarwan set up West Indies' win

Darren Bravo went from being cheap imitation to being a decent impression of Brian Lara, setting up West Indies' win with 34 off 12 after his rather strange go-slow

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

V Kohli
V Kohli
94(104) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 27 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
21 5 12 13 18 5 8 12
DM Bravo
DM Bravo
86(99) 3x4 - 6x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 40 runs
  • 1x4 - 4x6
3 10 9 15 19 10 11 9

Best performances - Bowlers

AD Russell
AD Russell
O8.3
M0
R35
W4
Eco4.11
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
KA Pollard
KA Pollard
O8
M0
R39
W2
Eco4.87
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

West Indies , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

India won the 5-match series 3-2

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

09.00 start, First Session 09.00-12.30 Interval 12.30-13.15, Second Session 13.15-16.45

Match days

16 June 2011 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Abhishek Purohit

That brings us to the end of the limited-overs leg of India's West Indies tour. The first Test match starts on Monday in Jamaica. Do join us then. Till then, on behalf of George Binoy, Sid Ravi and the entire Cricinfo team, this is Abhishek Purohit signing off. Cheers!

The players walk up to collect their medallions. Raina collects the series trophy which marks India's third series win in their previous four ODI series in the Caribbean

Suresh Raina: "Now that we have won the series it is important to enjoy the moment. I would say we were short by 25-30 runs. They bowled well in the end. I was looking good, I need to spend some time in the middle, I just can't go in and play big shots, will look to have a couple of sessions with the coach."

Rohit Sharma is the Man of the Series. Rohit: "Was important for me to get some runs, wanted to make this tour count, glad it came off well. I kept telling myself I had to stay in the middle as long as possible, wanted to take the game through to the end. Was very disappointed in the last two games, today I could have taken it to the 48th or 49th over, but it happens at times."

Darren Sammy: "Credit to all the bowlers who came back very well. looked like we would chase 300 at one stage. We all know what Bravo is capable of doing. It was a decision we had to take, Sarwan was cramping, thought it would be good for the team if a new batter came in. We have to start well in the future. The wicket looks like a good one and will suit us for the Test."

Andre Russell is Man of the Match for his four wickets. Russell: "We have been playing good cricket over the past two games. Being positive, get the ball in the right areas, was a good wicket to bowl on in the morning. One or two of the Indian batsmen are not accustomed to the short ball, so I tried to use it as a surprise weapon, but when I did, I put everything in it."

Hang on for the presentation

What a moment! Marlon Samuels runs straight to the waiting Chris Gayle among the crowd beyond the boundary, and high-fives. Gayle is smiling broadly, he is laughing, the drums are playing and the horns are blaring. Handshakes all around. Duncan Fletcher looks impassive, as always. Samuels is pumped up. Darren Sammy is all smiles. One win, it is a dead rubber, but this win matters for the Kingston crowd. Their day is made.

Sahil: "samuels running straight to gayle conveyed whole lot of things without saying any thing...." It didn't say anything, it shouted it out loud

Deemi: "I hope this WI win cures all those of its supporters (as indeed others around the globe) of their obsession with run-rate right from the start. That's what T20 has done. Even at the amateur level that I play at, I try to conserve wickets first. Samuels has also silenced his detractors."

48.4
4
I Sharma to Pollard, FOUR, that will be it for the Windies, Pollard backs away and swings hard, mid on dives over the ball and West Indies have made it 3-2
48.3
0
I Sharma to Pollard, no run, Pollard tries to help a short ball over the keeper but cannot connect
48.2
1
I Sharma to Samuels, 1 run, scores are level now with a front foot drive wide of mid off, the horns are blaring
48.1
1
I Sharma to Pollard, 1 run, stays beside the line and chops it past point to third man for a single

END OF OVER:
48 | 20 Runs | WI: 249/3 (3 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.18, RRR: 1.50)

  • Marlon Samuels27 (24b)
  • Kieron Pollard19 (10b)
  • Vinay Kumar9-2-46-1
  • Ravichandran Ashwin10-1-50-0
47.6
4
Vinay Kumar to Samuels, FOUR, Samuels gets another boundary, vinay has just fallen away here, making room again and slicing it standing feet wide apart, over short third man, almost home now
47.5
1
Vinay Kumar to Pollard, 1 run, reaches out and thumps a widish ball but cannot beat a diving extra cover

West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12LMP SimmonsAB Barath
2nd41RR SarwanAB Barath
3rd103RR SarwanDM Bravo
3rd57MN SamuelsDM Bravo
4th42MN SamuelsKA Pollard