India vs West Indies 1st ODI Highlights: Well, this ended earlier than expected. An absolutely ruthless Rohit Sharma cruise past his 150 runs in 117 balls. Earlier, the skipper, Virat Kohli, smashed the Caribbeans from the first ball he faced, chasing a target of 323 runs. The captain completed his 36th century in just 87 balls. All in all, the two players were flawless in turning the match into a one-sided affair. Caribbeans, who made a mammoth score of 322 runs, must be scratching their heads tonight. Of course, what else you would do when you have the best men of best batting side in the world playing with their finest touch. The West Indies has to re-think their strategy in order to perform better in the series.
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While India would look to extend its winning run, the visitors would hope to put up a better fight in the ODI series. They will also be battling against history, having won an ODI series in India last in 2002. However, with 8 months left for the 50-over World Cup, there couldn’t be a better time to turn things around.
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Here are the playing XIs for India vs West Indies 1st ODI:
Windies: Kieran Powell, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marlon Samuels, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder(c), Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas.
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal.
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Rayudu says the way Kohli batted on Wednesday was unbelievable. "It was important to build a partnership, happy that I got some runs, but should have stayed till the end. It was a golden opportunity to make a hundred, hopefully, I will more runs. I have always batted in the middle-order, I am used to it. Batting in the middle-order, one needs to improvise and adapt to the situation," he said.
Well, this ended earlier than it was expected. An absolutely ruthless Rohit Sharma cruise past his 150 runs in 117 balls. Earlier, the skipper, Virat Kohli, smashed the Caribbeans from the first ball he faced chasing a target of 323 runs. The captain completed his 36th century in just 87 balls. All in all, the two players were flawless in turning the match into a one-sided affair. Carribbeans, who made a mammoth score of 322 runs, must be scratching their heads tonight. Of course, what else you would do when you have the best men of best batting side in the world playing with their finest touch. The West Indies has to re-think its strategy in order to win!
India 283/2 (37.0)
Rohit Sharma 127 (103)
Ambati Rayudu 6 (9)
Virat misses out! The skipper has to walk out after the tremendous show. He led his team from the front. Kohli has done irreparable damages to Caribeans.
The opener does it again! After a slow start, Rohit Sharma soon changed his gear and seems to be marching ahead with all the energey he has. He has completed his century in just 84 deliveries. This is magnificent. Kohli, Rohit are in so much hurry!
Virat Kohli masterclass: The Indian skipper has completed his century in just 87 deliveries. This is his 36th century in ODIs, 60th in international cricket.
India has comfortably crossed 150 run mark with only one wicket down. The skipper has been clinical with his shots today, he is now in his 90s with solid support from Rohit Sharma from the other hand.
Virat Kohli has been so quick to move into his 80. The skipper's 8oth run has come of the 66th ball he faced. Except a few loose shots, he has been absolutely phenomenal so far. The captain must be eyeing his 100 now.
India has crossed 100 run mark with ease. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have provided a strong start to the men in blue. The Indian side has completed the 100 runs in the 17th over only.
Skipper Virat Kohli is in super fine touch today. He has completed his 50 in just 35 deliveries. After 11 overs, India are 82-1
Rohit Sharma and the beautiful flick on the leg side! Oshane Thomas gets a taste of international cricket. It's a 69 meter long, first six for the Indian side.
With fall of Dhawan, Kohli, the skipper has got another chance to lead his team from the front. He is 221 runs away from entering the elite 10,000 runs club. However, expecting him to touch that feet is a bit too much.
It was a bad day for Shikhar Dhawan. The Indian openor misconnected a delivery from the debutante Oshane Thomas and lost his wicket. The ball hit the middle stump after taking an inside edge from the bat.
India's top openers, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, have come out to bat. The two batsmen will look to stay on the pitch as they face a mammoth 300 plus run target. However, the two are familiar with the home conditions and love to play in India. Let's wait and see the action. After the end of first over, it's 6-0 for India.
That's it! What a game this has turned out to be. Before the start, no one was expecting the visitors to put up a fight but they have managed to 322 runs on board which is a competitive total on any wicket. Hetmyer played an absolute blinder of 106 runs to help his side. Few useful contributions from Jason Holder, Devender Bishoo and Kemar Roach could prove important later in the game. Shami and Yadav proved expensive for India, Khaleel too gave away too many.
Run chase to begin soon.
West Indies have punched above their weight today. Devendra Bishoo and Kemar Roach have added 21 runs so far for the ninth wicket with 10 balls to go. These runs might come back to haunt India later in the day.
West Indies - 291/8 (47 overs)
Kemar Roach - 7 (12)
Devendra Bishoo - 12 (18)
We are into the final five overs now. West Indies is placed in a strong position with 284 runs on board. But, the problem is they have only two wickets in hand. The plan should be to play out the 50 overs.
West Indies - 254/7 (40 overs)
Jason Holder - 22 (28)
Devendra Bishoo - 1 (2)
Shimron Hetmyer's brilliant knock came to an end and it's Ravindra Jadeja who got his wicket. Shimron Hetmyer scored 106 runs and put his side in good position.
He was caught by Rishabh Pant.
Shimron Hetmyer is playing an absolute blinder for the visitors. He has moved onto 95 and has added 38 runs from just 33 balls with skipper Jason Holder for the sixth wicket. The score is 226/5 after 36 overs.
West Indies - 200/5 (32 overs)
Jason Holder - 2 (4)
Shimron Hetmyer - 76 (58)
'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja have done the job! the left-arm spinner gets rid of Rovman Powell and breaks the partnership. Powell departs for just 22.
This is turning out to be a great partnership for West Indies. Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell have added 69 runs for the fifth wicket so far from just 50 balls. They have taken West Indies to 183 runs in just 30 overs.
West Indies - 158/4 (27 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer - 50 (41)
Rovman Powell - 12 (14)
Despite losing so many wickets early, the West Indies batsmen have managed to score at a decent rate. They have maintained a run rate of about 6 and a lot of credit goes to the way Hetmyer has batted. He has raced on to 47 runs from just 37 balls.
In the last two years, team India has tried more than a dozen fast-bowlers. But, most of them have failed to cement their place in the side. Mohammed Shami's has bowled with good pace today and that comes as a good news for India as his experience can come handy in next year's World Cup.
In the last two years, team India has tried more than a dozen fast-bowlers. But, most of them have failed to cement their place in the side. Mohammed Shami's has bowled with good pace today and that comes as a good news for India as his experience can come handy in next year's World Cup.
Another wicket for Shami and the trick has worked. The fast-bowler was brought back into the attack to break the partnership and he has done the job. Shai Hope who was looking good has to depart for 32. MS Dhoni takes the catch.
Rovman Powell is the new batsman.
West Indies - 93/3 (18 overs)
Shai Hope - 26 (41)
Shimron Hetmyer - 3 (11)
Indian bowlers are doing a good job. Even though West Indies have scored at a decent pace, they have lost three quick wickets and are in trouble. Chahal and Kahleel Ahmed have been impressive so far.
Powell lofts Shami over long-off for a six. The first big one of the match comes from the last delivery of the seventh over. The visitors are not holding back.
West Indies - 26/1 (6 overs)
Kieran Powell - 14 (14)
Shai Hope - 3 (7)
Castled! There he goes, Mohammed Shami strikes and gets rid of Hemraj. It was slightly short off length, Hemraj tried to pull but ended up edging it onto the wickets. He departs for 9.
Shai Hope is the new batsman in.
It has been a good start for the visitors so far. Both the batsmen are looking good in the middle and are not holding themselves back. Hemraj who is making his debut has impressed so far. You can see a bit of Brian Lara in his style of play!
A watchful start by the West Indies openers. After the boundary on the first ball, the Indian seamers were on spot as well till Hemraj opened his arms on the last two deliveries of the over.
West Indies - 13/0 (3)
Kieran Powell - 4 (8)
Chandrapaul Hemraj - 9 (10)
First ball - Shami pitches it up, Powell dirves it through covers for a four. What a start for the visitors! They are off to a good start.
Kieran Powell and Chandrapaul Hemraj will open the batting for West Indies. Mohammed Shami takes the new ball for India.
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The last time WI won an ODI series:
Overall: vs Ban in WI, 2014 (16 series ago)
Away: vs Ban in Ban, 2011/12
Against a higher ranked opponent: vs NZ in WI, 2012