Highlights India vs West Indies 2017 4th ODI: Visitors self-destruct, go down by 11 runs

Holder: Extremely pleased with the performance. Credit must go to all the bowlers.We knew we could beat India, just needed application.Throughout the series we have been talking about new-ball wickets and today Joseph and myself took the early breakthrough. Special mention of Kesrick Williams – showed a lot of maturity in his second game, showed a lot of heart as well We have got to show heart and we have got to show fight in the final ODI.

The West Indies win and I am not sure they thought they would at the break

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 2, 2017

Holder is adjudged the Man of the Match for his 5/27.

Virat Kohli: We bowled really well to restrict them to 189, but we didn’t bat really well the shot selection wasn’t up to the mark. We need a complete performance and we weren’t today. Credit to the West Indies bowlers.  They created those dot balls that induced those mistakes.

India’s hara-kiri has left everybody dazed. An extraordinary match, MS Dhoni was taking it to his favourite part of the innings, the fag end and was lining up for the big flourish, but he failed and so did the team. Windies were never in complete control of the game, but they have pulled off a heist. This have reopened the series, it is 2-1 with one game to be played.

The last time before today India failed to chase down a target of less than 200 runs in a full ODI was also against West Indies in 2006 at Kingston. 

Best bowling figures by Windies captains in ODIs:

6/41 – Viv Richards v India, Delhi, 1989

6/43 – Dwayne Bravo v Zimbabwe, St George’s, 2013

5/27 – JASON HOLDER v India, North Sound, 2017

Captain Jason Holder was the pick of the Windies bowlers with 5/27 in his 9.4 overs. This was his first 5-wicket haul in ODIs.

What a classy performance against a top quality ODI side! And with this win, the series is alive at 1-2 to Windies with a match #WIvIND

— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) July 2, 2017

This is the lowest total defended by Windies against India in a 50-overs ODI match. 

The previous lowest was 190 at Toronto in 1999.

A target of 190 should have been easy for this Indian team’s batting line-up. But the result is a shocker. Did Dhoni leave it too late? Was it an error to promote Kuldeep who struggled to put bat to ball at a crucial chase of the phase? Or were Jadeja and Pandya’s batting under pressure always suspect? A terrific win for the West Indies. They came back strongly. The pacers Holder and Joseph bowled a very impressive first spell and bottled up the Indians. All out 11 runs short of the target was a big let down.

OUT! Full toss which is just below the waist and last man Shami hits it straight to the cover fielder. Holder has his 5th wicket and that is the end of the match. India made a hash out of a simple chase. Windies come back in the series (2-1) with a 11-run victory over the mighty Indians. Nobody would have imagined that India would go down to a relatively simple target of 190. Shami c Chase b Holder 1 (2b) 49.4 overs.

Shami can use the long handle.

12 runs needed off 3 balls.

OUT! Holder gets his 4th. Cleans up Umesh with a sensational yorker.

After 49 overs,India 176/8 ( Kuldeep Yadav 1 , )

India are choking and how!? The last hope of seeing MS Dhoni finish off the game has been cancelled out.

OUT! MS Dhoni is dismissed. Dhoni tries to hoick it over long on, but doesn’t middle it. Ends up as a tame shot to long on. Dhoni c Joseph b Williams 54 (114 b) 49th over

INDIA- 176/8

Memories of Celkon Cup Tri series in the Windies spring up. MS Dhoni smashed 15 off the last over against Sri Lanka! Can we have that today?

After 48 overs,India 174/7 ( MS Dhoni (W) 53 , Kuldeep Yadav 0)

Holder steps up to bowl a terrific over. Just 2 runs off the over and a wicket of Jadeja. Kuldeep Yadav with the bat now joins Dhoni. 18 off 12.

OUT! For reasons only known to him Jadeja tries to clear the field and is caught at long on. Holder bowls the change of pace and he went for the big shot, doesn’t get hold of it and Powell takes a simple catch. Jadeja c Powell b Holder 11 (11)

India- 173/7

Dhoni has really held the innings together through pace and spin. His labourious 50 seemed to be making heavy weather of the task. On the other hand if he had lost his wicket early India would have collapsed. India needed a Dhoni out there in the middle to control the innings and inspire confidence. How well he did it. His unbeaten 52 from 110 deliveries tells the tale of a grim tussle. Jadeja trying to break free of the shackles paid the penalty by getting caught al long on. His 11 came off 11 deliveries.

After 47 overs,India 171/6 ( MS Dhoni (W) 51 , Ravindra Jadeja 10)

1,2,1,1,0,1 – 6 runs off Williams’ over. It is a chase. It was the 47th over. No urgency from both teams. This is novel in modern day cricket.

Slowest ODI fifties for MS Dhoni (By balls):

108 v Windies, North Sound, 2017*

88 v Pakistan, Delhi, 2013

87 v West Indies, Kingston, 2009

Slowest fifties for India in ODIs: (Since June,2001) (By balls)

108 – MS DHONI v West Indies, 2017*

105 – Sourav Ganguly v Sri Lanka, 2005

104 – Sourav Ganguly v Bangladesh, 2007

FIFTY! MS Dhoni has scored his slowest fifty of his 64 half-centurties. 50 off 108 balls with a solitary boundary. Still fighting. 7th fifty against the Windies.

Joseph very conscious of bowling wide of the off stump.He had to bowl to a predominantly off side field placing.  Ends up bowling four wide deliveries. India still in tight situation as Pandya falls to Holder. 

FOUR! Cheeky and effective! Jadeja jumps and ramps it over the keeper for a pressure-releasing boundary.

AGAIN, WHY DID CHASE BOWL?

OUT! Pandya shuffles across and Holder alters his line, bowls it full on the leg stump and disturbs his woodwork. The game has reopened. Hardik b Holder 20 (21b)

India- 159/6 45.1 overs

After 45 overs,India 159/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 49 , Hardik Pandya 20)

Hardik moves around in his crease and is toying with Joseph’s line. Couple of ordinary decisions by the umpire, doesn’t really help the bowler. 31 off 30 now. 7 off the previous one.

wd, 0,1,wd,0,wd and wd so far. We have had four legitimate deliveries in this over by Joseph.

After 44 overs,India 152/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 47 , Hardik Pandya 18)

Questionable change in Roston Chase, probably filling in for Holder. This over has turned the game on its head. Poor captaincy by Holder. Poor decisions are going to cost him the match and perhaps the series will slip away too. This has been their best chance to make a match of it. Another good over at this stage would have made it really interesting, Chase has leaked 16 valuable runs off the over.

SIX! Aaannnd clears the man at deep mid wicket. Hardik gets the slog sweep out and the ball was hit against the wind, is held up a little and eventually clears the diving fielder at deep mid wicket.

FOUR! Fool, of course foolish! Strays down the leg side and a batsmen who has not hit a single boundary found it difficult to get it into the gaps, gets his first boundary.

Windies need to hold on and sustain the pressure, so they bring in Roston Chase, who hasn’t bowled a single ball in this series. Genius or fool?

After 43 overs,India 135/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 41 , Hardik Pandya 9)

Williams has bowled really well. You can tell he is a thinking bowler, varies it in pace and length. Outfoxes Pandya, who was walking down the pitch ready to hit it in the orbit, but Williams takes the pace off and digs it in short. Pandya gets a leading edge, luckily for India it falls in no man’s land. 4 runs off the over. 55 off 42 balls required.

MS Dhoni has now faced 100-plus balls in this match without hitting a boundary (four or six). 

West Indies keeping pressure on with 5  and 6 fielders in the inner circle. Not willing to give away easy singes and twos to the batsmen. Off spinner Nurse’s bowling was outstanding. Giving away just 29 runs from 10 overs. An exciting finish is on the cards. 58 runs needed from 46 balls.

Dhoni 40 off 100 balls!

After 42 overs,India 131/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 39 , Hardik Pandya 7)

Yes, one can conclude that Dhoni is finding it hard to find runs! This is unusual. Dhoni misses out on couple of poor balls bowled by Nurse. He is on 39 off 97. India need 59 off 48 and India is chasing 190 off 300 balls against a depleted Windies side.Nurse finishes his 10 overs for 29 runs. Tight bowl for most part of it but batsmen too missed out on a few occasions.

Dhoni may be in the evening of a great career. But India still want him to win matches off his bat. He’s still out there battling it out — unbeaten 35 from 81 balls. Still cherishes those battles out in the middle.  West Indies are throwing everything they have at him, including bringing back the pacy Joseph. But Dhoni still in command. And as long as he’s out there India can breathe easy. India need  a further 65 runs from 66 balls. AT a run a ball!

After 41 overs,India 128/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 37 , Hardik Pandya 6)

Williams has been brought back into the attack. And Dhoni cannot find the gap, how many times does this happen? Often, nowadays doesn’t it? 62 off 54 now.

After 40 overs,India 127/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 37 , Hardik Pandya 5)

Dhoni has decided to take this to the 50th over it seems. He has still not hit a single boundary in 87 balls. He goes after full ball to take a couple in the over.

After 39 overs,India 125/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 35 , Hardik Pandya 5)

A boundary and a single equals to 5 runs of the over. 65 off 66 balls now.  Run-a-ball.

FOUR! Hello there! Cheeky from Hardik pandya, tries to get under the short ball by Joseph. Intially he looks to ramp it, but then decides at the last minute to glide, gets an edge, maybe it was intentional maybe not, it runs over the keeper to the third man boundary. Boundary after 111 balls.  *Drops the jaw physically*

Joseph has been brought back.

After 38 overs,India 120/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 34 , Hardik Pandya 1)

Another 3-run over for India. Pandya gets off the mark, he hasn’t had a great time with the bat, but has had a good day with the ball can he finish it with Dhoni. Nurse completes his 8th over.

After 37 overs,India 117/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 32 , Hardik Pandya 0)

Dhoni pushes one to long off for the only single off Bishoo’s final over. He finishes with 31 runs and a wicket to his name.

After 36 overs,India 116/5 ( MS Dhoni (W) 31 , Hardik Pandya 0)

Jadhav brings out the late cut and runs three as the ball slows down towards the third man boundary. But Nurse gets his 1st wicket in two games and now it opens the game for the Windies. Big man Dhoni stands in between.

OUT! Jadhav who was looking positive from the outset, is out bat-pad. Another catch to Shai Hope. He plays the forward defence and Nurse’s off spin takes the inside edge, which subsequently goes up after hitting his pads and Hope dives across to complete a superb catch. Half the side back in the hut. Jadhav c Hope b Nurse 10 (14b)

India – 116/5

After 35 overs,India 112/4 ( MS Dhoni (W) 30 , Kedar Jadhav 7)

Bishoo pushes the first three balls on the off stump and the fourth stump, drops the fourth ball short and Jadhav misses to find the gap as he tamely hits it to point. He gets way across the next ball to pick up a couple to fine leg, he places it wide to the left off the fielder. Takes a single to sweeper off the final ball. 3 comes off Bishoo’s 9th over.

After 34 overs,India 109/4 ( MS Dhoni (W) 30 , Kedar Jadhav 4)

Jadhav is down the track off the first ball and he clips it over mid wicket for a couple. Dhoni calls for a quick off the next ball as Jadhav pushes it softly to short third. Good running. Dhoni plays out the next three balls, he has scored 30 off 69 balls so far. 81 needed off 96 balls with 6 wickets in hand.

Nurse to continue.

After 33 overs,India 106/4 ( MS Dhoni (W) 30 , Kedar Jadhav 1)

Dhoni seems to have pulled a muscle. He is limping and looks in pain. Dhoni sweeps a full ball for a couple and Kedar Jadhav gets off the blocks with a tentative single to short third.

After 32 overs,India 102/4 ( MS Dhoni (W) 27 , Kedar Jadhav 0)

Does Nurse gets done with his over at Jadeja’s pace? A single to deep extra cover off the over.

After 31 overs,India 101/4 ( MS Dhoni (W) 26 , Kedar Jadhav 0)

Jadhav joins Dhoni after the fall of Rahane’s wicket. Bishoo finally gets one as the opener tried to sweep it in front of square, but was little early on it. Successful over for the Windies.

Tough, the fall of Rahane’s wicket. India not yet out of the woods. Losing four wickets with 89 runs still to get can be tricky. One or two quick wickets could set panic among the others. Important that Dhoni is around. 

OUT! Bishoo bowls one on the off stump that turns slightly, Rahane gets on his knee to sweep it in front of square, but gets a faint edge to the keeper. Shai Hope has been involved in three out of four wickets. India lose their review. Rahane c Hope b Bishoo 60 (91b) 
India 101/4

Umpire has given it out. but Rahane has asked for a review.

The batting of Dhoni and Rahane shows everything that was wrong with the West Indies innings.  The West Indies batsmen failed to put together partnerships. On the other hand, at the first instance of trouble, Dhoni and Rahane cut out all risk and concentrated on putting together a partnership. They have been consuming two balls for every one run scored! The 50-run unbroken partnership came in 104 balls.

Most consecutive 50-plus scores by Indian openers in ODIs:

5 – Sachin Tendulkar (1994)

4 – Manoj Prabhakar (1994-1995) 

4 – Sachin Tendulkar (1996)

4 – Sachin Tendulkar (2003) 

4 – AJINKYA RAHANE (2017)*

After 30 overs,India 99/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 59 , MS Dhoni (W) 25)

50-partnership off 104 balls comes up between Rahane and Dhoni. Only one boundary in it. Easy singles to mid wicket and long off. Four more singles of Nurse’s over.

After 29 overs,India 95/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 57 , MS Dhoni (W) 23)

Whenever Bishoo has bowled a good length or little fuller on the off stump, it has not been easy for the batsmen to work it for a single but a couple of short balls, wide of off produces a single.

After 28 overs,India 92/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 56 , MS Dhoni (W) 21)

Four more runs off Nurse’s over. India know they are chasing a small total and are taking the easy singles on offer to long on and sweeper cover.

After 27 overs,India 88/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 53 , MS Dhoni (W) 20)

Rahane slices one to deep cover for a single. Dhoni has got to 20 off 47 balls with a single to sweeper and Rahane takes a single off the last ball, to make it 3 runs off Bishoo’s over.

Ajinkya Rahane becomes the first Indian player to score four fifty-plus scores in an ODI series in West Indies. 

Most consecutive 50-plus scores by Indians against Windies in ODIs:

5 – Sachin Tendulkar 

4 – Rohit Sharma, AJINKYA RAHANE*

3 – Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli

After 26 overs,India 85/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 51 , MS Dhoni (W) 19)

Rahane works one on the leg side to bring up his 4th half century against the Windies. 2 more runs come to the sweeper cover.

Most consecutive 50-plus scores in ODIs in West Indies:

Stuart Williams (4)

Graeme Smith (4)

Lendl Simmons (4)

AJINKYA RAHANE* (4)

Rahane has held the innings together. The challenge for Dhoni and Rahane when three early wickets fell was to blunt the bowling and see through Joseph and Holder’s spell. They did that, but slowed the scoring to a trickle. Rahane’s 50 was priceless as it came at a very tough time. He played good shots at the start and then grafted later to push back the West Indies. Dhoni (18 from 43) has also been circumspect. Rahane’s hard-fought 50 came in 72 deliveries.

FIFTY! Rahane brings up his 19th ODI fifty! 3rd of the series in as many attempts. His 4th against Windies. Another hard working innings.

After 25 overs,India 82/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 49 , MS Dhoni (W) 18)

Williams angles it on Rahane’s pads and he has no problem in playing for a single to fine leg. Goes wide of the crease and keeps angling in to Dhoni’s body. And angles one a little too much and has been called a wide. Dhoni falls over as he tries glance it, but the ball brushes the pads and Shai Hope does well behind the stumps to save a boundary. 2 runs of the over.

After 24 overs,India 80/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 48 , MS Dhoni (W) 18)

The ball seems to stop a little, but not causing any problem as such. Nurse is also not tossing the ball up, not that he ever does. Goes for two in his first over.

Ashley Nurse comes on to bowl.

After 23 overs,India 78/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 47 , MS Dhoni (W) 17)

Williams comes on to bowl his 5th over. Another over, which yields one. Rahane is gradually approaching to another half-century. Will be 4th fifty in succession.

After 22 overs,India 77/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 47 , MS Dhoni (W) 16)

Bishoo keeps it wide to both the batsmen and keeps pushing it flat. Dhoni attempts to hit the screws out of a long hop by Bishoo, but doesn’t time it well, Dhoni picks one to deep mid wicket. Missed opportunity.

After 21 overs,India 74/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 46 , MS Dhoni (W) 14)

Williams sneaks another quiet over. Dhoni takes a single to third man.

After 20 overs,India 73/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 46 , MS Dhoni (W) 13)

Singles to long on, long off, cover and  sweeper cover and then Bishoo drags a ball just short of good length and Rahane rocks back to slam it through mid wicket for a welcome boundary.

FOUR! Bishoo drops it short and Rahane transfers the weight on the back foot and hits it hard to the deep mid wicket boundary.

MS Dhoni scored 21 runs against Devendra Bishoo from 36 balls in the last ODI match. He also played 23 dots during that innings against Bishoo. He can play dot-balls here as India are chasing a target. However, this is the crucial phase of the game so he should try to rotate the strike rate here and there without taking much risk to move the game forward by forming a partnership with Ajinkya Rahane.

The lowest total defended by Windies against India in a 50-overs ODI match is 190 which they defended at Toronto in 1999. Will they defend 189 today? They have already taken three wickets. 

Rahane doing the bulk of scoring. He’s taking toll of the bad balls. The good length ball that falls in his zone is being driven with aplomb while the bad short balls are being pulled. Ensures that the pressure of losing two early wickets is eased. Unfortunately batsmen at the other hand haven’t learnt that the West Indies are using two types of bouncers. One that sits up to be hit and the other that skids on to them. Dinesh Karthik got the second one and tried to hook it. Was far too late on the stroke. Lobbed catch to wicket-keeper.

After 19 overs,India 65/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 40 , MS Dhoni (W) 11)

Another single off the final ball by Rahane. Williams completes a tidy over. There was a huge shout for caught behind by the bowler, but Umpire stretched his arms horizontally and snicko confirmed no bat was involved.

After 18 overs,India 63/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 39 , MS Dhoni (W) 11)

Rahane makes the extra effort of running another 3 runs, as Dhoni feathers it to the empty fine leg region. This is sensible thinking by the opener. He takes a single and retains strike with a single to the sweeper cover.

After 17 overs,India 59/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 38 , MS Dhoni (W) 8)

Williams continues after the drinks break. Dhoni lunges forward to take the ball on the full and slices it in the gap square of the wicket on the off side and Rahane pushes for three. Good running- good cricket. 6 runs of it.

After 16 overs,India 53/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 36 , MS Dhoni (W) 4)

Perfect start for Bishoo, keeping it wide off Dhoni, just like he did it in the 3rd ODI. Bishoo flights one and beats a prodding Dhoni. Jjust misses the outside edge off the forward prodding Dhoni. They think of reviewing it for a moment, but rightly decides against it. Pushes through the next delivery. Maiden first up.

Devendra Bishoo will bowl the 15th over.

After 15 overs,India 53/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 36 , MS Dhoni (W) 4)

50 on the board for India. More than quarter of the target achieved. Williams is varies it with a full length delivery and a slower bumper, otherwise he too is sticking to the plan of keeping it back of a length.

Kesrick Williams is the first change.

After 14 overs,India 49/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 35 , MS Dhoni (W) 2)

Holder has bowled his 7th over on the run. Superb bowling by the captain. Expectedly the length has been on the shorter side, but he has varied it with rolling his fingers over it occasionally. Keeps the batsmen guessing.

After 13 overs,India 48/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane 35 , MS Dhoni (W) 1)

India have lost 3 wickets before the 50 runs on the board. The plan of short-pitched bowling has certainly worked today. Windies will now they cannot be complacent now.

MS Dhoni strolls out.

OUT! Dreadful return for Karthik. The short-pitch delivery by Joseph has got him another wicket. Karthik tries to drag a wide delivery on off to the onside, gets a top edge and Shai Hope receives a simple catch. c Hope b Joseph Karthik 2 (19)

India 47/3

FOUR! Rahane offers full face of the bat to a good length ball on off by Joseph. The ball runs pass the bowler and right of mid off. Glorious straight drive.

After 12 overs,India 42/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 30 , Dinesh Karthik 2)

Karthik moves from the zero to two with a solid punch off the back foot.  Karthik is distracted by some movement near the side screen. Holder completes his sixth over with a bouncer, which Karthik leaves it alone.

After 11 overs,India 38/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 29 , Dinesh Karthik 0)

Karthik has played 12 deliveries for naught. While Rahane seems to be at ease, he is getting the odd boundary and taking the ones and twos. Mature batting by the Mumbai opener. 5 come off the first over post the first powerplay.

It certainly looks like the short ball has got to Kohli......

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 2, 2017

FOUR! Too full this time by Joseph and Rahane tries to nail it down the ground, doesn’t get all of it, but enough to get it in the ‘V’ to the long on boundary.

After 10 overs,India 33/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 24 , Dinesh Karthik 0)

Windies’ bowlers have kept leash on the run flow after the early wickets. 8 runs off the last 5 overs with 1 wicket in it. Captain completes a maiden over.

Windies have been using short-pitched deliveries as a strategy against the Indian batsmen. Even on these slow pitches their tall bowlers have been getting awkward bounce. They have peppered Virat Kohli with bouncers early on in his innings, not allowing him to play like he wants — graft at the start and take a toll of the bowling later.  He didn’t need to play the hook, but got suckered into it.  India are in a spot of bother. Would have been worse if Rahane had been held off the pacy Joseph. Simple straight forward catch dropped at short square leg by Mohammed. India 32 for 2. Could so easily have been 30 for 3 in 7 overs.

After 9 overs,India 33/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 24 , Dinesh Karthik 0)

Joseph maintains the pressure from the other end. Windies must believe they have an outside chance here. If they hold on to their catches and get one more wicket before the powerplay, you would say game on. 2 runs off the 9th over.

After 9 overs,India 33/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 24 , Dinesh Karthik 0)

Joseph maintains the pressure from the other end. Windies must believe they have an outside chance here. If they hold on to their catches and get one more wicket before the powerplay, you would say game on. 2 runs off the 9th over by Joseph.

After 8 overs,India 33/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 24 , Dinesh Karthik 0)

Very good bowling by Holder, bowling the right channel to the new man Karthik. Good chance to get in few quiet overs.

After 7 overs,India 32/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 23 , Dinesh Karthik 0)

First the misfield and then Jason Mohammed has put down a simple chance! Rahane flicks it off his legs, it flies straight to square leg and he spills in. India could have nbeen 3 down inside 7 overs. Bowler Joseph must be gutted, this was their best chance.

Most runs by an Indian player in an ODI series in West Indies:

259* – AJINKYA RAHANE, 2017*

257 – Rohit Sharma, 2011 

237 – Virender Sehwag, 2006 

FOUR! Uppish! Rahane pushes towards mid off, but didn’t time it right. Holder fails to collect it on the bounce and the ball goes through his legs.

Dinesh Karthik is in the middle.

After 6 overs,India 25/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 16 , )

After Dhawan, Kohli makes the long walk. Holder peppered him with short stuff and Kohli clearly seemed uncomfortable with the bounce, because of Holder’s height the ball kept climbing and Kohli couldn’t keep it down. Suddenly there is a chink in Kohli’s unpenterable armoury.

OUT! Virat Kohli falls to the short ball! Looked uncomfortable against the rising ball, but had made up his mind to attack it, even after missing out on couple of instances in the over. Holder gets his opposite number. Bouncer outside off and Kohli attempts the hook, but is in no position, gets the top edge and Shai Hope runs towards the stumps to complete the catch. Kohli c Hope b Holder 3 (12b)

India- 25/2

After 5 overs,India 25/1 ( Ajinkya Rahane 16 , Virat Kohli (C) 3)

Rahane has met fire with fire. He isn’t holding back after Dhawan’s fall.

FOUR! Another short ball and Rahane has dispatched this again, this time a little finer, behind square leg this time.

FOUR! Short by Joseph and Rahane has pounced on it. Quickly gets into the position and pulls it over square.

After 4 overs,India 14/1 ( Ajinkya Rahane 8 , Virat Kohli (C) 0)

After the boundary of the second ball, Holder has hit the right length. Only 4 runs come off it.

FOUR! First boundary of the innings comes of Rahane’s bat, he has hit it on the up, Short in length and Rahane flat bats it over covers.

One of Shikhar Dhawan’s rare failures of late. Adds a bit of spice to the chase of a moderate total. Alzarri Joseph gets pumped up with that wicket. He’s said to be one of the hopes of West Indian cricket.

After 3 overs,India 10/1 ( Ajinkya Rahane 4 , Virat Kohli (C) 0)

Wicket Maiden for Joseph. Dhawan is the man dismissed and Kohli has just come in. Can Windies sustain pressure on the Indians after the first wicket? So far they have enjoyed a jolly time in the Caribbean so far.

Kohli arrives at the crease.

OUT! Shikhar Dhawan has to walk back. Joseph bowled it on the leg stump and Dhawan looked to worked it into the huge gap between square leg and mid on. The ball seems to stop or bit or Dhawan hurried into the shot, giving Holder a simple catch at mid on. Dhawan c Holder b Joseph 5 (7)

India – 10/1

After 2 overs,India 10/0 ( Ajinkya Rahane 4 , Shikhar Dhawan 5)

Holder begins the 2nd over. Few good looking shots by both the batsmen, but none carrying to the fence. Still six runs off it.

After 1 overs,India 4/0 ( Ajinkya Rahane 3 , Shikhar Dhawan 1)

Alzarri Joseph begins the 2nd innings. Rahane starts with beautiful shot off his legs. 4 runs to start with.

Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan stride out as they pursue series win. 190 to chase in this match. How fast will they get there?

After the end of the first wicket stand that lasted for 57 runs, the Windies kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They lost a slew wickets on both sides near the 40th over mark and that punctured their progress and even made 200 runs look ambitious. Eventually the hosts somehow sauntered to 189. Pandya and Umesh bagged 3 wickets each and Kuldeep finished with 2 to his name. We will be back for India’s chase after the break, do join us.

After 50 overs,West Indies 189/9 ( Alzarri Joseph 5 , Kesrick Williams 2)

Windies have done the unthinkable. They have played out the 50 overs and managed to do it without being bowled out. 5 runs off the final over means, India will have 190 to chase down and clinch the series. Should be as simple as it sounds.

Dismal batting performance by WI again. Been happening for a fair while now which in some way explains the poor crowds for matches

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 2, 2017

After 49 overs,West Indies 184/9 ( Alzarri Joseph 2 , Kesrick Williams 0)

1-run off the penultimate over. Shami finished with 33 runs off his 10 overs without any wickets in his comeback game.

OUT! Ravindra Jadeja might not have taken any wickets, but hits the middle of middle with his rocket left arm. Bull’s eye. Bishoo run out Jadeja 15 (30) Windies 184/9. Bishoo taps towards point and runs after hesistating initially, Jadeja is off his blocks in a flash, picks up, aims and boom!

After 48 overs,West Indies 183/8 ( Devendra Bishoo 15 , Alzarri Joseph 1)

Now even 200 seems far fetched! How did they fall into this hole? 5 runs and a wicket off Umesh’s over.

Alazzari Joseph walks out.

OUT! Umesh dives across the width off the pitch to catch Nurse off his bowling. He has got his 3rd wicket. Nurse c & b Umesh 4 (12) 179/8. Bowls the short that doesn’t rises, Nurse looks to pull off his waist but doesn’t time it at all, the ball balloons up, deflects off his helmet and straight to Umesh, who changes his course in his follow through and dives to end Nurse’s innings.

After 47 overs,West Indies 178/7 ( Ashley Nurse 4 , Devendra Bishoo 12)

Shami continues with his variations, bowls a good bumper and then a beguiles Nurse with a slower bouncer.3 singles in the 47th over.

After 46 overs,West Indies 175/7 ( Ashley Nurse 3 , Devendra Bishoo 10)

Kuldeep Yadav finishes his spell 2 wickets this time, after picking 3 wickets in his first two games. The legspinner went for 31 runs. Windies are simply meandering at this moment as they struggle to get bat on ball and find a much-needed boundary.

After 45 overs,West Indies 172/7 ( Ashley Nurse 2 , Devendra Bishoo 8)

Shami showing diversity – off cutter, bouncer and yorker in the over but he is still searching for his first wicket. Bishoo and Nurse are not going to look to attack as their aim would be to bat the 50 overs.

West Indies batting order be like Kyle Hope - Shai Hope - No Hope #WIvIND

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) July 2, 2017

Hardik Pandya has taken nine wickets since the start of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 which is the joint most by any Indian bowler. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has also taken nine wickets during the same period. 

Pandya coming of age at the international level in this series. Picked up important wickets regularly

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 2, 2017

After 44 overs,West Indies 169/7 ( Ashley Nurse 1 , Devendra Bishoo 6)

Kuldeep into his 9th over now. Nurse and Bishoo have somehow played him out. Bishoo seems to be picking Kuldeep here, he sweeps him to deep square for a couple.

After 43 overs,West Indies 166/7 ( Ashley Nurse 1 , Devendra Bishoo 3)

Umesh finds the edge of Bishoo but no slips in place means he is safe. 3 more runs to the total. It is a struggle for the these two now.

After 42 overs,West Indies 163/7 ( Ashley Nurse 0 , Devendra Bishoo 1)

Mohammed’s innings also comes to an end. India will be planning to run through the tailenders. Windies losing wickets in quick succession. Grim for the Windies. It will take some effort to reach to 200.

Bishoo and Nurse in the middle.

OUT! Another one perishes. Mohammed falls as he cuts straight to point. Pandya picks up his 3rd scalp. Mohammed c Jadeja b Pandya 20 (33b) 162/7

After 41 overs,West Indies 162/6 ( Jason Mohammed 19 , Ashley Nurse 0)

Poorly excecuted attempt pull by Powell. Umesh strikes again. In pursuit of some quick runs he has thrown his wicket. West Indies on the back foot.

OUT! Umesh gets his 2nd wicket. Rovman Powell looks to pull a short ball through the mid wicket, but the ball hurries onto him and the top edge and Jadeja latches onto a very good catch running backwards at cover point. Rovman Powell c Jadeja b Umesh 2 (9) 161/6

After 40 overs,West Indies 157/5 ( Jason Mohammed 17 , Rovman Powell 1)

Kuldeep must be thinking International cricket is easy. Windies batsmen have no answers to him as he makes them look fishing for the one that goes other way. 1 run off the 40th over. 10 to go.

Meanwhile India have beaten Pakistan in the Women’s World Cup game in England. Pakistan were bundled out for 74. They were chasing India’s 169/9.

Every time WI seemed to be heading towards a good challenging total they’ve lost a wicket. Skipper Jason Holder getting caught behind down leg side dashed hopes of a 5th wicket stand. They needed 2-3 big partnerships. Except for the opening stand their pairs continue to being at sea. So their challenge hasn’t materialised as stoutly as expected when the openers were at work.

Oh! It seems to be missing! Kumar Dharmasena has asked the on field umpire to reverse his decision. Rovman survives.

We will have to wait for confirmation.

Umpire raises his finger and Kuldeep has his 3rd. It is been reviewed.

After 39 overs,West Indies 156/5 ( Jason Mohammed 16 , Rovman Powell 1)

Umesh gets his first wicket of the match. West Indies are losing wickets at regular intervals, this doesn’t seem to look good for the hosts.

Rovman Powell is here.

OUT! Umesh Yadav strikes with his first ball of his new spell. Tame way to get out. Holder tickles one down the leg side and a diving Dhoni pouches onto it, Holder is understandably disappointed with himself. Holder c Dhoni b Umesh 11 (10) Windies 154/5

After 38 overs,West Indies 154/4 ( Jason Mohammed 15 , Jason Holder (C) 11)

Three singles off the first 3 balls and then Kuldeep chases down at the sweeper boundary. Third umpire has a tough decision to make whether he was in contact with the ropes while he was touching the ball from not some conclusive video angles. 7 runs off Pandya’s over.

After 37 overs,West Indies 147/4 ( Jason Mohammed 11 , Jason Holder (C) 8)

Seems like captain Holder has come out with some positive intent. 8 off the first 5. Such has been the approach off Windies batsmen that shorts bursts like these seem to be against the norm.

FOUR! Short ball by Pandya to Holder and the Windies skipper fancies the hook and plays it fine to fine leg boundary.

After 36 overs,West Indies 140/4 ( Jason Mohammed 9 , Jason Holder (C) 3)

Holder gets off the mark with a couple of his first ball. With 14 left after this, they will be aiming anything close to 250.

Holder is the new man in.

Shami is back.

After 35 overs,West Indies 136/4 ( Jason Mohammed 8 , )

As you would expect. India at the top after picking 4 Windies wickets in 35 overs at for just 136 runs.

OUT! Pandya gets his second. Hope tries to run it down to the third man, manages an edge, giving Dhoni a simple catch. Pandya gets rid of both the Hopes in consecutive games. c Dhoni b Pandya. S Hope 25 (39b) Windies 134/4 in 35 overs.

After 34 overs,West Indies 131/3 ( Shai Hope (W) 23 , Jason Mohammed 6)

The four meant, Windies gathered 7 runs off the over. They still need to aim towards 250-260, even though it isn’t a quick wicket, a challenging score has to be put up to give the bowlers something to defend. Who is going to be the catalyst? Or is no one going to put their hand up? Are they just going to stroll at 4 runs per over?

FOUR! Long hop and Mohammed rocks back, waits the ball to reach him and slaps it through the unprotect extra cover region.

Eight wickets for Kuldeep Yadav from his career’s first four ODIs which is now the most by a left-arm Chinaman bowler from career’s first four ODIs.

After 33 overs,West Indies 124/3 ( Shai Hope (W) 21 , Jason Mohammed 1)

Three singles off Pandya’s over. The wickets have pushed the Windies. They need someone to provide the impetus. This is poor and pointless.

After 32 overs,West Indies 121/3 ( Shai Hope (W) 19 , Jason Mohammed 0)

Wicket maiden for Kuldeep Yadav. The young Chinaman bowler seems to be enjoying himself here, is amongst the wicket and bowling with complete freedom

Jadeja hasn’t been as economical as Kuldeep. 48 from 10 overs without a wicket is not good enough. Jadeja needs to work with coach on his bowling. WI 121 for three in 32 overs. Jadeja bowling overseas has not been inspiring. Kuldeep not in same boat. 2 for 17 is excellent for newcomer to team.

OUT! Roston Chase is bamboolzed once again. Similar way to get out to the same bowler. Big turn Chase attempted to work this through the mid wicket, but the ball pitches outside leg and hits the top of middle and off. Kuldeep has 8 wickets to his name in this series and perhaps 5-6 have been the wrong’un. He loves to toss it up and bowl it again and again!

After 31 overs,West Indies 121/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 19 , Roston Chase 24)

Three singles and a wide, makes it four off Pandya’s first over of his second spell. One of the two now needs to start playing some strokes. There needs to be some intent, a 220-230 will not challenge a formidable Indian batting line up.

Rishabh Pant is on the field.

Pandya in his 2nd spell.

After 30 overs,West Indies 117/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 18 , Roston Chase 22)

Chase and Hope take singles off the 2nd and the last ball off Kuldeep’s 5th over. Still below 4 runs per over.

After 29 overs,West Indies 115/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 17 , Roston Chase 21)

Jadeja finishes his 10 overs on a trot. Virat bowls the left-arm spinner before the 30th over. Jadeja gives away 48 runs off his 10.

Kuldeep Yadav has now taken seven wickets from his first four ODI matches which is the joint most any left-arm chinaman bowler from his first four ODIs. Windies’ Dave Mohammed also took seven wickets from his first four ODIs. 

After 28 overs,West Indies 110/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 14 , Roston Chase 19)

Chase and Hope are now finding gaps and keeping the scoreboard ticking. Chase hasn’t had a good run with the bat in the series so far. Finally he is spending some time in the middle.

FOUR! Kuldeep flights the ball and Roston Chase get on his knee and sweeps it to deep square leg boundary. Good shot.

After 27 overs,West Indies 103/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 12 , Roston Chase 14)

Jadeja finishes his 9th over. The batsmen nudge around for two singles off first five balls and Chase plays one fine off the third man to pick 2 more runs of the last ball.

After 26 overs,West Indies 99/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 11 , Roston Chase 11)

Chinaman to continue. Completes a tidy over, beats the batsmen with his googly a couple of times.

After 25 overs,West Indies 97/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 10 , Roston Chase 10)

Jadeja went for 4 runs off the first 5 balls and terrible mis fielding by Dinesh Karthik at long off gives Chase his first four. Jadeja isn’t impressed at all. Karthik just doesn’t gather a simple ball coming at gradual speed to him, take his eyes off and the balls trickes through his hands and then his legs leaving him in blushes.

Kuldeep has been a handful for WI batsmen. Even well set Lewis. His variety and the drift he’s getting is confounding. Additionally the turn both ways is unsettling. Kuldeep not worried about tossing it up. Lewis fooled into giving up his wicket with turn and bounce.

After 24 overs,West Indies 89/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 9 , Roston Chase 3)

Typical Kuldeep with his loop and flight and an occassional googly, he is mixing it. 4 more to Windies in this over.

After 23 overs,West Indies 85/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 8 , Roston Chase 0)

Jadeja’s over goes for 5 runs. Windies have found him a little easy to pick. 31 off his 7 overs already.

FOUR! Shai Hope makes complete use of an overpitched delivery. Whipped to midwicket boundary.

After 22 overs,West Indies 80/2 ( Shai Hope (W) 3 , Roston Chase 0)

Two new batsmen at the crease, with Roston Chase joining Shai Hope. Kuldeep picks up a wicket in his first over. How many will he add today?

OUT! Curse the commentator! It is that man Kuldeep again. It is the wrong’un again! Lewis steps down and tries to go over the top, but the googly turns in and gets the inside half of the bat and a lunging forward Kohli at short mid wicket completes the catch.

Evin Lewis keeping WI flag flying. A couple of big shots. Including a big six off Jadeja. Needs to keep going and not throw it away like K Hope. WI will be hoping that he bats through. India not attacking enough. Lewis now picking off the bowlers at will. Remains to be seen how Kuldeep Yadav performs.

Kuldeep is here!

After 21 overs,West Indies 78/1 ( Evin Lewis 34 , Shai Hope (W) 2)

Jadeja’s over goes for 10 runs, including a huge six over long off. Lewis is slowly getting into the mood.

SIX! Lewis takes on Jadeja! Amazing shot. Lewis just displays what he can really do. Seems to love hitting it over the mid off region.

After 20 overs,West Indies 68/1 ( Evin Lewis 25 , Shai Hope (W) 2)

Pandya goes round the wicket for a ball and comes back to over the wicket. Luckily he got away with a wide, which should have been put away. It was short and wide and Lewis could have smacked it anywhere, but he somehow missed it. But Pandya overpitches one and Lewis takes the aerial route and lofts it over mid off.

FOUR! In his arc and he goes after it. Powerful hit, lofts it over mid off.

After 19 overs,West Indies 63/1 ( Evin Lewis 20 , Shai Hope (W) 2)

Jadeja runs through his fifth over. Windies will have to rebuild once again. Shai Hope has been their best batsmen in this series, Lewis really needs to get a move on. 19 off 43 is extremely poor.

After 18 overs,West Indies 60/1 ( Evin Lewis 19 , Shai Hope (W) 1)

India break the opening stand as Pandya gets rid of Kyle Hope. The wicket will hurt Windies bitterly. Younger brother Shai Hope walks out to the centre.

Temperament is an issue with current WI team. Imagine throwing it away after all the hard work. What was the elder Hope thinking? He was in an excellent position to pick easy runs in the middle overs. But after making a combative 37 that included a boundary off the previous delivery he played an Ill advised lofted shot to get caught in the deep. Disappointing end after 1st 50-run opening stand for WI in 12 innings.

OUT! Pandya gets Kyle Hope again. After the boundary off the last ball, Hope charges down the track and goes for an expansive shot. Premeditated and pays the price. He tries to go over the cover and gives a simple catch to Kedhar Jadhav at deep extra cover. Needless shot. Clear case of lack of experience.

FOUR! Hope clears the front leg and goes down town. Ball passes mid on.

After 17 overs,West Indies 52/0 ( Evin Lewis 17 , Kyle Hope 31)

End of tidy over by Jadeja. Bowling straight and quick. No nonesense bowling by Jaddu.

After 16 overs,West Indies 51/0 ( Evin Lewis 17 , Kyle Hope 30)

50-runs partnership between the Windies’ openers in the 16th over. They need to now get the match by its scuff. They have been oovercautious at times, need to find gaps more often. 3 runs off Hardik’s over.

After 16 overs,West Indies 51/0 ( Evin Lewis 17 , Kyle Hope 30)

50-runs partnership between the Windies’ openers in the 16th over. They need to now get the match by its scuff. They have been oovercautious at times, need to find gaps more often. 3 runs off Hardik’s over.

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— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 2, 2017

After 15 overs,West Indies 48/0 ( Evin Lewis 16 , Kyle Hope 28)

Lewis and Hope are closing on a 50-run stand. They look well settled now and ready to play some shots. Good signs these for the Windies.