India vs WI as it happend: India win first ODI by 6 wickets

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Preview It would be a mistake to believe that India will enjoy an upper hand against the West Indies in the ODI series just because the Caribbean side has lost the Test series, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said.

India had won the series 2-0, but Dhoni said it was not an easy task to get that scoreline and the ODI format may actually suit the West Indies cricketers.

“The West Indies are a good team. You may say that the Test matches got over on the third day itself and it was easy, but it was not. There were situations where we were under pressure and then we had to build a partnership. It was not an easy series as the scorecards suggest,” Dhoni said at the pre-match press conference. “It is important that we take the match with a right frame of mind and not thinking about whether the opposition played well or not.”

Most of the matches in the ODI series against Australia were high score affairs. Asked if similar scores could be expected in the three-match series, the Indian skipper said it could not be predicted at this stage.

“It all depends on how the wicket here is going to behave. Before the start, it is not easy to say what will be the good score to win a match. We will see how the wicket behaves and then we plan and may be 260 or 280 could be a good score if it becomes flat. If the dew factor comes into play, then an average of 230 or 240 could be an ideal score.”

Dhoni said his players have worked hard on bowling in the death overs, and hoped that the results will show on the field gradually. “They are putting in a lot of effort and we have seen a lot of improvement in that front. I am hoping that they come out well after the effort they are putting in,” he said.

(Preview PTI)