India vs West Indies 4th ODI as it happened: India beat West Indies to win series 2-1

Click here for full scorecard India win the series 2-1. Virat Kohli is named the Man of the Match. A comprehensive victory for India in the end. Virat Kohli led the way in the batting department with a fantastic century, ably supported by Rahane and Raina. In reply, the Indian pacers stated off well and then the spinners chocked the run flow in the middle overs. Samuels fought a lone battle, Russell gave a scare but West Indies kept on losing wickets at regular intervals which brought about their downfall. Axar was brilliant on his debut with figures of 10-1-26-2! OUT! That’s it! India win by 59 runs MN Samuels b Mohammed Shami 112 (106b 9x4 6x6) Full on off from Shami from round the wicket, Samuels gives himself room for a drive but misses. The ball shatters the timber. 48th over: West Indies 271/9 Samuels is playing on an altogether different track. he crunches one through point for a boundary and then flicks it to fine leg for another one. 9 RUNS OFF THE OVER. Umesh Yadav back on 47th over: West Indies 262/9 3 runs and a wicket off the over. OUT! The off stump goes cartwheeling! JE Taylor b Mohammed Shami 11 (11b 2x4 0x6) Length delivery on off from round the wicket, Taylor stays back and looks to steer but misses. The ball uproots the off stump. https://twitter.com/cricinfo_record/status/523152197958520832 46th over: West Indies 259/8 Samuels gets to his 7th ODI century. He clips it to fine leg for a single. 97 balls it took him to get to his hundred. Fantastic knock so far but he is fighting a lone battle. Taylor then cuts a slower delivery outside off through point for a boundary. 9 runs off the over. 45th over: West Indies 250/8 Samuels nearing hundred, After two singles off first three bals, He cacks one through extra cover for a boundary. He then takes a single to mid-wicket nad moves on to 99. The last ball is a bouncer, Taylor looks to pull but gets a top edge over the keeper’s head for a boundary. 44th over: West Indies 239/7 2 runs and a wicket off the over. OUT! Samuels running out of partners! JO Holder c Raina b Kumar 11 (8b 1x4 0x6) Low full toss outside off, Holder looks to go over the top but ends up completely mistiming it to extra cover. 43rd over: West Indies 237/7 Three runs off the first two balls, Holder then charges down the track and hammers it over Jadeja’s head for a boundary. He then lofts it over covers for a couple. He takes a single to long off the next ball. 10 runs off the over. 42nd over: West Indies 227/7 Good over from Bhuvneshwar. Just 4 singles off it. Bhuvneshwar back on…. 41st over: West Indies 223/7 12 runs and a wicket off the over. Samuels takes a sinlgle off the first ball, Russell then clears his front leg and smashes it straight back over Umesh’s head for a thumping boundary. And then hits one out of the ground for a 93m maximum straight back over his head. But Umesh has the last laugh as he cleans up Russell. Jason Holder is the new batsman. OUT! Umesh has the last laugh! AD Russell b Yadav 46 (23b 6x4 3x6) After being hit for a four and a six, Umesh strikes a big blow. Russell stays back and looks to steer but misses a length delivery from Umesh from round the wicket. It clips the off bail. https://twitter.com/cricketaakash/status/523143451181723649 Over 40: West Indies 211/6 After two singles off first three balls, Samuels uses his feet adn lofts it straight back for a maximum. 9 runs off the over. 39th over: West Indies 202/6 The West Indies batsmen are taking on Jadeja. Russell flicks one to deep square leg for a boundary and then slog sweeps a couple of deliveries for sixes, one over mid-wicket and other over long leg. 19 runs off the over. 38th over: West Indies 183/6 Axar has bowled brilliantly so far and maintained the pressure from one end. Just one run off the over. 37th over: West Indies 182/6 Russell in ominous mood. Shami drifts it widem Russell cracks it over point for a boundary and Shami drops short a delivery after, Russell pulls it with extrame power over mid-wicket for a boundary. Shami goes full then but Russell is up to it and drives it through point for a well timed boundary. He then slices the last one over backward point to make it 16 runs off the over. 36th over: West Indies 166/6 2 runs and a wicket off the over. Andre Russell is the new batsman. OUT! Sammy departs DJG Sammy c & b Patel 16 (21b 2x4 0x6) Axar gets his 2nd wickets. Sammy gives himself a bit of room, Axar drops it a bit short and quicker. Sammy looks to heave but ends up mistiming it back to Axar. Batting Powerplay enforced 35th over: West Indies 165/5 Three runs off the first four balls, Shami then drops short, Samuels backs away and absolutely smashes it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Shami hits back well and beats Samuels on the poke outside off. 7 runs off the over. Shami continues…… 34th over: West Indies 158/5 Jadeja keeping it tight. Just one run off the over. 33rd over: West Indies 157/5 Sammy into the act now. He crunches one through backward point for a boundary and then pulls one over mid-wicket for another boundary. 10 runs off the over. Shami back on…. 32nd over: West Indies 147/5 Sammy takes a single to long off but then Samuels gets into the act and clobbers Jadeja for a couple of sixes over long on. He follows it up with a lovely cover drive for a boundary. He tires to go over the leg side next ball but doesn’t connect. He then clips it through mid-wicket for a couple to end the over. 19 runs off the over. 31st over: West Indies 128/5 Axar ripping it through at some good pace. Just 2 runs off the over. Axar continues….. 30th over: West Indies 126/5 A maiden over from Jadeja, he beat beat Sammy with a lovely delivery which turned away sharply. 29th over: West Indies 126/5 The fact that Axar is keeping it tight from one end is helping Jadeja. 4 runs off the over. 28th over: West Indies 122/5 2 runs and 2 wickets off the over. Darren Sammy is the new batsman… OUT! Jadeja gets the 2nd wkt in the over. DJ Bravo lbw b Jadeja 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) A tad full on middle, Bravo leans forward for a prod but misses and gets hit right in front. The umpire raises his finger. Dwayne Bravo is the new batsman. OUT! Ramdin departs. D Ramdin c Patel b Jadeja 9 (21b 0x4 0x6) Ramdin gets down and goes for a heav ebut doesn’t connect it well and helps it to deep square leg where Axar Patel takes a good running catch. Twin strikes from Jadeja rock West Indies. 27th over: West Indies 120/3 Tight over from Axar, just 3 runs off it. It’s been a good show from the youngster so far. 26th over: West Indies 117/3 0 6 6 4 4 2 - Samuels hammers Jadeja for 22 runs in an over. He moves on to 49. After a dot, Samuels clobbers Jadeja for back-to-back sixes straight back over. he again looks to go for the third but gets an outside edge wide of the first slip for a streaky boundary and then, cuts it powerfully through point for a boundary. 22 runs off the over. 25th over: West Indies 95/3 The ball is skidding on. Axar is bowling at good pace. Ramdin doesn’t manage to place it into gaps. Again, just 2 runs off the over. 24th over: West Indies 93/3 Ramdin getting a move on. Played a couple of good cover drives. 6 runs off the over. 23rd over: West Indies 87/3 They are rushing through their overs now even though the dew is taking effect. 2 runs off the Axaar over. 22nd over: West Indies 85/3 2 runs off the over. Ravindra Jadeja into the attack now. Brilliant over from Axar, a wicket maiden! Denesh Ramdin is the new batsman. OUT! Poor shot from Bravo. DM Bravo b Patel 40 (51b 6x4 0x6) A tad short from Axar, Bravo rocks back and looks to pull but misses, the ball ricochets his thigh pads onto the stumps. Bravo yet again throws away his start. 20th over: West Indies 83/2 Shami jags one back in sharply. Samuels looks to give himself room to play that but misses. It seems like he suffers cramps as he gets down on the ground. The physio runs out to the middle so do the rope carriers to wipe out the dew in the outfield. The next one is a short one, Samuels looks to pull but ends up slicing it to covers for a single. Bravo then takes a single to deep square leg. Shami then again resorts to short stuff but this time it’s down the leg side for a wide. The next one is accurate and hits Samuels on the helmet as he looks to duck. Shami ends the over with another short one, Samuels again ducks. 19th over: West Indies 80/2 Good start from Akshar. He got his lines right. Off the fourth ball, Bravo played for turn but it went straight on and beat his outside edge. Then off the last ball, Bravo looks to cut close to his body, not the length to cut and he misses again. 2 runs off the over. Akshar Patel into the attack now! 18th over: West Indies 78/2 Shami still playing the ‘bouncer games’ with Samuels. Delivers a quick short delivery just outside off, Samuels backed away for a slash but missed. 5 runs off the over. 17th over: West Indies 73/2 Bravo playing some cracking shots. It all starts from the fourth delivery. He at first drills it straight back for a boundary, then clips it through square leg for another on and then brings up the shot of the innings so far with a lovely drive through extra cover. 14 runs off the over. Kohli into the attack now. 16th over: West Indies 59/2 A fiery over from Shami but Samuels was up to the challenge. The first ball jags back in sharply from outside off and cuts Samuels into half. The nest ball, Samuels cracks it through covers for a boundary. Shami then delivers a quick bouncer, samuels looks to pull but misses. A dot and then Shami again unleashes a fiery bouncer, Samuels just about ducks under it and falls over. He is then up to the task as he clears the front leg off the last ball and hammers it over long off for a flat maximum. 11 runs off the over. 15th over: West Indies 48/2 Samules gets into the act now. Stands tall and thumps the second ball through extra cover for a boundary. 5 runs off the over. 14th over: West Indies 43/2 Poor fielding from Rayudu allows West Indies some easy runs. Bravo clips it to long leg where Rayudu lets it go through between his legs. 8 runs off the over. Shami into the attack now. He is the highest wicket-taker in the series so far with 8 wickets. 13th over: West Indies 35/2 Apart from a few odd lapses, Bhuvneshwar has been right on the money. Fantastic line and lengths. Just one run off the over. 12th over: West Indies 34/2 Bravo finally opens up! After two runs off first four balls, Bravo slashes one over point for a boundary. A leg bye to end the over. 7 runs off it. 11th over: West Indies 27/2 Just one run and a wicket off the over. marlon Samuels is the new batsman. https://twitter.com/robelinda2/status/523112696695095297 OUT! Pollard’s horrible stay comes to an end. Nicely set up by Bhuvi! A cracking inswinger, the earlier delivery, which Pollard leaves and it misses the leg stump by a whisker. Next one is an outswinger. Pollard pokes and gets an outside edge to 1st slip. 10th over: West Indies 26/1 Pollard getting impatient now. He at first flicks it to deep square leg for a couple. He then looks to go over the top but misses it completely. He then defends the next one and then charges down the track for a big one but is beaten by the away swing. 3 runs off the over. 9th over: West Indies 23/1 Constantly bowling in the corridor of uncertainty, Bhuvneshwar finally induces an outside edge, but is falls short of Raina at second slip. Two singles and a wide off it. 8th over: West Indies 20/1 The West Indies batsmen are very cautious. Surprising to see Pollard in this mode. Two runs and a leg bye off it. 7th over: West Indies 17/1 Good testing over from Bhuvneshwar. Pollard looked to use his feet on a couple of occasions but was forced to defend because of the away swing. Bhuvneshwar then delivers a bouncer off the last ball, Pollard ducks but is late, gets hit on the helmet and the ball flies to fine leg fence, 4 leg byes. Technically a maiden for Bhuvneshar! 6th over: West indies 13/1 Another tight over from Umesh. Just 2 runs off it. He is getting good away shape going. 5th over: West Indies 11/1 Bravo starts off the over in terrific fashion. Just tucks it off his hips and it races away through mid-wicket. He then takes a single off the next ball. Bhuvneshwar then beats Pollard with a beautiful outswinger off the last ball to end the over. 6 runs off it. 4th over: West Indies 5/1 Good tight over from Umesh Yadav. After a couple of dots, he induces an outside edge off Bravo which flies wide of the slip cordon to third man for a single. Just one run off the over. Both the pacers look in good rhythm. 3rd over: West Indies 4/1 Bhuvneshwar fluffed his lines a couple of times in that over but came back strong. Dhoni was up to the stumps in as early as the 3rd over! Two singles and a wide off the over. 2nd over: West Indies 1/1 Bravo takes a single off the first ball, Umesh then bowls a couple of outswingers, one is clipped to mid-wicket and other is left alone. Smith then looks to pull a short of a good length delivery but misses. A big LBW appeal is turned down. After a lovely outswinger, Umesh finally removes Smith. Kieron Pollard is the new batsman. OUT! Poor shot from Smith! DR Smith c Mohammed Shami b Yadav 0 (11b 0x4 0x6) Short of a good length delivery on off, Smith stays in his crease and looks to pull but is late onto his shot. Gets a top edge to mid on where Shami makes no mistake. Umesh Yadav will bowl from the other end. 1st over: West Indies 0/0 Brilliant first over from Bhuvneshwar. Good length delivery outside off, swings back in viciously. Smith straightaway looks to swing across the line but misses and gets hit on the pads. The umpire turns down the LBW appeal. Looks like height was the problem. Bhuvneshwar then cuts Smith into half with another good inswinger. And again does the same off the fourth ball. Maiden over. brilliant stuff. Right then! The West Indies openers - Dwayne Smith and Darren Bravo have made their way out to the middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will start off proceedings for India. https://twitter.com/mohanstatsman/status/523093430809800704 India have posted 330/6 thanks to Kohli (127), Raina (71) & Rahane (68) 50th over: India 330/6 A couple off the first ball, Holder then delivers a full toss next and Rayudu just clobbers it over deep mid-wicket for a massive maximum. Kohli is run out off the last ball trying to steal a bye. 11 runs off the last over. 49th over: India 319/5 The first ball is short, Kohli rocks back adn pulls it with a bit of top edge over long leg for a maximum. Taylor delivers a yorker the next ball , Kohli looks to flick but gets an inside edge wide of short fine leg for a streaky boundary. 4 singles off the next four balls make it 14 from the over. 48th over: India 305/5 Brilliant over from Holder. 7 runs and a wicket off it. He missed a simple run out of Rayudu off the last ball. Ambati Rayudu is the new batsman. OUT! Jadeja departs! RA Jadeja c Russell b Holder 2 (2b 0x4 0x6) Low full toss outside off, Jadeja looks to go over the top but ends up slicing it to mid off. 47th over: India 298/4 Dhoni pulls the next one to deep square leg where the fielder drops it but then Dhoni is run out off the next ball as he looks for a risky couple, Pollard with a direct hit from long on. Kohli flicks the next one to mid-wicket where Bravo drops a simple one. Kohli then runs salt into the wounds and hammers it over long on for a maximum and follows it with a couple. 13 runs off the over. Finally! Kohli heaves a huge sigh of relief as he gets to his 20th ODI century. An overthrow from Dwayne Bravo allows him the single. 46th over: India 285/3 Just 4 runs off the over. Looks like Kohli is itching to get to his century. He is on 99 now. 45th over: India 281/3 Fantastic over from Taylor. Just 2 runs and a wicket off it. The last ball of the over seemed like Kohli missed it while looks to turn it to the leg side. The bowler doesn’t appeal and there is a half-hearted reaction from keeper Ramdin. But replays show that Kohli might have got an inside edge. MS Dhoni is the new batsman. OUT! Taylor breaks the partnership! SK Raina c †Ramdin b Taylor 71 (58b 3x4 5x6) Slower good length delivery outside off, Raina waits and steers it straight to the keeper. He walks off to a standing ovation. Brilliant knock from him. 44th over: India 279/2 After just two runs off the first three balls, Raina swings it over ling on for a maximum. two runs off the nest two balls make it 10 from the over. 43rd over: India 269/2 Bravo being hammered all over the park. The first ball is short, Raina smacks it over mid-wicket for a boundary. He then gets down and heaves the next ove over deep mid-wicket for a huge six. Kohli then pulls on through mid-wicket for a boundary and then turns it to long leg for another boundary. 19 runs off the over. https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha/status/523079922760183809 42nd Over: India 250/2 Two runs off the first three balls and then Kohli unleashes a lovely cover drive for a boundary. 8 runs off the over. 41st Over: India 242/2 Good over from Bravo, just 6 runs off it. A very good one en fact, given the circumstances and the mood of the batsmen. 52/0 in the Batting powerplay - A very good one for India. https://twitter.com/cricketaakash/status/523079278796103680 40th over: India 236/2 Taylor drops it short first ball, Raina misses his pull and it runs away for four leg byes. Raina then connects one off the third ball and sends it sailing over mid-wicket fence. Kohli then receives a gift on his pads and he accepts it with a boundary through square leg. 15 runs off the over. 39th over: India 221/2 India gaining the momentum now. Pollard resorting to short stuff and getting hammered. At first Kohli hammers it through square leg for a boundary and then Raina pulls one through the same region for another boundary. 12 runs off the over. Pollard into the attack now. 38th over: India 209/2 Kohli starts the over in style. Leans forward and just lofts it over long off for a maximum. Kohli then takes a single, Raine then pulls one to deep square leg where Russell shows some good footwork to pull it back, the ball is rolling back towards the boundary rope, but the ball boy picks it up inside the rope and throws it to Russell who is shell shocked and not happy at all. The umpires get together to discuss and they award jsut two runs. Russell then gives a thumbs up to the ball boy who responds with some sort of smile. 11 runs off the over. Taylor back on. https://twitter.com/rameshsrivats/status/523073801068638208 https://twitter.com/Jaideep_18/status/523073920585326592 37th over: India 198/2 A very good over from Bravo, apart from the first delivery where his bowled a leg-side wide, he was right on the money. 5 runs off the over. https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha/status/523073027689304064 36th over: India 193/2 Raina charges down the track first ball but Samuels drags his length back and Raina is forced to defend. Two singles off the next two balls and then Raina charges down the track and lofts it straight back over Samuels’ head for a maximum. Raina then dabs it to short third man for a single. Raina survives off the last ball as Kohli flicks it to mid-wicket, Raina hares down the wicket but is sent back, the fielder misse shis shy at the bowler’s end. Had that hit, Raina was a goner. 9 runs off the over. Good start to the Batting Powerplay. Samuels continues….. Batting Powerplay enforced 35th Over: India 184/2 Raina takes a single off the first ball, Bravo then strays in line off the third ball, drifts it onto Kohli’s pads who flicks it through square leg for a boundary. 7 runs off the over. 34th over: India 177/2 Good tight over from Samuels, just one run off it. 33rd Over: India 176/2 Kohli is back in form! Gets to his 32nd ODI fifty with a trickle to fine leg for a boundary. Fifty off 65 balls. 7 runs off the over. 32nd over: India 169/2 Kohli getting into the groove now. Raina takes a single off the first ball, Kohli then guides one wide of short third man for a boundary. 5 runs off the over. 31st Over: India 164/2 A wide off the first ball and a single off the next. And then Raina plays a glorious stroke, just guides it wide of cover for a boundary. Bravo bounces back well to concede just one run off the next four balls. 7 runs off the over. Meanwhile, there are also reports that BCCI are trying to rope in Sri Lanka for a short series. Dwayne Bravo into the attack…. 30th Over: India 157/2 Samuels finally getting it right in this over. He is on the fuller side for most of the over. 3 runs off it. 29th Over: India 154/2 Good tight over from Benn, just three runs off it. He is in midst of a wonderful spell here. 28th over: India 151/2 Three singles off first five balls and then Raina dances down the track and absolutely clobbers it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. 9 runs off the over. https://twitter.com/FirstpostSports/status/523062738193358850 Well, well! There are reports coming in that this tour will be called off after this ODI. The West indies team has pulled out of the rest of the matches. 27th over: India 142/2 Kohli steers the first ball past short third man for a couple off the first ball, he then cracks a punch through covers for a boundary. He then takes a single and Benn clinches Rahane’s wicket off the next ball. 7 runs and a wicket off the over. Suresh Raina is the new batsman. OUT! Benn strikes. AM Rahane lbw b Benn 68 (79b 7x4 0x6) But Rahane might be unlucky. It’s loopy and on off, turning away, Rahane gets down and looks to sweep but misses. They all go up in an appeal and the umpire, after a long time, raises his finger. Looked like it was missing off. 26th over: India 135/1 Three tight deliveries but then Samuels fluffs his length, drops it short and Kohli pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. 5 runs off the over. Samuels needs to do something about his lengths, he is really inconsistent. 25th over: India 130/1 Big LBW shoud against Rahane off the first ball but the umpire says no. It’s a tad full on off, it goes straight on. Rahane leans forward for a prod but misses. They all go up in an appeal but the umpire says no. That looked very close. Rahane defends the next one but Benn then makes him manufacture a stroke as Rahane sweeps it to fine leg for a single. Kohli then takes a quick single to extra cover, Rahane has to dive at the other end to complete the single. Just 2 runs off the over. This is really good stuff from Benn. 24th over: India 128/1 The Indian batsmen milking Samuels. He is not getting his lines right. a couple of 2s and three singles off the over. 23rd over: India 121/1 After two runs off the first four balls, Rahane looks to force one off the backfoot but gets an outside edge wide of first slip for a boundary. Benn nearly there, forcing the batsmen to make mistake with his tight lines and lengths. A single off the last ball makes it 7 runs from the over. 22nd over: India 114/1 While Benn is keeping it full which is turning out to be effective, Samuels is on the shorter side. The first ball is short on off, Rahane punches it through extra cover for a couple. He brings up his 7th ODI fifty. Rahane then takes a single to point and Kohli turns it to square leg for another run. Samuels is again on the shorter side Rahane guides it through point for a couple. He then ends the over with a single to deep mid-wicket. Samuels continues…. 21st Over: India 107/1 Benn is keeping it very tight. Just one run off the over. 20th Over: India 106/1 5 runs off the over. West Indies fielders a bit lethargic. Three singles off the first four balls, Kohli then turns it past square leg, the fielder is slow behind the ball and they run through for a couple. 19th over: India 101/1 Kohli flicks the first ball through mid-wicket for a couple. But there are just two singles off the next 5 balls. 4 runs off the over. 100 up for India. 18th over: India 97/1 Good first over from Samuels. He dropped the second delivery short and Kohli mistimed his pull which fell short of the deep mid-wicket fielder. 3 singles off the over. Marlon Samuels into the attack now. 17th over: India 94/1 Benn keeping it full around off. Tight stuff from the left-arm spinner. Just a couple of singles off the over. 16th over: India 92/1 Looks like Russell is resorting to short stuff after scalping the wicket of Dhawan. The first delivery is short, Rahane looks to pull but gets a top edge to deep square leg for a single. Kohli defends the next ball solidly and then Russell again delivers the short one, Kohli mistimes his pull to mid on. Russell drifts the next one wide and Kohli cracks it through point with a cut for a boundary. A dot ball and then Russell drops it short again but Kohli is quick on his feet this time and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. 9 runs off the over. Russell continues. 15th over: India 83/1 Benn bowls tight lines and lengths for the first five balls and concedes just a single but then drops one slightly short outside off, Rahane guides it wide of short third man for three. 4 runs off the over. Sulieman Benn into the attack now. 14th over: 79/1 An eventful over in which Rahane was dropped. After defending the first ball, Rahane flicks the next one nonchalantly through mid-wicket and it races away to the fence. Russell drops the next one short, Rahane looks to pull but gets a top edge to fine leg where Taylor fluffs a sitter. 7 runs from the over. Russell is unlucky, he should have had a wicket. 13th over: India 72/1 Good tight over from Holder. Kohli looked to play straight in that over. Just two runs off it! 12th over: India 70/1 A successful over from Russell. Dhawan went after him off the second ball but missed his slash. he then had his wicket and broke the partnership. One run and a wicket off the over. Virat Kohli back at No. 3! OUT! Russell breaks the partnership! S Dhawan c DM Bravo b Russell 35 (35b 6x4 1x6) Short on off, it gets big on Dhawan who looks to pull but ends up top edging it to deep square leg where Darren bravo makes no mistake. Looks like it was a plan against Dhawan! 11th Over: India 69/0 The powerplay is over. Indians rotating the strike quite well. four singles off the over. Holder continues. 10th over: India 65/0 Rahane playing some beautiful shots! First ball is a tad wide, Rahane goes after it for a slash but misses. He then charges down the track the next ball and hammers it over mid off for a four. And then clips it past short fine leg for back-to-back boundaries. A couple of defenses and he then pulls the last ball over square leg to make it 12 from the over. 9th over: India 53/0 After being tonked for 15 runs in his last over, Holder bounces back and concedes just one run in his next. He maintained good lines. Change of ends for Holder. 8th over: India 52/0 Andre Russell replaces Holder. He keeps the ball up and concedes just a single. 7th over: India 51/0 Dhawan has decided everything must go and smashes Taylor for three straight boundaries. The carnage began when he walked out to Taylor and crashed him over the cover. The next ball he stood stock still and drove him through the covers. The last one was cut powerful on the up past point. Taylor doesn’t learn from Holder and decided to bounce Dhawan to end the over. The ball had to be fetched from the midwicket boundary and brings up the 50 for India. Looks like a pretty decent pitch for batting. 6th over: India 35/0 Holder doesn’t learn from his first over and bounces Dhawan, who cracks him over square leg for the first six of the innings. Holder says do that again and Dhawan gets up on one leg and pulls him away for four more. Rahane doesn’t want to be left out of the action and after a single to Dhawan, guides a full delivery to the point fence. 15 from the over and I reckon Holder is going to come off. 5th over: India 20/0 Two slips in place for Taylor, who stifles an lbw shout when the ball raps Rahane on the pads. Replays show a distinct inside edge on to pad. Taylor also has a man at deep point now and he keeps a Rahane down to a single. 4th over: India 18/0 Holder struggles with his line against the lefty-righty opening combination., Rahane artfully flicked a full delivery to deep midwicket for three runs. Six runs come from the over in all. 3rd over: India 12/0 Taylor works away on that outswinger. Rahane pushes forward gently with his arms and the ball races square of the wicket and away to the fence. When he played that shot, it looked liked a single at best, but the timing and placement were brilliant. He oozes lazy elegance, does Rahane. 2nd over: India 6/0 A nice juicy half-tracker first up from Jason Holder. Dhawan swivelled and despatched the ball to the square leg boundary. Holder cleans up his act after after that loosner and a confident shout for lbw against Dhawan was denied by Ian Gould on the suspicion that the ball was going over the stumps. 1st over: India 2/0 A quiet first over from Jerome Taylor. A single each to third man for Ajinkya Rahane and Shikar Dhawan. Taylor kept the ball full and on the stumps for the most part. 14.30 IST: The Dalai Lama is the chief guest of today’s match. The crowd gives him a huge ovation. 14.15 IST: Dwayne Bravo won the toss and chose to bowl first. MS Dhoni has pulled another surprise by picking Akshar Patel in place of Amit Mishra for the fourth ODI. Mishra bowled superbly in the last game after taking a hammering in the first. We can only assume Dhoni wants a look at Akshar but then why not drop Ravindra Jadeja, who is going to Australia no matter what. West Indies have also made a change. Jason Holder comes in for Ravi Rampaul. [caption id=“attachment_1761185” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  India hope Virat Kohli has found his form again. PTI[/caption] There was some concern the West Indies would boycott this match over the pay dispute with their board but the team has turned up to play while registering their protest, much like they did in the first game. India XI: S Dhawan, AM Rahane, V Kohli, AT Rayudu, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, AR Patel, B Kumar, Mohammed Shami, UT Yadav. West Indies XI: DR Smith, DM Bravo, MN Samuels, DJ Bravo*, D Ramdin†, KA Pollard, DJG Sammy, AD Russell, JO Holder, SJ Benn, JE Taylor. Preview Bolstered by their dramatic come-from-behind win in the last game, India will look to keep the winning momentum going when they meet West Indies in the fourth cricket one-dayer here today on what is expected to be a pacy track. The series is locked at 1-1 and the picturesque HPCA Stadium will provide the perfect setting as the two teams square off to seize the initiative before the final match of the series is played at Eden Gardens on October 20. India’s series-levelling victory at the Kotla was combination of West Indies’ self destruction while cruising towards an easy win and also inability to play on a track where there is some turn on offer. Read the full preview here .