In the end, India get over the line with relative ease. Defending 176 was never going to be easy but the dismissals of Rohit and Kohli in one over may have raised hopes of a fightback. But Hooda and Suryakumar, after a brief stand between Pant and Ishan, saw the team home with six wickets to spare. Rohit's effortless 60 was the highlight. Chahal's four-for would've pleased the management. Prasidh Krishna had his moments too. India go 1-0 up in the three-match series. That would be all from our side. Thank you.
Allen to Yadav, no run. Yadav gets a single next ball. Hooda takes a single as well. After a few singles, Yadav seals the deal with a four! India win with six wickets and 22 overs to spare.
IND 170/4 in 27 overs: Hosein to Hooda, 1 run off the first ball. Yadav and Hooda milking the singles. Four from the over.
IND 166/4 in 26 overs: Allen into the attack. Yadav gets a single first ball. Hooda will take a brace off the next. Hooda gets off strike with a single next ball. 1 run to Yadav off the fifth. And a single to finish.
IND 160/4 in 25 overs: Hosein to Yadav, 1 run off the first ball. Less than 20 needed now. Single to Hooda off the next ball. Three dot balls later, Yadav collects a single off the last ball.
IND 157/4 in 24 overs: Holder to Hooda, no run off the first ball. Two more dots follow... Four dots ball later, Holder concedes a wide. FOUR! Hooda will get a boundary to third man but that was a streaky boundary - was looking to play towards mid on but got an outside edge.
IND 152/4 in 23 overs: Hosein to Hooda, no run. Two more dots follow before Hooda collects a single off the fourth ball. Good over. Just one from it.
IND 151/4 in 22 overs: Holder to Hooda, 2 runs off the first ball. Holder replaces Joseph. Hooda collects a single off the fourth ball. FOUR! Yadav playing his shots - glances this leg-side ball to fine leg for four.
IND 144/4 in 21 overs: Hosein to Hooda, 1 run off the first ball. Yadav collects a single off the third ball. One run to Hooda off the fifth ball. FOUR! Yadav reduces the deficit further with a rather fortuitous cut shot for four.
IND 137/4 in 20 overs: Joseph to Yadav, 1 run off the first ball. Joseph concedes a wide. Hooda takes a brace off the third ball. FOUR! Hooda drives through mid off on the rise and collects four. The batters run a bye next ball. Dot to end. India need 40 runs from 30 overs.
IND 128/4 in 19 overs: Hosein to Hooda, no run. Single off the next ball. FOUR! Yadav releases the pressure with a sweep shot for four. FOUR! SKY on the charge. Cheeky shot as Surya guides this short ball past first slip for four. Single off the last ball. Less than 50 needed to win now. India need 49 runs from 31 overs.
IND 118/4 in 18 overs: Joseph to Yadav, no run first ball. Another dot ball. GONE! Rishabh Pant is run out. Is there a twist? SKY hit it straight down the ground, Joseph got some part of his boot on the ball as it crashed into the stumps at the non-striker's end. Pant was outside his crease. Deepak Hooda is the new man in. Yadav collects a couple off the fifth ball.
IND 116/3 in 17 overs: Hosein to Ishan, dot ball. He gets a single next ball. Single to Pant as well. OUT! Ishan holes out. Suryakumar Yadav joins Pant. Yadav takes a single off the last ball to get off the mark. India need 61 runs from 33 overs.
IND 113/2 in 16 overs: Joseph to Pant, 1 run first ball. SIX! Ishan goes big. Innovative cricket from Ishan as he ramps this short ball over the keeper's head for six. That's also one for the over. He collects a single next ball. FOUR! Pant won't be left behind, plays a majestic drive down the ground for four. These two eating away at the deficit in quick time. Couple of dots to end the over.
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IND 101/2 in 15 overs: Hosein to Ishan, 1 run. FOUR! Sweeps first ball, not in control but he will get four for it. Pant collects a single off the fourth ball. Ishan collects a couple to bring up the team 100. Dot to end. India needs 76 from 35 overs.
IND 93/2 in 14 overs: Joseph to Rohit, given out lbw. Rohit reviews. Three reds and that's OUT! Rohit falls for 60. Kohli is the new man in. FOUR ! Kohli's off the mark with a boundary. Genuine edge through the cordon for four. FOUR! Kohli plays an upper cut for four more. Joseph concedes a wide next ball. GONE! Kohli departs, caught by Joseph. Pant walks out at 4. Dot to end. India need 84 runs from 36 overs.
IND 84/0 in 13 overs: Hosein to Rohit Sharma, no run off the first ball. Rohit's beaten on the second ball. FOUR ! Rohit plays a nonchalant paddle sweep for four. Single to Rohit off the fourth ball. Ishan collects a couple off the last ball.
IND 77/0 in 12 overs: Joseph to Rohit, 2 runs off the first ball. He brings up his 50! Languid innings from the skipper. FOUR ! Rohit's on a roll here as he plays an imperious straight drive and collects four more. Now a single to Rohit off the fifth ball. Dot to end.
IND 70/0 in 11 overs: Akeal Hosein, left-arm spinner, into the attack. Hosein to Rohit, dot ball. Slip in place. Rohit gets a single next ball. 1 run to Ishan. There was a leg slip in place for Ishan. Rohit collects one run off the fifth ball. Dot to finish. India need 107 runs from 39 overs.
IND 67/0 in 10 overs: Roach to Rohit, FOUR! Rohit pulls a short ball over square leg for four. FOUR! Rohit collects four more as he opens the face and guides it through vacant cordon for four. SIX! Next ball is pulled away for a maximum. Single to end the over. 15 from the over.
IND 52/0 in 9 overs: Joseph to Ishan, 2 leg byes. The 50 comes up. He gets a single next ball. Joseph to Rohit, dot ball. Three dot balls later, Rohit picks a single off the last ball.
IND 48/0 in 8 overs: Roach to Rohit Sharma, dot ball. FOUR! Beautiful pick up shot for four. Roach has changed ends. FOUR! Rohit's back from an injury layoff! Who can tell. Skips down the wicket, and lifts a length ball over mid-off for four.
IND 40/0 in 7 overs: Alzarri Joseph replaces Roach. Ishan on strike. Joseph starts with a wide. He follows it up with a short ball, called one for the over; Ishan ducked under it. FOUR! Brilliant from Ishan, who has pulled this in front of square. Three dots to finish.
IND 35/0 in 6 overs: Holder to Ishan, dot ball. He defends the next ball off the front foot. FOUR! Ishan pulls a short ball through midwicket for four. Holder going round the wicket now. A single to Ishan off the fifth ball. FOUR! Runs coming thick and fast. A handsome backfoot punch between point and cover for four.
IND 26/0 in 5 overs: Roach to Rohit Sharma, single off the first ball. Roach to Ishan, dot ball. Ishan swivels a pull to fine leg for a single. Rohit flicks the fourth ball to deep square for a couple. FOUR! Poor bowling from Roach, who is bowling too straight and paying the price - Rohit has tucked it away for four more. Dot to finish.
IND 18/0 in 4 overs: Holder to Rohit Sharma, no run. FOUR! Holder gets little straighter and Rohit hits through the line, down the ground for four. Lovely shot. Rohit collects a single off the penultimate ball. Dot to finish.
IND 13/0 in 3 overs: Roach to Ishan, no run. Roach concedes a wide next ball. He is bowling round the wicket to Kishan. Ishan collects a couple off the fourth ball - punched square of the wicket but Allen at point puts in a dive and keeps the batters down to two. Roach, meanwhile, sprays another wide ball.
IND 9/0 in 2 overs: Kishan to take on Jason Holder. Holder to Ishan, single off the first ball. Edged the first ball but the ball falls well in front of first slip. Rohit collects a couple off the next ball. Four dot balls to finish.
IND 6/0 in 1 over: Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan to start the run chase. Roach with the new ball. Rohit to take strike. Roach to Rohit, no run. Two slips in place. Bowls a wide next ball. Another wide. FOUR! Great timing from Rohit; Roach strays down leg side and Rohit hits it through square leg.
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WEST INDIES 176 ALL OUT IN 43.5 OVERS
INNINGS RECAP
Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal spun a web around the Caribbean batters to restrict the visitor to just 176. Mohammed Siraj struck early, getting Shai Hope to chop on in the third over. The spinning duo then ripped through the middle and lower-middle order, as both Chahal and Sundar struck twice in an over on one occasion each. Jason Holder and Fabian Allen staged an impressive fightback with a 78-run stand for the eighth wicket before the latter handed an easy catch straight to Sundar. Prasidh Krishna soon got half-centurion Holder to edge behind to curtail the West Indian counter-attack.
WI 176/10 in 43.5 overs: OUT! Joseph holes out at long on and Chahal gets his fourth. Alzarri Joseph c Suryakumar Yadav b Yuzvendra Chahal 13(16b 1x4 1x6).
WI 174/9 in 43 overs: Prasidh's array of skills with the ball on display. A couple of yorkers, a couple of hard length deliveries outside off and a deceiving slower one to end the over. Just the one wide down leg from the over.
WI 173/9 in 42 overs: SIX! Joseph tonks it over long off as Chahal pitches it up too far ahead outside off. Just that aberrant loosener from Chahal as he ends up with five dots from the over.
WI 167/9 in 41 overs: Holder drives a full length outside off from Prasidh for a couple. OUT! Pace and bounce and Holder edges behind to the keeper. Jason Holder c Rishabh Pant b Prasidh Krishna 57(71 b 0x4 4x6). Roach in at No. 11. A couple of dots to end the over.
WI 165/8 in 40 overs : Three singles off Sundar's over, who keeps it on back of a length. He comes round the wicket to Joseph off the last ball on Pant's insistence. Joseph tucks it to square leg.
WI 162/8 in 39 overs: FOUR! Joseph is offered a gift by Thakur on his first ball that slides down leg and he gets enough bat on it to find the fine leg rope.
WI 157/8 in 38 overs: A couple for Holder at long on and that's his fifty. His 11th in ODIs comes off 58 balls. OUT! The softest of dismissals that hardly elicited a reaction from the players. It stops a bit in the pitch and Allen hands it straight back to Sundar. Fabian Allen c & b Washington Sundar 29(43b 2x4 0x6). Alzarri Joseph the new man in.
WI 154/7 in 37 overs: SIX! Thakur darts it too straight and Holder cross bats it over mid wicket for a big one. A couple more next ball behind square leg and he moves to 48. A serene straight drive but just a single for him. Beaten! Jags in, extra bounce and beats Allen to strike him high on his thigh.
WI 145/7 in 36 overs : Sundar back with the ball. Holder and Allen negotiate Sundar's shortish length with singles off the backfoot. Good resistance by the duo in trying circumstances.
WI 142/7 in 35 overs: The runs are piling on slowly but steadily. Allen leans back and flaps one to deep third man for a couple. Siraj responds with some short stuff but it is given wide for height.
WI 138/7 in 34 overs:SIX! Holder moves to the leg, makes room on the off and lifts it over extra cover for a maximum. It was slightly over-pitched from Chahal. Nine runs from the over.
WI 129/7 in 33 overs: A couple from Siraj's over and Allen-Holder bring up their fifty-run partnership.
WI 127/7 in 32 overs: SIX! Holder gets on one knee and slog sweeps Chahal for a maximum at deep mid wicket. A half-hearted effort from Prasidh in the deep and could have been taken.
WI 121/7 in 31 overs: Siraj back into the attack. Nips the first one into Holder from short of a length and he misses trying to flick it on leg. Inducker again, this time to Allen, and an inside edge misses the stumps and rolls on leg for one more. Miscued pull from Holder and falls in a vacant square leg region. It seemed to have copped him on the fingers and the physio is out taping them up. FOUR! Short and wide and Allen slaps it over backward point to the boundary.
DRINKS - WEST INDIES 114/7 IN 30 OVERS
WI 114/7 in 30 overs : Edged by Allen for two more fortuitous runs at tihrd man. He stepped out to chip it over extra cover but found thick outside edge. FOUR! Holder slog sweeps Chahal to the mid wicket boundary to end the over.
WI 106/7 in 29 overs : 100 up for WI in 28.2 overs. Allen collects three as Chahal fumbles at mid-on. Allan chips a short one into the air but he gets it over mid on to collect three more. A direct hit at the striker's end has Kohli interested but replays confirm the batter was in comfortably.
WI 96/7 in 28 overs: Wily Chahal has the batters in a tangle. Just two singles from the over. Chahal gets one to turn sharply away from Allen after revving one in which stays straight. Allen almost plays onto his stumps, patting one on the leg side.
WI 94/7 in 27 overs: Thakur concedes a single off the last ball as Allen miscues a pull to short fine leg for a single. Thakur gives little room outside the off to keep him quiet.
WI 93/7 in 26 overs: Just four runs from Chahal's fourth over. Holder seems to prefer the aerial route to counter Chahal's turn and collects a couple off the first ball.
WI 89/7 in 25 overs: Prasidh to Holder, no run. He is into his fifth over. Second ball is driven to short cover but no run. Third ball is worked to leg for a single. Allen gets a single to deep cover. Single to Holder to end the over.
WI 86/7 in 24 overs: Chahal to Holder, no run. Holder defends the next ball before clobbering the third ball over long-on for the first six of the match. Two dots and a single to finish the over.
WI 79/7 in 23 overs: Prasidh continues. Appeal for caught behind; low catch for Pant. Soft signal is out. Hosein the man in question. OUT! Fabian Allen is the new man in. Dot to end.
WI 78/6 in 22 overs: Caught behind appeal but not given. Rohit reviews again. Brooks the man in question. OUT! THREE REDS! Rohit on a roll with his reviews; Chahal bags his third. Akeal Hosein is in. Dot to end.
WI 73/5 in 21 overs: Krishna continues. Wide slip in place. Brooks gets a single first ball. Good over from Prasidh. Just two off it in the end.
WI 71/5 in 20 overs: Here comes Chahal. Chahal to Brooks, no run. Slip in place. Brooks drives to long-on for a single. Loud appeal for lbw against Pooran but not given. Rohit reviews again. Pooran is beaten on the sweep. OUT! THREE REDS. Chahal has his man. That's wicket No. 100 in ODIs for the leggie. Kieron Pollard is in next. GONE! Clean bowled first ball. Bowls a wrong'un first up, Pollard looks to go for the cover drive, misses the ball and the stump is pegged back. Chahal on a hat-trick. Jason Holder to face the hat-trick ball. Two slips, a forward short leg in place. Wrong'un first ball as Holder defends. Dot to finish. End of an eventful over.
WI 70/3 in 19 overs: Prasidh to Brooks, no run off the first ball. Brooks is on strike. The widish slip still in place. Brooks gets a single off a leading edge, lucky there was no fielder there. Three dot balls to end the over.
WI 69/3 in 18 overs: Sundar to continue after the break. Sundar Pooran, no run. He is already into his sixth over. Very poor work from Prasidh. Pooran sweeps it fine, Krishna at short fine makes a mess of it. Ishan puts in a dive but in vain. Pooran pushes the fourth ball to cover for a single. A single to end the over as Brooks retains strike.
DRINKS
WI 63/3 in 17 overs: Prasidh is back into the attack. Prasidh to Brooks, no run. There's a widish slip in place. Rohit holding Chahal back for now. Brooks guides one fine of third man for a couple. Three dot balls to end the over. Just two from the over.
WI 61/3 in 16 overs: Sundar to Pooran, dot ball. Next ball, Pooran drives to deep cover for a single. Slip and leg slip for Brooks, who cuts to deep point for a single. Pooran sees width outside off and flays it to deep cover for four. Two dots to finish.
WI 55/3 in 15 overs: Thakur to Brooks. Starts with a short ball. Brooks sways out of the line. Brook defends the next ball before collecting a single off the third ball. Pooran pulls a short ball in front of square for a brace. Dot and a single to finish.
WI 51/3 in 14 overs: Sundar continues. A slip in place for Pooran. Six dot balls. Sundar bowling a dream spell so far. He is getting sharp turn and bounce as well. Only a matter of time before Chahal is brought into the attack.
WI 51/3 in 13 overs: Nicholas Pooran is the new man in. Brooks will be on strike. Thakur continues. Brooks drives one to deep cover for a single. Pooran clips one off his legs for four. Nothing ball, straying on the pads. The 50 came up with the boundary. A single and a dot to end the over.
WI 45/3 in 12 overs: Sundar to Bravo, single off the first ball. Sundar to King, OUT! King looks to work one to leg side, but the ball takes the leading edge to Suryakumar Yadav at short midwicket. The move to introduce Sundar early paying off. Shamarh Brooks is the new man in. Leg slip and a slip in place. Brooks off the mark with a single off the fifth ball. Huge shout from Washington for lbw but not given. Rohit reviews. OUT! Three reds. What an over this.
WI 43/1 in 11 overs: Shardul Thakur. No slip. Start of the 2nd PowerPlay. Four runs from the over, decent start from Thakur.
WI 39/1 in 10 overs: Sundar to Bravo, no run off the first ball. FOUR! Bravo goes for the drive as one hand comes off the handle. Runs away to the cover fence for four. Sundar concedes a wide. Couple of dots to finish. End of the first PowerPlay. Siraj in his first spell 5-2-13-1.
WI 34/1 in 9 overs: Siraj to King. Just a lone slip in place. King is on strike. Two dot balls later, King cuts one past point for a couple. Another brace for King as he bottom edges a pull to long leg. Dot to finish.
WI 30/1 in 8 overs: Early spin. Washington Sundar into the attack. Gets the ball to turn straightaway. Bravo on strike. Rohit at slip. Prodigious turn early in the innings. A couple to Bravo on the legside off the last ball.
WI 28/1 in 7 overs: Siraj to King, no run. Siraj is getting the ball to nip back into the right-hander at good pace. Three dot balls. Maiden from Siraj. The dots are piling up from one end. Siraj so far: 4 1 9 1
WI 28/1 in 6 overs: Prasidh to Bravo, no run. Starts with a short ball. Bravo sways out of the line. Three dots so far. Prasidh gets one to skid off ... pacy ball from the quick , hurries Bravo, who is shaping up to pull, gets a top edge that runs away for four to fine leg. Bravo ends the over with a flourishing cover drive for four.
WI 20/1 in 5 overs: Siraj to Bravo, over the wicket. Five dots and a single to end the over. Bravo retains strike. Siraj has been exceptional so far.
WI 19/1 in 4 overs: Prasidh to Bravo, no run. 1 leg bye again as Bravo gets off strike. Prasidh to King, who drives between mid-off and cover for four. Beautifully struck. Couple of dots to finish.
WI 14/1 in 3 overs: Siraj . Hope pushes the first ball to the leg side for no run. He caresses the next ball through the covers for four. Follows it up with a drive between between mid-off and cover for four. WICKET ! GONE ! Hope chops on. It was a scrambled seam ball, nipped back in after pitching, taking the inside edge of Hope's bat onto the wicket. Darren Bravo, left handed bat, comes to the crease. Siraj to Bravo, the ball brushes the thigh pad on the way to Pant. Good stop from the keeper. A single to finish the over. It's been given leg byes, so Bravo yet to get off the mark.
WI 5/0 in 2 overs: Prasidh to share the new ball. FOUR runs. Bowls a wide half volley first up and King lofts it over cover for four. Two slips in place. Prasidh to King, 1 wide. Good comeback from Prasidh but needs to get his lines right soon. Finishes with four dot balls.
WI 0/0 in 1 over: Hope and King will open the batting. Siraj will open the attack. He has the first new ball. Hope on strike. Siraj to Hope, no run. Two slips in place. Two more dots follow. By the way, there are three men in the ring on the off side, two on the leg side. Tidy start. Maiden from Siraj.
We are all set for live action in Ahmedabad.
1:25 PM: India will wear black arm bands to mourn the passing of singer Lata Mangeshkar. The two teams have lined up for the national anthems. West Indies first, followed by India's.
1:00 PM: TOSS: Pollard and Rohit walk out for the toss. Rohit Sharma has won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Rohit: It looks a good pitch and might be slightly better to bat under lights. Happy to be back - playing for the country is the priority. I haven't played cricket for a couple of months but these things happen when you play all the time. We've got some positive cases in our camp, a couple of new faces.
Pollard: The toss is 50-50, no one knows what's going to happen. It's a big field, we need to rotate the strike. Kemar Roach comes back into our XI, Fabian Allen as well gets an opportunity in 50-over cricket and Darren Bravo gets a game.
12:46 pm: Rajasthan allrounder Deepak Hooda will make his ODI debut.
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