India’s high scoring thriller

Posted on June 27, 2009
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A close-up of Yuvraj Singh celebrating his quickfire century, West Indies v India, 1st ODI, Kingston, June 26, 2009

India won the toss in the first ODI against West Indies in kingston and skipper M S Dhoni elected to bat first.Its Yuvraj Singh who had done all the batting thriller in which he scored 131 runs from 102 deliveries,which consists of 10 fours and 7 sixes.

Dinesh Karthik and Yuvraj Singh had put up a partnership of 135 runs from 129 deliveries which made a very good platform for the middle order batsmen like the electrifying Yusuf Pathan and a good hitter Harbhajan Singh.Yusuf Pathan made 40 runs from 38 balls and Harbhajan Singh made 21 runs from 13 balls.India made 339 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

In response to this all the West Indies players made a good contribution for the team.The openers Chris Gayle and Runako Morton put up a first wicket partnership of 65 runs from 59 deliveries.The top scorer for the team is Shivnaraine Chandrapaul who took 63 runs from 59 deliveries.But West Indies lost the game by 20 runs,in which they were all out for 319 runs in the 48.1 overs.

Score card of the first ODI between India and West Indies at Kingston

Indian Cricket team Squad

West Indies Cricket team Squad