From the iSport Cricket Pavilion: Superb bowling spell of 4 for 35 from Andre Russell helped West Indies restrict visitors to 251 and then a blistering innings of 86 from Darren Bravo coupled with a crucial innings of retired-hurt Sarwan helped home side chase down the target with 8 balls to spare to end on high making it 2-3 in five match ODI series at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
West Indies won the toss, elected to field and got off to a good start removing Parthiv Patel in the fourth over with just 15 runs on the board, courtesy a brilliant diving catch by Anthony Martin at square leg. A struggling innings of 11 From Shikhar Dhawan then came to an end in the seventh over when he tried to cut but top-edged the ball to first slip. Kohli then got into the act hitting two classy boundaries in as many overs. Manoj Tiwary looked confident hitting Sammy for a six over midwicket. He added 58 runs for third wicket with Kohli before Pollard had him caught behind for 22 in the 16th over, making it 79 for 3. Kohli and Rohit Sharma then resurrected the innings adding 110 runs for the fourth wicket in 20 overs as Kohli brought up his half-century in the 23rd over. The pair tried to up the ante hitting ten and twelve runs from 35th and 36th overs. Kohli was unlucky to miss out on a century as he was run out for 94 trying to come back for the second after a flick to deep square leg, but was caught short by an accurate throw from the deep by Sarwan.
Kohli's 104-ball innings included ten hits to the fence. Pollard then removed Suresh Raina for a duck in the next over, caught at deep cover to make it 190 for 5 in the 37th over. Sharma and Yusuf Pathan then added 35 runs from 6 overs as the former brought up his half century from 66 balls. Sharma then threw away his wicket going for a slog sweep but missing out completely. Sharma made 57 from 72 balls with two hits to the fence and one over it. Pathan and Ashwin added quick-fire 20 runs from 14 balls before Pathan's cameo of 30 from 29 balls was ended by Russell in the 46th over. Two deliveries later, Russell cleaned up Amit Mishra making it 246 for 8. Roach then had Vinay Kumar caught behind for two before Russell got the final and his fourth wicket cleaning up Ishant Sharma in the 48th over and restricting India to 251.
In reply, West Indies got off to a bad start losing in-form Lendl Simmons in the fifth over after surviving a difficult dropped chance two deliveries earlier. Simmons top edged and sliced one down to third man off Vinay Kumar. Adrian Barath, who survived two dropped chances, then added 41 runs from 11 overs with Sarwan before being trapped leg before by an Amit Mishra googly. Sarwan and Darren Bravo then resurrected the innings adding 103 runs for the third wicket before an unlucky Sarwan had to leave the field, retired hurt with cramps. Sarwan made 74 from 94 deliveries with five hits to the fence and one over it. Darren Bravo then got into the act smashing Ashwin for six over wide long on and then hitting him for consecutive sixes over mid wicket in the 43rd over, the first over of the batting power-play which yielded 15 runs. In process he reached his half-century from 78 balls.
Bravo murdered Mishra in the next over hitting him for a six over long leg off a no ball and then another one over deep midwicket scoring 15 runs from the over. He crushed Vinay Kumar too, hitting him for a six over wide long off in the next over to take the score to 213 for 2 in the 45th over. With 39 required from 30 balls, Mishra struck an important blow removing Bravo stumped for 86. But Pollard and Samuels made sure that there were no more slip-ups as they finished off the game hitting 42 from the next 3.3 overs, winning the game by seven wickets with eight balls remaining,
Andre Russell was named the man of the match for his superb bowling spell of 4 for 35.
Rohit Sharma was name the man of the series for his for his 257 runs from 5 innings.
Result: West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Scores: India: 251/10; West Indies: 255/3
Man of the Match: Andre Russell
Man of the series: Rohit Sharma
Series: India won the 5-match series 3-2
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