India stay afloat

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India surged back into contention in the Celkon Mobile Cup tri-series with a crushing 102-run victory over the West Indies in the fourth match at the Queen’s Park Oval on Friday.

At the bottom of the standings following defeats in Jamaica in their first two matches of the competition, the World Cup holders rebounded with a tremendous all-round effort in the sultry Trinidad conditions.
Put in by home captain Dwayne Bravo, the Champions Trophy winners amassed 311/7 batting first and then earned a bonus point to go with the comprehensive win in restricting the home side to 171 all out after the Windies were set a revised target of 274 off 39 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis system following a 90-minute interruption for rain.
He was given an excellent platform courtesy of an opening partnership of 123 between Shikhar Dhawan (69) and Rohit Sharma (46) and was in no mood to waste such a promising foundation, blasting his way to the hundred in the final over of the innings off 83 deliveries with 13 fours and two sixes.
Omitted from the side for what proved a humiliating 161-run defeat to Sri Lanka in Jamaica, Kumar fully justified his recall, adding the scalps of Darren Bravo and Kieron Pollard for a first-ball duck for good measure. Umesh Yadav also snared three wickets while the giant Ishant Sharma accounted for two key victims upon the resumption.

SCORECARD
India: R. Sharma c Ramdin b Best 46, S. Dhawan c D.M. Bravo b Roach 69, V. Kohli c Sammy b D.J. Bravo 102, S. Raina c Sammy b Samuels 10, D. Karthik c Ramdin b Best 6, M. Vijay c Charles b Pollard 27, R. Jadeja (run out) 2, R. Ashwin (not out) 25. Extras (4b, 7lb, 13w) 24. Total (for 7 wkts, in 50 overs) 311.
FoW: 1-123, 2-141, 3-156, 4-168, 5-210, 6-221, 7-311.
Bowling: Sammy 8-1-28-0 (w1), Roach 10-2-69-1 (w2), Best 10-0-51-2 (w5), Bravo 7-0-57-1 (w4), Narine 5-1-35-0, Samuels 8-0-39-1, Pollard 2-0-21-1 (w1).
West Indies: C. Gayle c Karthik b Kumar 10, J. Charles c Raina b I. Sharma 45, D.M. Bravo c Ashwin b Kumar 1, M. Samuels c Karthik b I. Sharma 6, K. Pollard c Ashwin b Kumar 0, D.J. Bravo lbw Yadav 14, D. Ramdin c Kumar b Yadav 9, D. Sammy lbw Yadav 12, K. Roach b Jadeja 34, S. Narine c I. Sharma b Jadeja 21, T. Best (not out) 0. Extras (1b, 10lb, 8w) 19. Total (in 34 overs) 171.
FoW: 1-14, 2-25, 3-64, 3-65, 3-69, 6-91, 7-108, 8-113, 9-171.
Bowling: Kumar 8-1-29-3 (w1), Yadav 8-1-32-3 (w4), Sharma 7-1-30-2 (w3), Jadeja 7-1-44-2, Ashwin 4-0-25-0.