India v West Indies Photo Highlights, IN v WI 4th ODI Pictures, Images 0n 5th July

India won the 4 match ODI series against West Indies, their 2nd ODI series win in West Indies. India's 6th consecutive series win.

A jubilant team posing for photograph after winning the ODI series against West Indies

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is all smiles, as he lifts the Man of the Series trophy

Rain was the second "man of the series" which helped India tremendously to take the ODI series

Heavy downpour stopped the 4th ODI between IN vs WI

Ishant bowled a great line and length to take the wicket of Chris Gayle in the few overs of cricket which happened on Sunday.

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India v West Indies Video Highlights, IN v WI 3rd ODI Video Highlights 3rd July 2009

Watch video Highlights of the 3rd ODI between India and West Indies, Played at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia on 3rd July 2009

the highlight of the match was Karthiks & Dhoni's innings which eventually led India to victory.

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India beat West Indies in 3rd ODI to take 2-1 lead in the 4 ODI series

India 159 for 4 (Karthik 47, Dhoni 46*, Gambhir 44) beat West Indies 185 for 7 (Sarwan 62, Nehra 3-21) by six wickets (D/L method)

India leads the series 2-1 now thanks to rain converting the ODI into a 20 20 match for India reducing the target to 159 in 22 overs. Cannot make a mind who deserves credit for the win ? was it Dhoni’s calculative innings of 46 in 34 balls OR the Rains with three major stoppages in the West Indies innings who went to score 186 in the curtailed 27 overs at a run rate of 6.88.

Ramnaresh Sarawan was the highest scorer for WI with 62 runs after Gayle failed at the top, who was lopped by MS Dhoni of Ashish Nehra who turned out to be the best bowler for India. Both the openers Dinesh Karthik and Gautam Gambhir gave a brisk start in the beginning with Karthik scoring a brilliant 47 runs and then Dhoni settled the game with a clinical 46 runs; the highlight of his inning was a responsible batting display and the six he hit in the last over to give India the much needed victory.

An interesting series is on the plate with West Indies trying to draw the series and India looking for a series win.

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India vs West Indies 3rd ODI - Live Cricket Scores of Ind vs WI 3rd ODI

3rd ODI between West Indies and India will be palyed on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 at Gros Islet, St Lucia. 4 Match series is level by 1-1 after 2 matches as India won the 1st ODI by 20 runs and West Indies won the 2nd ODI by 8 wickets.

India has to change their strategy in order to take lead in the series. Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma is constatntly out of form and in the last match only captain Dhoni scored some runs.

West Indies after convincing 8 wicket win in the 2nd ODI is high on confidance and try to take lead in the series. They performed really well with both the bat and bowl as Ravi rampul took 4 wickets and opener Runako Morton scored 85 unbeaten runs.

India Playing 11 for 3rd Match

1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 S Badrinath, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 RP Singh, 11 Ashish Nehra.

West Indies Playing 11 for 3rd Match

1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Runako Morton, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Darren Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Ravi Rampaul, 10 Suleiman Benn, 11 Lionel Baker

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Ravi Rampaul stars in West Indies 8 wickets win over India

West Indies bounced back strongly after the deafeat in 1st ODI and take the revenge with a comfortable 8 wickets win over India in the 2nd ODI on June, 28th at Jamaica.

India bowled out on 188 runs in 48.2 overs due to fine bowling by Ravi Rampaul who took career best figure of 4 wickets for 37 runs, Jerom Taylor and Davon Bravo took 3 wickets each. Dhoni played an inning of 95 runs and put 101 runs 9th wicket partnership with RP Singh.

Chris Gayle and Rukardo Morton then scored 101 runs for the opening wicket, contributed 64 runs and 85 not out to seal a comfortable 8 wicket win.

Brief Score:

India - 188 all out in 48.2 overs (Dhoni 95, Ravi Rampaul 37/4)

West Indies - 192/2 in 34.1 overs (Gayle 64, Morton 95)

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India win a thriller by defeating West Indies by 20 runs

India survived a mighty scare as West Indies succumbed by just 20 run short of victory. Both Ramnaresh Sarawan and Chanderpaul led West Indies close to the target but eventually 340 was a bit too much to ask for West Indies who did not get the start from Chris Gayle as he generally is known for.

Yuvraj Singh (131 of 102 balls) scored a brilliant century to revive a dropping Indian batting order, M S Dhoni (41) played second fiddle when Yuvraj was going great guns. Yusuf Pathan scored a quickfire 40 along with Harbhajan Singh (21 of 13 balls) to take India to 339/6 in the stipulated 50 overs.

Chris Gayle will have to fire to overcome this huge target to restrict India to go 1 / 0 up in the series.

Earlier in the inning, a much needed partnership of Dinesh Karthik and Yuvraj Singh gave some respite to the Indian scoreboard. A partnership of 135 after two quick wickets falling in a span of a few minutes saw India in trouble.

Gautam Gambhir couldnt handle the short pitched delivery by Taylor and was caught out as he mistimed his hook shot. Rohit Sharma followed Gambhir's footstep and showed the weakness against the short pitched bouncers. India struggled early by losing it's top order batsman, someone had to build on from there.. and in came Yuvraj Sing. He started slow and cautiously playing his shorts, his innings had some sort of maturity and demonstrated his power towards the end of his innings.

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India vs West Indies - Live Cricket Scores of Ind vs WI 1st ODI

1st ODI of 4 match series between India and West Indies will be played on June 26th, 2009 at Kingston Jamaica. The match will start from 09:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 8.00 PM IST. India can come on 2nd position in ICC ODI Ranking if they won the serie sby 4-0.

India will be without their 4 key players Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Suresh Raina. They will highly depend on Rohit Sharma, Gambhir, Yuraj and Yusuf Pathan to come back on the winning track after early exit in T20 World Cup.

West Indies is high on confidance after good show in T20 World Cup where they reached to semifinals and lost Sri Lanka. Darren Bravo, younger brother of Dwayne played only 15 first-class games and eight List A matches for Trinidad & Tobago.

India Playing 11 for Today Match

1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 S Badrinath, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 RP Singh, 11 Ashish Nehra.

West Indies Playing 11 for Today Match

1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Runako Morton, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Darren Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Ravi Rampaul, 10 Suleiman Benn, 11 Lionel Baker

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India practice before 1st ODI against West Indies

Pragyan Ojha tweaks one at nets in preparation for the first ODI against West Indies at Sabina Park.

Dinesh Karthik concentrates on the ball as he goes in for a straight drive

Dhoni watches his team prepare for the ODI's as he takes a breather

R P Singh bends his back to get that extra pace to utilise the hard pitches of West Indies.

Ashish Nehra practises for the first ODI

Ishant Sharma who is going through a bad patch will need to come out good on the West Indies tour

Venkatesh Prasad patrols his bowlers, provding some valuable advice to RP Singh
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Fidel Edward’s injury a boon for India

India might have failed to impress anyone on their approach to the pace and bounce that they faced during the Super Eight league of T20 World Cup. Fidel Edwards was a nemesis with his slinging bouncers which made life tough for the Indian batting order who failed to cope his magic.

His absence in the 4 ODI’s starting tomorrow onwards will be a big plus for the Indian’s. Fidel will be missed badly by West Indies as he grabbed an injury during the 20 20 World Cup last month.








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West Indies Squad for Home series against India, West Indies team for India vs West Indies series 2009

West Indies after a better performance in the T20 World Cup are getting ready to be host to India. West Indies seem more confident than what they were afetr the England series losing bacly ot the English team. Darren Bravo brother of Dayne Bravo has been called into the team.

West Indies Squad for 1st Two ODI's against India:

Chris Gayle (capt)

Denesh Ramdin (wk)

Lionel Baker

Darren Bravo

Dwayne Bravo

Sulieman Benn

David Bernard

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Narsingh Deonarine

Runako Morton

Ravi Rampaul

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Jerome Taylor

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India vs West Indies ODI Series Schedule, Timing

After an early exit from ICC Twenty20 World Cup, India will plays a short four match ODI series against West Indies, from June 26th to July 5th 2009. This is the only series of India before Champions Trophy in September 2009.

India vs West Indies ODI series Schedule:

Friday, June 26th, 2009

1st ODI

India vs West Indies

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Timing: 09:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 8.00 PM IST

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

2nd ODI

India vs West Indies

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Timing: 09:30 local, 14:30 GMT, 8.00 PM IST

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

3rd ODI

India vs West Indies

Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.00 PM IST

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

4th ODI

India vs West Indies

Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.00 PM IST

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Indian Squad for upcoming tour of West Indies – IND v WI 4 ODI’s Tournament

India gears up for the upcoming West Indies series with the squad chosen for the series; The board has taken stride of the current scenario of injuries and retaining fresh mind and fresh talent for an international tournament like this. Inclusion of fresh minds like Yusuf Pathan, M Vijay, Abhishek Nayar, Ravindra Jadeja, S Badrinath & Pragyan Ojha. A lot of young and skilled players in the team, that’s the change in the mind of Indian selectors.

After a miserable performance by the ruling World Champions of 20 20 World Cricket; India needs to leave aside all the bitterness and pain of losing the Champions title. India is recuperating mentally from the three consecutive losses in the Super Eight Group of World Cup

BCCI selectors has finalized on the following squad members for the upcoming West Indies tournament in West Indies.

Players: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, M Vijay, S Badrinath, RP Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik

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