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India run over West Indies to register huge win

Port of Spain: Kuldeep Yadav picked three wickets and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two as India hammered West Indies by 105 runs to win the second ODI.

In a rain curtailed match, India posted a mammoth score of 310 run in 43 overs. West Indies in reply were restricted for 205/6 as India won by a whooping margin.

West Indies were never really in the chase as they lost two wickets upfront as the Indian bowlers tied them down with brilliant bowling.

Shai Hope was the lone fighter for West Indies with a 81 as the rest neither showed any intent nor the application to chase down the total.

Kuldeep bowling for the first time in the ODIs picked three and sucked away the momentum from West Indies as India had the last laugh.

Earlier, India rode on a strong batting performance from the top-order to post 310/5.

The match had to be reduced to 43 overs a side after a long spell of rain forced the start to be delayed.

Opener Ajinkya Rahane spearheaded the Indian innings with 103 runs off 104 balls.

India skipper Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan also scored breezy half-centuries to lay a strong foundation for the innings. Kohli plundered 87 runs off 66 deliveries with four boundaries and an equal number of sixes.

Dhawan scored 63 runs off 59 balls.

Pacer Alzarri Joseph was the most successful among the West Indies bowlers with figures of 2/73.

The West Indies bowlers -- specially the pacers -- did themselves no favour by giving away as many as 13 extras which included five no-balls and four wides.

Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan put together an opening stand of 114 runs in 18.2 overs to give a Indians a solid start.

After Dhawan was stumped off the bowling of off-spinner Ashley Nurse, Kohli joined Rahane in the middle and the duo proceeded to continue the good work with a steady 97-run partnership.

Rahane completed his century in style, hitting pacer Miguel Cummins to the cover boundary.

The Mumbai was dismissed almost immediately after reaching three figures when he hit out at a Cummins delivery which was too close to the stumps and cramped him for room. The ball kissed the stumps and dislodged one of the bails on its way to wicket-keeper Shai Hope.

Rahane smashed 10 boundaries and two sixes during his stint at the crease.

The Indians lost a couple of quick wickets after that as the momentum of the innings seemed to be falling off a bit.

Hardik Pandya lasted all of five balls before offering a high outer edge off a Joseph delivery to Cummins at third man.

Yuvraj Singh looked in good touch during his nine-ball stay in the middle which produced 14 runs. But the veteran southpaw fell to a loose shot when he went after a widish delivery from Jason Holder only to offer the outside edge to Hope behind the stumps.

Kohli came up with a few big shots towards the end to give the Indian innings a rousing end. He was dismissed in the second last over of the innings when he holed out to long on while going for another big shot.

Holder typified the indisciplined effort by the West Indies bowlers when he gave away 20 runs in five balls in the last over. During that time, he gave away three boundaries and two no-balls.

He also bowled two dangerously high full tosses which prompted the umpire to pull him out of the attack and fellow pacer Jonathan Carter had to bowl the last ball which produced two runs -- a total of 22 runs in the rather expensive over.



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