da esport bet： West Indies completed a 4-1 rout of India with a 19-run win in the final ODI at Trinidad. Virender Sehwag fought valiantly during his 95 but his dismissal effectively ended the Indian chase of this one-day series
da prosport bet： The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran28-May-2006
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
For Virender Sehwag it was so close, yet so far… © Getty Images
A cavalier 62 from Dwayno Bravo propelled West Indies past 250, and threewickets apiece for the inexperienced duo of Jerome Taylor and DaveMohammed then stymied India’s run chase to ensure that Brian Lara’sone-day farewell from the Queen’s Park Oval would be a triumphant one.Virender Sehwag struck a magnificent, measured 95, but the inability ofanyone else to go past 30 cost India dear as the West Indian bowlersovercame a mid-innings wobble to inflict another embarrassing defeat on ateam that came here ranked No.3 in the world.Having set India 256 for victory, West Indies found the unlikeliest ofnew-ball heroes in Wavell Hinds. Corey Collymore tweaked his ankle in thevery first over, but by then India were already one down, with RobinUthappa having played an awful shot. Hinds, who had contributed 32 withthe bat earlier, then had Mahendra Singh Dhoni playing on, as hispromotion to No.3 failed to make the impact that India were hoping for.Sehwag started with a couple of flicks through midwicket for four, andthough he was initially troubled by Mohammed – brought on as early as the11th over – there were easy pickings to be had off the radar-less Taylor.A loft over cover, an exquisite square-drive and a delicate glance came inone over that fetched 19 runs, and when Mohammed was finally worked out,there was one huge six over long-off.Rahul Dravid had already gone by then, painfully slow to respond to aSehwag call, but Yuvraj Singh made light of a crisis situation with somegorgeously timed drives. When Bravo, West Indies’ go-to man in the series,came on, Sehwag responded with a superb stroke down to the sightscreen,and he celebrated a 53-ball half-century with a meaty biff throughmidwicket off Dwayne Smith.Yuvraj made effortless progress until his movement became laboured, and abeautifully disguised googly from Mohammed did him in, leaving Sehwag toshepherd the middle and lower order. The slide started with the return ofTaylor, as effective in his second spell as he had been hapless in thefirst.Mohammad Kaif was too early into the shot, Suresh Raina replicated his Friday dismissal,and then, most crucially, Sehwag failed to read a slower ball. After goingfor 40 in his first six overs, Taylor’s second burst of 3 for 7effectively settled the game. Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar took Indiawithin reach but ultimately, like the entire team in this series, theyfell well short.India had been insipid in the field as well, dropping two catches andconceding 13 wides and three no-balls in a listless display after Dravidwon the toss. Both lapses turned out to be incredibly costly – Chris Gayle offthe second ball of the match, and Bravo when he had made just 24. SSreesanth was the bowler to suffer the first time, with Dhoni tipping theoutside edge down to the boundary, goalkeeper style, while Agarkar was theone left shaking his head later in the innings, after Uthappa put down arelatively straightforward chance at deep square leg.Gayle made the most of the reprieve, and Sreesanth was left fuming afterbeing crashed through cover, lashed over midwicket and then lofted overextra-cover and mid-on. Sewnarine Chattergoon had lasted just one ballfrom Agarkar, but with Gayle in insouciant mood, runs came at a rapidclip. Sarwan, by contrast, started hesitantly, and was fortunate when anoutside edge just evaded Raina at second slip.Munaf Patel was initially economical without being especially penetrative,and with Gayle showing no signs of throttling back, Dravid had littleoption but to delay the Powerplays till the 17th over, by which time bothHarbhajan and Sehwag had come on to bowl. Gayle didn’t temper hisapproach, and a meaty swipe to midwicket and a well-executed reverse sweepfrom successive Sehwag deliveries took him past 50.
…while for Ramnaresh Sarwan, the Man of the Series, it was business as usual © Getty Images
The very next ball, however, impetuosity got the better of him, givingIndia a glimmer of hope. That was the cue for delirium as Lara walked outto rapturous acclaim, and a magnificent square-drive off Harbhajan furtherenlivened the mood. But Sehwag’s excellent spell, and Sarwan being strucka painful blow on the hand by a throw from midwicket, put the brakes onthe scoring, as both batsmen found it an ordeal to time the balleffectively on a stop-start pitch. Sreesanth, who had gone for 25 in hisfirst three overs, came back much improved, bowling two types of slowerballs to confound even Lara.Sarwan went for 52, trying to force the pace, and though Lara struck a sublimestraight six off Harbhajan, Agarkar’s throwing arm was to prove too muchfor him. He walked off with 36 to his name, waving his bat in everydirection, but there was to be no respite for India as Wavell Hinds and Bravothrilled the crowd in the final overs.Bravo’s running between the wickets was exceptional, with 10 twosscampered in his 50, and he thumped both Sreesanth and Munaf repeatedlyover cover as the shackles were emphatically broken. Hinds also joined in,smashing two fours over midwicket before getting under a low full toss.Bravo was undaunted, playing with the confidence of a man who has turnedmore than one game in the space of the past 10 days. His unbeaten 61 onFriday was instrumental in West Indies clinching the series. Today, hewent one better, and despite a heroic innings from Sehwag, it was enoughto seal an emphatic 4-1 triumph for a resurgent side.How they were outSewnarine Chattergoon b Agarkar 0 (8 for 1)
Chris Gayle b Sehwag 51 (90 for 2)
Ramnaresh Sarwan b Sreesanth 52 (137 for 3)
Brian Lara run out (Agarkar) 36 (165 for 4)
Wavell Hinds c Sehwag b Agarkar 32 (243 for 5)
Dwayne Smith b Munaf 1 (251 for 6)
India
Robin Uthappa c Ramdin b Hinds 0 (0 for 1)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Hinds 14 (26 for 2)
Rahul Dravid run out (Mohammed) 18 (73 for 3)
Yuvraj Singh b Mohammed 26 (130 for 4)
Mohammad Kaif c Gayle b Taylor 12 (170 for 5)
Suresh Raina c Ramdin b Taylor 2 (180 for 6)
Virender Sehwag c Gayle b Taylor 95 (189 for 7)
Harbhajan Singh c Bradshaw (sub) b Mohammed 26 (230 for 8)
Munaf Patel c Chattergoon b Mohammed 0 (231 for 9)
Ajit Agarkar c Smith b Gayle 21 (236 all out)
