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http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s stand-in skipper, Suresh Raina, lauded his bowlers for making a great comeback in the match after being hammered by the West Indian top-order at the start of the innings.
The Indian team sealed an emphatic seven-wicket victory (D/L method) in the second One Day International (ODI) at the Queen’s Park Oval, on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.
Put into bat first, the Windies made a fantastic beginning on a slower Oval wicket. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirk-Anton-Edwards-c71510, started the affair with a bang, exhibiting a thrilling 57-run partnership for the first-wicket.
While Simmons reached his half-century with the help of three lovely boundaries and two towering sixes, the veteran batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ramnaresh-Ronnie-Sarwan-c83880, scored a steady knock of 56 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 continued the good work at number-four position and added a quick 36 to the total.
After the end of 36 overs, the Windies were 175/3 and the stage was set for a mammoth total. However, the Indian bowlers made a strong comeback and restricted the home side to 240.
Although, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987 played an important role in the victory by picking up two and three wickets respectively, the pick of bowlers in the Indian bowling department was Amit Mishra, who returned with impressive figures of 4/31 in 10 overs.
Later in the match, the Men in Blue successfully chased the revised target of 183 in 33.4 overs.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 led his team to a convincing victory by hitting an outstanding knock of 81.
Enormously delighted over his team’s second consecutive victory in the series, Raina gave full credit to his bowlers for setting up a comprehensive triumph for the tourists.
"Bowlers executed the plans very well. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mishra-c871 bowled very well in the powerplay. Munaf gave us breakthroughs as well and Virat and Parthiv did well in the chase. Virat showed great responsibility," Raina said.
The skipper, meanwhile, urged his teammates to shift the winning momentum into the next game. The visitors are now leading the five-match series by 2-0 and are scheduled to meet the West Indian side in the 3rd ODI on Saturday, June 11, 2011.
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