West Indies A vs India A – Sulieman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 A in the first unofficial T20 – Match Update
Problems continue to mount for India A after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 A inflicted yet another defeat to the tourists, beating them by three wickets in the opening T20I played at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, on June 23, 2012.
Rain affected the proceedings and the match was reduced to an 18-over affair. The Indians opted to bat however, remained sluggish in that department as only two players managed to cross 20. Eventually they relied heavily on a defiant half-century from Rohit Sharma, whose 52 ensured that his side's score offered some sort of respectability, 130.
In reply, the hosts stuttered and looked down and out before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bhuvneshwar-Kumar-c48045, to help his side seal an emphatic victory with two balls to spare.
The Utter-Pradesh pacer had managed to nail the home team early on by picking up both openers - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441 for 10 and a set Nkrumah Bonner batting on 25. He further conceded just 10 runs in his 3 overs before he was taken to the cleaners in the all-important 18th over.
Apart from Benn’s heroics, the other bright spot was the innings played by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Lyndon-Carter-c69137 in the crucial middle-overs. The inform all-rounder again showed his class with a brisk cameo of 35 after the Indians had made considerable dent, initially.
His knock came off just 21 balls, and included 3 towering sixes. His wicket, taken by Rohit Sharma in the 16th over, along with Jason Holder’s, put the outcome in balance. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098 then bowled a superb penultimate over in which he conceded just four. However, the hosts held nerves and completed the target timely.
Prior to the second innings, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 was the stabilizing factor for the away side, scoring 52. After a reasonable first half, the Men in Blue lost considerable ground in the second 10 overs of their innings.
From being 68 for 1, they slumped to 130 all out with Benn taking three important scalps. The other bowler to inflict damage was Holder, who also took three wickets.
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