West Indies v India - 2nd ODI - First innings summary
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the second One Day International (ODI) of the five match series at the VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam in India on Friday, December 2, 2011.
The tourists reached 269 runs for the loss of nine wickets at the end of their allotted 50 overs.
The impressive thing about this innings was that the team was struggling at one stage with nine wickets down and just 170 runs on the board.
Tail-enders http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758, who were batting at number nine and ten respectively, played brilliantly and made sure that they did not throw their wicket away.
The pair put together 99 runs for the final wicket partnership, guiding the total to 269 in the end.
Rampaul was the star of the show for the Caribbean Kings, as he top scored with an unbeaten 86 runs off just 66 balls. The tall left-handed batsman smashed the bowlers to all parts of the park and finished with six fours and the same number of sixes.
On the other hand, Roach provided terrific support to Rampaul, who was attacking the bowlers.
The former scored an unbeaten 24 off 35 balls with the help of three boundaries and will be full of confidence once he comes out to bowl.
Earlier, India's stand in skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 decided to field after winning the toss. The pitch was a flat one, but seemed to have some moisture beneath it.
This was the reason why the Windies side struggled at the start of their innings and wickets fell on regular intervals.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-Barath-c886 was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after failing to open his account.
He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804, who only managed four runs in his short stay at the crease.
In form middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 was unable to guide his side out of trouble this time around, as he got out after scoring 13 runs.
This saw the middle-order struggle against the Indian bowlers and the visitors were five down for 63 runs at one stage of the innings.
Explosive all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LMP-Simmons-c1843 ended up with 78 runs.
However, with nine wickets down for 170, it appeared as if the Windies would be dismissed within 200, but Rampaul and Roach took the game away from the opposition.
India's young pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 did a very good job with the new ball, picking up three wickets in the day.
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