India 270 for 5 (Kohli 117, Rohit 90*)
hit West Indies 269 for 9 (Rampaul 86*, Simmons 78, Yadav 3-38) by five wickets
A record-breaking innings from tailender
Ravi Rampaul was not sufficient for the West Indies to avoid a second succeeding one-day beat by
India in
Visakhapatnam.
Rampaul, who came into the match with an regular of 9.47 and a top score of 26 not out, thrash six sixes and as many fours to finish winning on 86 from 66 delivery - eclipsing Mohammad Amir's 73no, the preceding best score by a number 10 in ODI cricket.
Lendl Simmons had previous compiled a exclusive 78 in 102 balls to make up for a miserable middle-order showing, with the West Indies closing on a spirited 269 for nine. But India's class shone through as their comeback, led by Virat Kohli's 123-ball 117, saw them declare their authority to win by five wickets with 11 balls to spare.
The hosts' reply had not ongoing well as
Parthiv Patel go for two with just three runs on the board, an exterior edge off Kemar Roach going low to
Darren Sammy at second slip.
Virender Sehwag came in to steady belongings only for
Gautam Gambhir to go for 12 to leave his side on 29 for two.
Sehwag (26) was next to leave, however, sending a Marlon Samuels delivery to wide long-off where Andre Russell made the catch in the 16th over.
That bring
Kohli to the middle and he set about his task in certain fashion, showing mature but optimistic shot assortment to hit 14 fours. That run was brought to an end on 117 by Rampaul as Kohli went for a power shot which edged to Denesh Ramdin to make the catch.
That left the hosts on 247 for four but Rohit Sharma was going along satisfactorily and he helped his side across the final line with an unbeaten 90 feature seven fours and two sixes.
Bad weather had belated the start until 2.30pm local time but no decrease in overs was necessary, send-off Sehwag to insert the tourists after winning the toss.
Adrian Barath endures a brief but sweltering time at the head of the innings, declining for a duck to his eighth delivery as Umesh Yadav and wicketkeeper Patel combined for the wicket.
Yadav had
Samuels drop before an excellent catch from Suresh Raina sent him back to make it 25 for two.
Simmons took succeeding fours off Yadav soon after, while Darren Bravo announce himself with an easy flick through square leg.
Bravo's second boundary was even improved but he was gone for 13 when
Vinay Kumar tempts a loose caress from the left-hander to have him caught at mid-on.
Vinay followed up by sending Denza Hyatt back for a two-ball duck, but Simmons was unchanged as he eases into the 30s moments later.
Ramdin also unsuccessful to keep him company, the recurring Yadav shaping one missing from the batsmen and having him caught at backward point as the scoreboard moved to 63 for four.
Kieron Pollard came and went but by then Simmons had recorded a 10th ODI fifty and he sustained to make things look easy, lifting Ravichandran Ashwin for six over long-on.
It was Rampaul who actually provide the sting in the tail. He played his shots from the start, hitting his seventh ball for six, and did not slow down when Simmons ran himself out for 78.
His 50 busy only 35 balls and more sixes follow, with two more off Ashwin, one off Jadeja and two from the bowling of Varun Aaron, counting the final ball of the innings.
Gaji
