S. Badrinath's solidity, the depth in the Indian batting and some disciplined bowling enabled a new-look India defeat a young West Indies outfit by 16 runs in the one-off Twenty20 International here on Saturday.
Pursuing 160, the West Indies finished at 143 for five. Coach Duncan Fletcher has begun his India tenure with a win. The match was also the 200th T20 International. Badrinath was adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his fighting 43 in an adverse situation after the West Indies pacemen had made early inroads.
West Indies skipper Darren Sammy's commendable four for 16 went in vain.
India bad a lucky break as R. Ashwin dismissed Lendl Simmons under dubious circumstances as the ball travelled off 'keeper Parthiv Patel's glove, then helmet to Virat Kohli at slip. Soon, Munaf Patel yorked Fletcher. The left-right combination of Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels revived the innings before Harbhajan took out both.
Earlier, India recovered from a precarious 56 for four in the ninth over. Badrinath, calm-headed and sure-footed, read the conditions well. His 37-ball 43 held the innings together after Sammy had elected to field in overcast conditions.
India: Parthiv c Samuels b Sammy 26 (20b, 2x4, 1x6), S. Dhawan c Fletcher b Sammy 5 (11b), V. Kohli c Hyatt b Sammy 14 (12b, 2x4), S. Badrinath c Fletcher b Bishoo 43 (37b, 5x4), S. Raina c Barnwell b Sammy 2 (6b), R. Sharma b Barnwell 26 (20b, 2x6), Yusuf (not out) 15 (6b, 2x6), Harbhajan (not out) 15 (7b, 1x4, 1x6); Extras (lb-1, w-10, nb-2): 13; Total (for six wkts in 20 overs): 159.
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Dhawan), 2-48 (Kohli), 3-48 (Parthiv), 4-56 (Raina), 5-127 (Rohit), 6-134 (Badrinath).
West Indies bowling: Rampaul 4-0-38-0, Russell 2-0-26-0, Sammy 4-0-16-4, Nurse 4-0-23-0, Bishoo 4-0-31-1, Barnwell 2-0-24-1.
West Indies: A. Fletcher b Munaf 11 (16b, 1x6), L. Simmons c Kohli b Ashwin 9 (9, 1x4), D. Bravo b Harbhajan 41 (41b, 5x4), M. Samuels c Parthiv b Harbhajan 27 (29b,3x4), D. Hyatt (not out) 14 (7b, 1x4, 1x6), D. Sammy c Kohli b Praveen 0 (2b), C. Barnwell (not out) 34 (16b, 2x4, 3x6); Extras (lb-4, w-3): 7; Total (for five wkts in 20 overs): 143.
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Simmons), 2-22 (Fletcher), 3-88 (Samuels), 4-92 (Bravo), 5-93 (Sammy).
India bowling: Praveen 4-1-27-1, Harbhajan 4-0-25-2, Ashwin 4-0-30-1, Munaf 4-0-35-1, Yusuf 4-0-22-0.
Man-of-the-Match: S. Badrinath .
Pursuing 160, the West Indies finished at 143 for five. Coach Duncan Fletcher has begun his India tenure with a win. The match was also the 200th T20 International. Badrinath was adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his fighting 43 in an adverse situation after the West Indies pacemen had made early inroads.
West Indies skipper Darren Sammy's commendable four for 16 went in vain.
India bad a lucky break as R. Ashwin dismissed Lendl Simmons under dubious circumstances as the ball travelled off 'keeper Parthiv Patel's glove, then helmet to Virat Kohli at slip. Soon, Munaf Patel yorked Fletcher. The left-right combination of Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels revived the innings before Harbhajan took out both.
Earlier, India recovered from a precarious 56 for four in the ninth over. Badrinath, calm-headed and sure-footed, read the conditions well. His 37-ball 43 held the innings together after Sammy had elected to field in overcast conditions.
India: Parthiv c Samuels b Sammy 26 (20b, 2x4, 1x6), S. Dhawan c Fletcher b Sammy 5 (11b), V. Kohli c Hyatt b Sammy 14 (12b, 2x4), S. Badrinath c Fletcher b Bishoo 43 (37b, 5x4), S. Raina c Barnwell b Sammy 2 (6b), R. Sharma b Barnwell 26 (20b, 2x6), Yusuf (not out) 15 (6b, 2x6), Harbhajan (not out) 15 (7b, 1x4, 1x6); Extras (lb-1, w-10, nb-2): 13; Total (for six wkts in 20 overs): 159.
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Dhawan), 2-48 (Kohli), 3-48 (Parthiv), 4-56 (Raina), 5-127 (Rohit), 6-134 (Badrinath).
West Indies bowling: Rampaul 4-0-38-0, Russell 2-0-26-0, Sammy 4-0-16-4, Nurse 4-0-23-0, Bishoo 4-0-31-1, Barnwell 2-0-24-1.
West Indies: A. Fletcher b Munaf 11 (16b, 1x6), L. Simmons c Kohli b Ashwin 9 (9, 1x4), D. Bravo b Harbhajan 41 (41b, 5x4), M. Samuels c Parthiv b Harbhajan 27 (29b,3x4), D. Hyatt (not out) 14 (7b, 1x4, 1x6), D. Sammy c Kohli b Praveen 0 (2b), C. Barnwell (not out) 34 (16b, 2x4, 3x6); Extras (lb-4, w-3): 7; Total (for five wkts in 20 overs): 143.
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Simmons), 2-22 (Fletcher), 3-88 (Samuels), 4-92 (Bravo), 5-93 (Sammy).
India bowling: Praveen 4-1-27-1, Harbhajan 4-0-25-2, Ashwin 4-0-30-1, Munaf 4-0-35-1, Yusuf 4-0-22-0.
Man-of-the-Match: S. Badrinath .
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