Overs 46-48.1(Ind: 270/5)
Jadeja hit the winning runs and Kohli racked up a valiant century but Rohit Sharma ensured that he would be in the middle for an Indian victory.
With Roach bowling his final over, Rohit Sharma was biting his time with singles but he spotted a slower one early and hoisted one over long-off for the maximum and effectively seal the match for India.
It was getting tense with couple of dot balls after Raina's wicket. Rampaul was bowling in the right areas and Sammy finally got the field in to restrict the singles. Kemar Roach picked up the wicket of Suresh Raina in his 9th over for nought.
Overs 41-45 (Ind: 247/4)
After reaching his hundred Virat Kohli let himself loose with some quick runs. Though he was living dangerously, he was lucky enough to get few edges to the boundary. He was eventually picked up by Ravi Rampaul on 117 from just 123 deliveries but not before he had put India in a winning position.
Virat Kohli racked up his 8th ODI hundred as he lead the run chase of 270.
Overs 36-40 (Ind: 210/3)
India crossed the 200 run mark and the required run rate was exactly 6. 60 runs needed off 60 balls.
Overs 31-35 (Ind: 172/3)
Sammy missed a trick or two when it came to restircting the duo of Kohli and Rohit as they forged the 100 run partnership.
Overs 26-30 (Ind: 152/3)
Sammy tried himself, Pollard Samuels and Roach to break the partnership but Kohli and Rohit looked solid in the middle milking runs from every corner of the field.
Overs 21-25(Ind: 122/3)
Virat Kohli racked up his 18th ODI fifty as he, along with Rohit Sharma are turning the heat on the Windies.
Overs 16-20 (Ind: 97/3)
The wicket of Viru brought in Rohit Sharma and after three uncomfortable deliveries, he plunged on to a short one from outside-off to deep midwicket, a classic pull and he was under way. At the other end, Kohli once again was displaying maturity in the run chase.
West Indies had opted for the bowling powerplay and they brought in the part time offie Marlon Samuels in the 16th over. The very first ball Sehwag tired an inside out shot and was holed out at long-off and the plan worked.
Sehwag was playing the waiting till then and like a raging bull seeing red, Sehwag went after the spinner only to perish on 26.
Overs 11-15 (Ind: 75/2)
After a slight rain delay the match was resumed and Sehwag looked to force things along with Virat Kohli.
Overs 6-10 (Ind: 45/2)
It was a subdued start by Virender Sehwag as the maverick opener let others do the talking. With Guati and Parthiv back in the hood, Virat Kohli had been the agresssor. The West Indies attack was disciplined to this point.
Adrian Barath plucked one out of thin air to dismiss Gautam Gambhir (12) for another cheap score. The bowler -- who else than Ravi Rampaul. It was a short and wide delivery and 10 out of 10 times Gauti would have dispatched for a boundary as he would have done numerous times, but not today. Barath timed his jump to perfection stretching out his right hand to intercept the speeding delivery.
Overs 1-5 (Ind: 23/1)
As is the norm, Sehwag lived dangerously for the first five overs and was even dropped by Sammy.
Kemar Raoch delivered the first blow as he sent the tentative Parthiv Patel packing fot just 2 runs.
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