Kohli ton blasts India to 311

20 overs West Indies 91 for 5 (Dwayne Bravo 13*, Ramdin 9*) need a further 183 runs from 19 overs to beat India 311 for 7 (Kohli 102, Dhawan 69, Rohit 46)
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West Indies looked shaky either side of a lengthy rain delay, losing five wickets in pursuit of a revised target of 274 in 39 overs. Chasing 312 initially, West Indies were denied a strong start when they lost their biggest hitter, Chris Gayle cheaply. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, back after missing the previous game, got rid of Gayle and Darren Bravo before rain intervened after the 10th over. The situation worsened for West Indies on resumption when, in pursuit of quick runs, lost three more and looked wobbly against the seamers, in particular Ishant Sharma.

Against Sri Lanka, India managed just one wicket in the entire 50 overs. Within five overs today, Bhuvneshwar already nipped out two, proving just how much he was missed. It was poor batting that cost West Indies those wickets though. Bowling over the wicket to Gayle, he got the ball to move away and a circumspect Gayle merely poked his bat out, edging to Dinesh Karthik. Bhuvneshwar then changed his angle to Darren Bravo, pitched it up and induced a drive. It was wide outside off but Bravo didn't move across enough to get behind the line and ended up edging to first slip. After completing the shot, his head was still facing cover.

Rain intervened shortly after, forcing the players off the field for an hour and a half. Marlon Samuels looked out of sorts against Ishant, and after surviving a confident appeal for caught behind off a delivery that lifted, edged the next ball to the keeper. Bhuvneshwar got one to kick up, forcing Kieron Pollard to slash to slip for a golden duck, before Ishant got Johnson Charles to top edge to square leg. Charles was the only batsman to show some aggression, scoring 45 off 39, but his dismissal had all but squeezed out West Indies' hopes.

50 overs India 311 for 7 (Kohli 102, Dhawan 69, Rohit 46) v West Indies

It couldn't have been what Dwayne Bravo envisaged at the toss. A greenish track at the Queen's Park Oval should have given his bowlers the early advantage, but over the course of the next few hours, the Indian batsmen made it seem like it wasn't a bad toss to lose after all. A strong opening stand of 123 gave the innings a base from which the captain Virat Kohli built a skyscraper, racing to a whirlwind 102 off 83 balls to push the score to 311. India were under pressure to keep their tournament hopes alive and that desperation was evident with the way Kohli accelerated towards the end to test the hosts.

After a listless performance against Sri Lanka, where it looked like the wrong Indian side showed up, India's batsmen showed more intent. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma didn't allow the bowlers to get comfortable, focusing on building a stand, allowing the others, led by Kohli, to press the pedal.

It wasn't an electric start - only 39 came off the first ten overs - but 28 of those came in boundaries, therefore indicative of the openers' approach. Dhawan showed class when driving through the off side, punishing width and bisecting a packed off side-ring that included an extra cover. The powerful square drives, missing against Sri Lanka, reappeared today.

Rohit was in good touch with his drives through cover and it was he who gave the innings momentum after a watchful first three overs, pulling a short ball from Kemar Roach over midwicket. The same over also produced an exquisite straight drive by Dhawan and an uppish square drive past backward point.

The bowlers had a lot to answer for. Roach was not consistent with his lengths; Darren Sammy couldn't nip out early wickets despite being given the new ball ahead of Tino Best; Best kept the hosts interested when he bounced the openers but the batsmen were watchful. Sunil Narine was brought on in the 17th over and he was swept for four by Rohit, giving India a headstart against their best bowler. Narine was subject to more punishment from Dhawan, who slogged him for consecutive sixes and a four to deep midwicket as the bowler varied his length. A bowling change, though brought the hosts success. Roach replaced Sammy after the Narine-caning and struck with his first ball when Dhawan clipped off his pads to Darren Bravo falling forward at deep square leg.

India then went off the radar with that wicket, losing four wickets for 45 when it was time for consolidation. For the second time in the morning, a seamer struck with the first ball of a new spell - Best inducing a loose cut to get rid of Rohit four short of a fifty. Suresh Raina dabbed Marlon Samuels to slip and Dinesk Karthik was adjudged caught down the leg side, though the batsman was perplexed by the decision.

Karthik's departure, at the start of the Powerplay, was the start of India's revival. Having gained the initiative, West Indies failed to keep the pressure as Kohli and the demoted M Vijay helped India add a breezy 42 in the five-over period. Vijay didn't inspire confidence at the start, taking his eyes off a short ball from Best, but watching Kohli put away a similar delivery with such ease must have inspired him. He wasn't intimidated by Roach, though, swiveling and pulling before doing the same to Kieron Pollard.

Vijay's dismissal, caught at backward point, and Ravindra Jadeja's run-out raised West Indies' hopes of possibly wrapping up the innings within 50 overs, covering the slack for their poor over-rate, but R Ashwin and Kohli upset those plans. The West Indies seamers were shoddy with their lengths, bowling far too short and allowing Kohli in particular enough time to find the gaps on the on side. Bravo himself was no less guilty, leaking 17 in his sixth over. The yorkers were nonexistent and when the bowlers resorted to bowling short, they were pulled and slashed down to third man. Kohli brought up his 14th ODI century with a push wide of midwicket and in the process gave his bowlers a strong total to try and redeem themselves after the Sri Lanka hammering.

Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/tri-nation-west-indies-2013/content/story/647911.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

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