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| India in West Indies, 2009 |
| West Indies vs India, 2nd ODI |
| Run Rate : 5.62 |
| Last Wicket : Ramnaresh Sarwan st M Dhoni b R Sharma 15(17) - 132/2, 21.1 Ovs |
| Previous Overs : . 1 1 4 . 1 | . 2 . . . 1 | . . . Wd 2 1 . | 6 |
| It's been a thoroughly professional show by the Windies to draw level in the series. Firstly it was Ravi Rampaul who celebrated his comeback by picking up 4 scalps to break the backbone of the Indian batting lineup and then it was a Gayle-Morton show later on with the bat. Gayle was at his attacking best and Morton slowly picked himself up from scratches to compile a superb innings to see Windies through. The Indians will have a lot to think about, especially about their inconsistency. Some days they can murder the bowling and go past 300 effortlessly and there are some days when they struggle to middle the ball even. It would be interesting to see how both the sides fare in the next game, a win would mean an unassailable lead, let's see who grabs it. Until then, it's me Shirshendu Roy alongwith Nishant Majithia, wishing you all the luck. Ciao! |
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| Ravi Rampaul, the Man of the Match: It's good to get wickets and yeah, it has been a good comeback. I have worked hard and it has come off well. I was focussed to bowl at the right areas. |
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| Gayle: Taylor and Rampaul set up the game for us. We utilised the wicket and the conditions very well, our catching was good too. Credit to Dhoni and RP for hanging in there. Runako is batting well, it's good to be getting scores at the top. |
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| Dhoni: We should have given more respect to the bowlers, we just didn't assess the surface properly and went on playing our strokes. Yuvi has been getting runs for us but then expecting one player to do it all the time is wrong. |
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| West Indies win by 8 wickets to draw level in the 4 match ODI series, 1-1 now! |
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| 34.1 Harbhajan to Morton, SIX!!, And that's the killer blow! Flighted and Morton goes hard at that, blasts it miles over long on for a massive six, that came right out of the screws! |
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| 33.6 Rohit Sharma to Chanderpaul, no run, defended watchfully |
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| 33.5 Rohit Sharma to Morton, 1 run, Morton comes down the track and Rohit Sharma pulls back the length a bit, tucked on the leg side for a single |
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| 33.4 Rohit Sharma to Morton, 2 runs, back of a length delivery outside the off stump, Morton glides it down towards short third man, poor poor misfield by Nehra, Rohit Sharma is not at happy, asks him, what was he doing there? |
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| 33.4 Rohit Sharma to Morton, wide, spins down the leg side, wide signalled |
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| 33.3 Rohit Sharma to Morton, no run, turns in and stays a little low, Morton can only defend |
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| 33.2 Rohit Sharma to Morton, no run, drilled straight back to the bowler |
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| 33.1 Rohit Sharma to Morton, no run, turns it to short mid wicket, can't find the gap |
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| Rohit Sharma [7.0-0-24-2] is back into the attack |
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| 32.6 Harbhajan to Morton, 1 run, flighted delivery and Morton turns it to short mid wicket for a quick single, good running between the wickets, retains the strike with that run |
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| 32.5 Harbhajan to Morton, no run, more of the same, this time he looks to take on the fielder, better sense prevailed as Chanderpaul sent him back in time |
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| 32.4 Harbhajan to Morton, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, Morton opens the face of the bat and plays that to gully, straight to the fielder |
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| 32.3 Harbhajan to Morton, no run, Morton looks to work it away on the leg side, closes the face of the bat too early, edged straight back to the bowler |
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| 32.2 Harbhajan to Morton, 2 runs, turning into the pads, Morton clips it very fine without any timing on it, comfortable couple taken |
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| 32.1 Harbhajan to Morton, no run, flighted delivery on the off and spins in a little, Morton looks to be cheeky, tries to run it down fine and misses it |
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| 31.6 Praveen Kumar to Morton, 1 run, back of a length delivery on the stumps, Morton goes on the backfoot and punches it straight down the ground, retains the strike with that run |
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| 31.5 Praveen Kumar to Morton, no run, defended straight back to the bowler |
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| 31.4 Praveen Kumar to Morton, FOUR!!, Ahh just too short, Morton drags it with brutal power, Harbhajan Singh tries to do an Indian Superman there, Krissh to be precise, all in vain, that was way too high! |
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| 31.3 Praveen Kumar to Chanderpaul, 1 run, on the legs, Chanderpaul clips it effortlessly for a single |
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| 31.2 Praveen Kumar to Morton, 1 run, fired in very full, driven down the ground for a single |
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| 31.1 Praveen Kumar to Morton, no run, superb yorker, Morton almost banged his toe while trying to dig it out, I won't be surprised if he finds a toe double the original size at the end of this match |
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| 30.6 Harbhajan to Chanderpaul, no run, Deceived in the flight, tossed up on the stumps and straightens a bit, Chanderpaul looks to work it away, misses, rapped on the pads, a little too high! |
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| 30.5 Harbhajan to Morton, 1 run, gentle dab down to gully for a single |
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| 30.4 Harbhajan to Morton, no run, defended towards short mid wicket, can't find the gap |
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| 30.3 Harbhajan to Chanderpaul, 1 run, tossed up again, Chanderpaul drives it to long off |
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| 30.2 Harbhajan to Morton, 1 run, turning into the right hander sharply, Morton goes on the backfoot and pushes it right between the bowler and short mid wicket, both make an attempt to field but the ball wins |
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| 30.1 Harbhajan to Chanderpaul, 1 run, floated up on the off, Chanderpaul reaches for it and drives it to long off for a single |
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| 29.6 Praveen Kumar to Chanderpaul, 1 run, dug in short, Chanderpaul pulls it awkwardly for a single, retains the strike with that run |
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| Back to the competition between the bat and the ball, the bat should continue to dominate, I bet, how safe! |
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| And time for the physio to get into action, he is attending Chanderpaul now. |
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| 29.5 Praveen Kumar to Chanderpaul, no run, short ball scurrying through, Chanderpaul looks to pull, gets hit on the knee, that would have hurt and yesh, it has! He is in some agony... |
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| 29.4 Praveen Kumar to Chanderpaul, no run, banged in short on the middle and leg, angled across a bit, Chanderpaul is caught up in a clumsy position, miscued to mid wicket |
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| 29.3 Praveen Kumar to Chanderpaul, no run, angled away and gets the ball to straighten a bit this time, Chanderpaul defends it watchfully on the frontfoot |
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| 29.2 Praveen Kumar to Chanderpaul, 2 runs, slips down the leg side, Chanderpaul closes the face of the bat and clips it behind square for a couple |
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| 29.1 Praveen Kumar to Morton, 1 run, homing in on the stumps, punched down the ground |
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| Praveen Kumar [5.0-1-26-0] is back into the attack |
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| 28.6 Harbhajan to Chanderpaul, no run, Chanderpaul gets forward to defend, takes the edge and runs down to gully, straight to the fielder |
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| 28.5 Harbhajan to Chanderpaul, no run, defended on the frontfoot |
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| 28.4 Harbhajan to Chanderpaul, no run, tossed up and spins away, Chanderpaul defends it on the frontfoot, the Windies are in no hurry here |
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