India thrash West Indies by 125 runs

 

ICC World Cup Men’s Cricket Old Trafford, Manchester

West Indies Vs India

India 268-7 (50ov) Rahul 48 off 64, 6 fours, Kohli 72 off 82, 8 fours

Dhoni 56* off 61, 3 fours, 2 sixes, H Pandya 46 off 38, 5 fours,  Cottrell 2-50, Roach 3-36, Holder 2-33.

 

West Indies 143 ao (34.2 ov) Ambris 31 off40, 2 fours, Pooran 28 off 50, 2 fours, Hetmeyer 18 off 29, 1 four, Shami 4-16, Bumrah 2-9, H Pandya 1-28, K Yadav 1-35, Chahal 2-39.

 

India won the toss and decided to bat.

India win by 125 runs in Manchester and remain unbeaten. Mohammad  Shami  takes his fourth wicket as Oshane Thomas loops the ball of the glove to Rohit Sharma at slip to win the match. 

India only dropped two catches at the World Cup both by KL Rahul.

 

Roach takes three wickets for Windies, but India scored  268-7 with Kohli’s 72 and Dhoni 56*.  Shami takes 4-16 and  Windies were bundled out for 143 all out. Kohli’ s fourth successive half-century  proved to be more than enough on a used surface offering a hint of movement and turn, which Windies  sccumbing after only 34.2 overs  to 143 all out. 

West Indies captain Jason Holder said “ The bowlers did a fantastic job on this surface, I couldn’t ask for more but we let ourselves down with the bat. We didn’t seize the moment but I would have taken chasing 268. We did not do it. The bowlers has a reasonable campaign but our batting has been to inconsistent. This is our weakest format of the three”.

India captain Virat Kohli said “We can’t complain, we have just become number one side in the world and we have been playing like that for a while now. Things hadn’t gone our way with the bat in the last few games but we have found a way to win. Getting 270 was crucial after being 150-4, we rebuilt the innings and got to a winning total. On that wicket 270 was always going to be tough to chase.”

India moved above England into top spot in the ICC World rankings on Wednesday.