Jun 27, 2009: Powered by Yuvraj Singh's century knock, India on Friday defeated West Indies by 20 runs in the first match of four-ODI series in Kingston.
Electing to bat first, India piled up 339/6.
Yuvraj hit 131 runs off 102 balls. His spectacular knock included seven 6s and 10 boundaries.
Dinesh Karthik, who opened the innings with Gautam Gambhir, made 67. M S Dhoni scored 41 runs, while Yusuf Pathan and Harbhajan Singh remained not out on 40 and 21 runs respectively.
Dwayne Bravo took two wickets for the West Indies. Jerome Taylor, Lionel Baker and David Bernard scalped a wicket apiece. Dhoni got run out.
Chasing the total, the hosts got off to a good start with Chris Gayle and Morton putting up a partnership of 65 for the first wicket.
Gayle made 37 runs, while Morton scored 42 runs.
Shivnarain Chanderpaul was the top scorer for the side with 63 runs. Ramnaresh Sarwan hit 45 runs.
Indian bowling attack failed to live up to its standard with the West Indies losing the game by a small margin.
Pathan and Ashish Nehra, who made a comeback in the side after a long gap, picked up three wickets each. Harbhajan Singh, R P Singh and Ishant Sharma dismissed a batsman each. Sarwan got run out.
Yuvraj was the adjudged Man of the Match.
Electing to bat first, India piled up 339/6.
Yuvraj hit 131 runs off 102 balls. His spectacular knock included seven 6s and 10 boundaries.
Dinesh Karthik, who opened the innings with Gautam Gambhir, made 67. M S Dhoni scored 41 runs, while Yusuf Pathan and Harbhajan Singh remained not out on 40 and 21 runs respectively.
Dwayne Bravo took two wickets for the West Indies. Jerome Taylor, Lionel Baker and David Bernard scalped a wicket apiece. Dhoni got run out.
Chasing the total, the hosts got off to a good start with Chris Gayle and Morton putting up a partnership of 65 for the first wicket.
Gayle made 37 runs, while Morton scored 42 runs.
Shivnarain Chanderpaul was the top scorer for the side with 63 runs. Ramnaresh Sarwan hit 45 runs.
Indian bowling attack failed to live up to its standard with the West Indies losing the game by a small margin.
Pathan and Ashish Nehra, who made a comeback in the side after a long gap, picked up three wickets each. Harbhajan Singh, R P Singh and Ishant Sharma dismissed a batsman each. Sarwan got run out.
Yuvraj was the adjudged Man of the Match.
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