India vs WI 4th ODI: India confuse West Indies by 224 runs

Rohit Sharma (162) and Ambati Rayudu (100) struck martial centuries to beam India to an commanding 377 for 5 after a hosts opted to bat

India vs WI 4th ODI: India confuse West Indies by 224 runs, take 2-1 lead in series

India broke a West Indies by 224 runs in a fourth One-day International here Monday for one of their biggest wins and a 2-1 lead in a five-match series.

Rohit Sharma (162) and Ambati Rayudu (100) struck martial centuries to beam India to an commanding 377 for 5 after a hosts opted to bat.

The twin took centre theatre after a singular disaster by skipper Virat Kohli.

Rohit’s 21st century came off 137 balls with a assistance of 20 fours and 4 hits over a fence, while Rayudu flashy his 100-run strike with 8 bounds and 4 sixes.

Chasing 378, West Indies simply caved in opposite India’s clinical bowling conflict on what was a batting-friendly wicket to be bundled out for a insignificant 153 in 36.2 overs.

Young pacer Khaleel Ahmed (3/13) tender upfront before chinaman Kuldeep Yadav (3/42)) ran by a West Indies’ tail.

The Indians dished out an considerable bid on a field, inflicting dual run outs besides Rohit holding onto 3 excellent catches in a slips.

This is India’s third biggest win in a format. Their biggest-ever win in ODI stays a 257-run dispersion of Bermuda in a 2007 ICC World Cup.

West Indies’ follow never unequivocally got going as they mislaid half of their side inside a 50-run symbol with Khaleel doing a bulk of a damage.

Except for skipper Jason Holder (54 not out), no other West Indian batsmen could withstand a Indian attack, as a visitors mislaid wickets during unchanging intervals and were never unequivocally in a hunt.

West Indies mislaid dual wickets — Chandrapul Hemraj (14) and Shai Hope (0) — in a fifth over.

While Hemraj gave a sitter to Rayadu off Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Hope was run out pleasantness a overwhelming approach strike by Kuldeep from mid-on.

Matters became worse for a visitors after Kieran Powell (4) was run-out in a really subsequent over by Kohli.

Wickets kept acrobatics and a subsequent to be discharged was Shimron Hetymar (13), who was trapped in front by Ahmed in a 10th over, even yet a batsman went for an catastrophic review.

The 20-year-old Ahmed was on glow as he picked adult dual some-more wickets in discerning succession. He initial spotless adult Rovman Powell (1) and afterwards accounted for Samuels, who edged one to Rohit in a initial slip.

Batting first, India done a discerning start with Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan (38) and combined a run-a-ball 71 for a opening mount before a latter pulled a Keemo Paul brief smoothness true to Powell during a midwicket boundary.

Kohli, who strike 3 uninterrupted tons before Monday’s match, played aggressively for his 16 before circumference a Kemar Roach smoothness to Hope behind a stumps.

Rohit and Rayudu hold installation and continued to play assertive code of cricket.

The twin continued a assault and done a West Indies conflict demeanour ordinary, picking adult bounds and sixes during will.

After Kohli’s dismissal, Rohit, who had scored a match-winning dominant 152 in a lung-opener during Guhawati, and Rayudu built a innings and in a routine common a spacious 211-run mount for a third wicket, that came off only 163 deliveries.

Rohit didn’t gangling a singular West Indian bowler and done his intentions transparent when he non-stop a comment with a range over point.

The Mumbaikar primarily played second fiddle to Dhawan though after his half century, that came off 60 balls, he upped a ante.

Rohit displayed all a shots in a book — a drives, pulls, flicks and cuts — before he over in a 44th over.

Rayadu, on a other hand, took time to settle down, though afterwards beaten a bowlers with his artistic stroke-play — initial in Rohit’s association and afterwards alongside maestro Mahendra Singh Dhoni (23).

Kedar Jadhav (16) and Ravindra Jadeja (7) remained dominant as a hosts amassed 116 runs in a final 10 overs.

India won a initial ODI by 8 wickets before a second diversion finished in a tie. West Indies bounced behind to win a third ODI by 43 runs. The final compare of a array will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

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