Rohit, Rayudu Power India To A Massive Win

India came up with a near perfect performance as they inflict West Indies a massive defeat of 224 on Monday, October 29 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Rohit Sharma 162 and Ambati Rayudu 100 were star who helped India o post a mammoth total of 5 for 377 before bowlers restricted Windies to 153.

It was Rohit Sharma's day who registered his 21st century at Brabourne stadium that was hosting an ODI match after 12 years. At this historic stadium, India had won the toss and opted to the bat first. Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan gave India a solid start by adding 71-run before Dhawan got out on 38. India received a big blow when captain Virat Kohli dismissed after scoring 16 after three consecutive hundreds.



When Virat Kohli got out India was in a spot of bother at 101 for 2 in 17th over. It was a time India needed a partnership and Rohit and Rayudu stood for them as the duo put on a huge 211-run stand for the 3rd wicket. Sharma got a hundred after two back to back failures while Rayudu ended India's search of number 4 batsman with a sublime hundred. It was his 3rd century that came up only on 80 balls. He got run out on 100 off 81 balls with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes.

When Rohit was looking to score another double hundred Ashley Nurse dismissed him after he made 162 off 137 balls including 20 fours and 4 big sixes. MS Dhoni (23 off 15) and Kedar Jadhav (16 off 7) powered India to a big total after 50 overs. Kemar Roach was the most successful bowler for Windies who picked 2 for 74 in 10 overs while Ashley Nurse and Keemo Paul took a wicket each.

West Indies had a mammoth task in front of them to chased down but they could never get momentum after their best batsman of this series Shai Hope and Kieran Powell ran out and Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Chandrapaul Hemraj in back to back overs to restrict Windies fumbling at 20 for 3 in 5.2 overs. India had a chance to ran through to their middle order and Khaleel Ahmed did that job with 3 quick wickets and left them on 6 for 56. Windies could not overcome from those big blows till the end as skipper Jason Holder was the only one who could fight with an unbeaten 54 but he couldn't save West Indies from big defeat.



India's bowling was outstanding once again. Khaleel Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 13 in 5 overs. He picked up wickets of dangerous Shimron Hetmyer, Marlon Samuels, and Rovman Powell. Kuldeep Yadav also bowled well as he took 3 for 42 in 8.2 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja also chipped in with a wicket each.

India after winning this match has taken a 2-1 lead with one more match to play. The fifth and final ODI will be played at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday, November 1.

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