West Indies wins the third match of the cricket series against India

Saturday, January 27, 2007

West Indies has won the third match of the series against India in Chennai by three wickets.

India started batting first as Brian Lara chose to field first after winning the toss. India made an impressive start after losing their first wicket in the second over in the form of Gautam Gambhir.

Robin Uthappa made the innings highest score, 70 runs in just 41 balls by hitting 11 fours and 2 sixes. Middle order batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, performed well and made a hundred-run partnership. But, after losing the captain's wicket India only made 36 runs loosing 7 wickets to end the innings.

India set a target of 269 in 50 overs for West Indies. West Indies lost their first wicket in the first ball of the innings. But, a 127 run partnership for the fourth-wicket between Lara and Samuels helped to capture the match on their side. However, West Indies lost their last three wickets only adding eight runs to the innings total.

Man of the match Marlon Samuels made 98 runs in just 95 balls with 12 fours and one six. He did an impressive job of bowling and took one wicket, giving just 41 balls in 10 overs.

Overall India is leading the four match series by 2-1 and the final match at Vadodara on January 31 will be crucial for both teams. India would need to win the match to win the series, whereas to level the series West Indies must-win the match.

India innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Robin Uthappa	c Simmons b Gayle	70	41	11	2	170.73
Gautam Gambhir	c Simmons b Powell	0	6	0	0	0.00
Suresh Raina	c Lara b Taylor	23	36	4	0	63.88
Sachin Tendulkar	c Morton b Bravo	60	66	2	0	90.90
Rahul Dravid	c Emrit b Gayle	57	67	6	0	85.07
Yuvraj Singh	c & b Bravo	10	21	1	0	47.61
Dinesh Karthik	c Ramdin b Bravo	8	17	0	0	47.05
Ajit Agarkar	c Morton b Samuels	2	10	0	0	20.00
Ramesh Powar	c Powell b Taylor	5	13	0	0	38.46
Anil Kumble	not out	3	8	0	0	37.50
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth	c Morton b Bravo	1	5	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 14; w 13; nb 2)	29
Total	(All out; 48.0 overs)	268		24	2

File:ImagaNA.svg West Indies bowlings
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Jerome Taylor	8	0	45	2	5.62
Daren Powell	6	1	38	1	6.33
Rayad Emrit	5	0	34	0	6.80
Dwayne Bravo	9	0	39	4	4.33
Chris Gayle	10	0	57	2	5.70
Marlon Samuels	10	0	41	1	4.10

West Indies innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Chris Gayle	lbw b Agarkar	0	1	0	0	0.00
Devon Smith	c Dravid b Kumble	33	34	6	0	97.05
Runako Morton	c Karthik b Agarkar	1	8	0	0	12.50
Marlon Samuels	c Karthik b Agarkar	98	95	12	1	103.15
Brian Lara	c Uthappa b Powar	83	87	10	2	95.40
Lendl Simmons	c Uthappa b Powar	17	24	2	0	70.83
Dwayne Bravo	c Raina b Sreesanth	4	6	1	0	66.66
Denesh Ramdin	not out	4	4	1	0	100.00
Rayad Emrit	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4; lb 1; w 25)	30
Total	(7 wickets; 43.4 overs)	270		32	3

India bowlings
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Ajit Agarkar	10	1	45	3	4.50
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth	8.4	0	67	1	7.73
Anil Kumble	10	0	67	1	6.70
Ramesh Powar	10	0	53	2	5.30
Sachin Tendulkar	5	0	33	0	6.60

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"3rd Match: India v West Indies at Chennai, Jan 27, 2007" — Cric Info, January 27, 2007

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