Dhoni and Yuvaraj played slowly for a while but Dhoni was caught by Fletcher of Bravo for 11. Yuvi played a superb innings brining pride to the Indian total. He scored a wonderful 67 off 43 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes.
Yousuf Pathan accompanied him well and added 31 to his tally. They both added 64 for the 5th wicket in 33 balls.
Chasing 154, Fletcher lost his wicket for a duck. The plans of Indian worked out well in containing Gayle. Bhajji bowled a maiden against Gayle in the last over of the power play.
But, Bravo took the game away from Indians with his wonderful batting skills. He hit 3 sixes and 4 fours in his innings. He scored unbeaten 66 off just 36 balls.
Bravo also picked 4 wickets for 38 runs in his 4 overs spell. Wonderful fielding by West Indies gave them the needed break through. Simmons took two good catches to send Rohit Sharma and Gambhir back to pavilion.
Scoreboard:
Match # 16, Group E
Date: Friday June 12, 2009
Teams: India v. West Indies
Captains: Dhoni and Gayle
Toss: India, decided to bat
Venue: Lord's, London
Result: WI won by 7 wickets with 8 balls remaining
Points: West Indies 2; India 0
Man of the Match: DJ Bravo off West Indies
India Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Gambhir | c Simmons b Bravo | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| R Sharma | c Simmons b Edwards | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SK Raina | c Ramdin b Baker | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c & b Edwards | 67 | 43 | 6 | 2 |
| Dhoni | c Fletcher b Bravo | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Y Pathan | b Bravo | 31 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| I Pathan | c Simmons b Bravo | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan | not out | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Z Khan | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 4) | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 7 wkts in 20 overs | 153 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-12 (RG Sharma, 1.2 ov), 2-27 (Raina, 3.5 ov), 3-29 (Gambhir, 4.2 ov), 4-66 (Dhoni, 12.1 ov), 5-130 (Yuvraj Singh, 17.4 ov), 6-140 (YK Pathan, 19.1 ov), 7-141 (IK Pathan, 19.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| J Taylor | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Edwards | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| DJ Bravo | 4 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| Gayle | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pollard | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Benn | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
West Indies Innings: (154 to win in 20 overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Gayle | c Z Khan b Y Pathan | 22 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| Fletcher | c Yuvaraj b I Pathan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Simmons | c I Pathan b Ojha | 44 | 37 | 5 | 0 |
| DJ Bravo | not out | 66 | 36 | 4 | 3 |
| Chanderpaul | not out | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 3) | 6 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 2 wkts in 18.4 overs | 156 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-9 (Fletcher, 1.2 ov), 2-42 (Gayle, 7.4 ov), 3-100 (Simmons, 14.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Z Khan | 2.4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| I Pathan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Y Pathan | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Harbhajan | 4 | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Ojha | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
