Match 16: Group E: Ind v. WI: Bravo blanks India!

DJ Bravo took the game away from India single handedly. India are in bad position as they have to win both of their matches now--against England and South Africa. The match once was thought to be a low scoring affair with India losing top 3 wickets with just 29 on the board in the 5th over. All the 3 batsmen--Rohit Sharma, Raina and Gambhir, threw their wickets playing poor shots.

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