The Young Chronicle: For Grade 3 March 7th, 2014 | Page 3

YOUNG CHRONICLE

India V/S West Indies
India enters the quarter-finals with the win against West Indies. India, with its superb bowling could curtail West Indies
from making just 182 runs. However, India’s batting did crumble a bit, making it a nail-biting match till the end. At the
end of it, India won the match with 4 wickets.
Mohammed Shami who had taken a match's rest, was the best of the lot with his bowling’s pace and bounce. He bowled a
deadly delivers where he took both Dwayne Smith (6) and Chris Gayle (21) out of the equation. He was complemented
well by the quartet of Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja as West Indies looked no
better than a minnow side during the entire duration of their innings.
The way Indian team got Gayle out, was strategic. Yadav and Shami mostly pitched it on good length as Gayle found it
difficult to tee off in his customary 'stand and deliver' style. At this point of time, Dhoni removed his deep fine leg fielder
and made him stand at deep square leg. The move helped Gayle get catch out.
Samuels (2) was run-out when he misjudged a single. Denesh Ramdin (0) was the fourth wicket to fall. With 35 for four at
the start of the 10th over, there was no chance for a West Indies’ revival after that.
Slightly built left-hander Jonathan Carter (21) had a 32-run stand for the fifth wicket with Lendl Simmons (9) in which
the former was the dominant partner.
Simmons became Mohit's first victim when his hook shot landed straight at Yadav's throat at the deep fine leg boundary
as West Indies were 67 for five.
While facing Ashwin, Jonathan Carter was repeatedly trying to play the slog sweep without taking the bounce into
account. He misread the bounce and paid price for it as his top-edged sweep was easily taken by Shami at deep fine leg
boundary to make 71 for six.
Andre Russell (8) hit Mohit for a six but then tried to hoick Jadeja over deep mid-wicket to be taken by Virat running
forward from his position at long-off boundary.
At the halfway stage, West Indies were down in the dumps at 88 for seven and it was then left to Holder to salvage the
innings partly.
After India’s splendid bowling, it was the batting lineup’s turn to prove its mettle.
Dhoni arrived at the crease when India was in a spot. We were already 4 wickets down, for 78 runs. He steadied the Indian
innings taking calculated singles, while hitting a six and three fours. He made 45 runs3out of 56 balls.
One of India’s major setbacks was losing Shikhar Dhawan early in the game, with Darren Sammy taking the catch. There
after, Rohit Sharma got caught behind by Denesh Ramdin.
Virat Kohli hit five fours in his 36-ball 33 before getting out. India lost their fourth wicket when Ajinkya Rahane edged a
Kemar Roach delivery to keeper Ramdin. Ajinkya Rahane was adjudged out on an outside edge, but the decision is
questionable.
Suresh Raina, was welcomed with a barrage of bouncers. Raina stood up to the challenge hitting two good fours, before
getting caught out. Russell took his second wicket when he had Ravindra Jadeja caught by Samuels at deep square leg to
be reduced to 134/6 in 29.3 overs.