Half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel followed up Amit Mishra's career-best bowling to lead India to a seven-wicket victory over West Indies in the rain-affected second One-day International on Wednesday. Kohli struck six fours and one six in 81 from 103 balls to earn the Man-of-the-Match award, and Patel made 56 from 64 deliveries, as the Indians, chasing a revised target of 183 from 37 overs due to rain, reached their target with 20 balls remaining. Fall of wickets: 1-57; 2-124; 3-175; 4-192; 5-192; 6-197; 7-197; 8-228; 9-229
India captain Suresh Raina clinched victory, when he steered a delivery from Ravi Rampaul wide of point for two runs. India now lead the five-match series 2-0, following a four-wicket victory in the first ODI two days ago at the same venue. "It was another good performance, especially Amit Mishra, who was unbelievable, when he bowled in the Power Play," said Raina. Mishra had upstaged half-centuries from Lendl Simmons and Ramnaresh Sarwan, triggering a batting collapse with a career-best spell, as West Indies posted 240 for nine from their allocation of 50 overs.
Mishra captured four for 31 from his allotment of 10 overs, as the Windies collapsed dramatically from a comfortable 175 for two in the 36th before the hosts' captain Darren Sammy added some late order runs. Munaf Patel bagged three for 35 from 10 overs, and Yusuf Pathan took two for 51 from eight overs to play their part in destabilising the West Indies' batting.
"We got ourselves into a good position, but we did not capitalise on it in the end," said Sammy. "Again, we were about 30 runs short." Earlier, India were on the back-foot, when West Indies benefited from three straight half-century stands. Sarwan's 56 off 90 balls was the top score, and Simmons' supported with 53 from 84 deliveries.
But five wickets - three to Mishra - fell for 22 in the space of 47 deliveries before Sammy struck one four and two sixes in 22 from 19 balls to push West Indies to a respectable total. India's new-ball pair of Praveen Kumar and Patel failed to make the early breakthrough, but Mishra had opener Kirk Edwards caught behind for 25 in the 13th over, leaving West Indies 57 for one. The third ODI will be played on June 11 at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua.
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West Indies
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L. Simmons st P. Patel b Pathan 53
K. Edwards c P. Patel b Mishra 25
R. Sarwan c Pathan b M. Patel 56
M. Samuels st P. Pathel b Pathan 36
D.J. Bravo c Harbhajan b Mishra 8
K. Pollard lbw b Mishra 0
C. Baugh b Mishra 2
D. Sammy not out 22
R. Rampaul c Raina b M. Patel 14
D. Bishoo c P. Patel b M. Patel 0
A. Martin not out 0
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Extras: (b1, lb6, w16, nb1) 24
Total: (9 wkts) 240
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Bowling: Kumar 10-0-54-0 (w1); M. Patel 10-2-35-3 (nb1, w1); Mishra 10-2-31-4; Harbhajan Singh 10-1-51-0 (w12); Pathan 8-0-51-2 (w2); Raina 2-0-11-0
Overs: 50
India (revised target of 183 from 37 overs)
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P. Patel c Baugh b Martin 56
S. Dhawan c Pollard b Rampaul 3
V. Kohli c Pollard b Bishoo 81
S. Raina not out 26
R. Sharma not out 7
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Extras: (w8, nb2) 10
Total: (3 wkts) 183
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Did not bat: S. Badrinath, Y. Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, P. Kumar, M. Patel, A. Mishra did not bat
Fall of wickets: 1-8; 2-128; 3-173
Bowling: Rampaul 6.4-0-32-1 (w2); Sammy 10-1-38-0 (w1); Bravo 3-0-20-0; Bishoo 7-0-37-1 (nb2); Martin 4-0-29-1; Pollard 3-0-27-0 (w5) Overs: 33.4
Result: India won by seven wickets
Series: India lead the five-match series 2-0
Toss: India
Man-of-the-Match: V. Kohli (IND)
Umpires: I. Gould (ENG), P. Nero (WIS)
TV umpire: J. Wilson (WIS)
Match referee: J. Crowe (NZL)
Reserve umpire*: N. Malcolm (WIS).