2nd ODI: Ind v. WI: India meakly Surrender, WI come back!

Skipper Dhoni admitted the poor reading of the wicket for the loss of the match. For the second continuous match, he won the toss and decided to bat. The first 3 wickets were lost with just 7 on the board. Gambhir and Rohit Sharma fell for duck. Yuvaraj once again looked dangerous but fell at 35.

Dhoni stayed till the end was the last batsman to get out at 95. His innings gave India some respect to fight back. Rampaul picked 4 wickets while Taylor and Bravo picked 3 each.

West Indies completed the formatlities easily with a 101-run partnership for the first wicket between Gayle and Morton.

Scoreboard:

Match: 2nd ODI
Date: Sunday June 28, 2009
Teams: India v. West Indies
Captains: MS Dhoni and C Gayle
Toss: India, decided to bat
Venue: Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Result: West Indies won by 8 wickets with 95 balls remaining
Series Result: Equal at 1-1
Man of the Match: R Rampaul off West Indies

India Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
D Karthik	c Ramdin b Taylor	4	5	0	0
Gambhir	c Ramdin b Rampaul	0	2	0	0
R Sharma	c Morton b Rampaul	0	2	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	c Ramdin b Taylor	35	33	5	1
Dhoni	b Taylor	95	130	6	2
Y Pathan	c Gayle b DJ Bravo	0	9	0	0
R Jadeja	c Ramdin b Rampaul	7	12	1	0
Harbhajan	c Ramdin b DJ Bravo	7	14	0	0
P Kumar	c Gayle b Rampaul	1	5	0	0
RP Singh	c Benn b DJ Bravo	23	75	1	1
A Nehra	not out	0	3	0	0
Extras	(lb 4, w 12)	16	-	-	-
Total	all out in 48.2 overs	188	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-25 (Gambhir, 4.3 ov), 2-32 (RG Sharma, 7.2 ov), 3-167 (Karthik, 28.4 ov), 4-253 (Yuvraj Singh, 38.1 ov), 5-253 (Jadeja, 38.2 ov), 6-298 (Dhoni, 46.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
J Taylor	9.2	0	35	3
R Rampaul	10	2	37	4
DJ Bravo	9	0	26	3
Benn	10	1	37	0
Bernard	7	0	36	0
Gayle	3	0	13	0

West Indies Innings: (189 to win in 50 overs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gayle	c Gambhir b R Sharma	64	46	8	2
R Morton	not out	85	102	5	1
R Sarwan	st Dhoni b R Sharma	15	17	1	0
Chanderpaul	not out	18	41	0	0
Extras	(lb 5, w 4, nb 1)	10	-	-	-
Total	for 2 wkts in 34.1 overs	192	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-101 (Gayle, 15.2 ov), 2-132 (Sarwan, 21.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
P Kumar	7	1	37	0
A Nehra	4	0	36	0
RP Singh	3	0	15	0
Y Pathan	2	0	15	0
Harbhajan	8.1	0	45	0
R Sharma	8	0	27	2
R Jadeja	2	0	12	0