In the last over thriller, a superb six by Dhoni over midwicket brought the equation from 10 in 5 balls to 4 in 4 balls.
Dhoni as said during the press meet earlier, took sometime to stay in the crease but finished well for India.
Frequent rain brought the match to 27 overs a side. The match started with 41 overs-a-side, but rain reduced it to 39 overs.
Rain again halted the match in the 10th over and reduced the game to 36 overs. In the same over, the match was redued to 27 overs.
Sarwan's innings gave West Indies the upper hand. He scored 62 in 59 balls with 5 fours and a six. West Indies finished with 186 in 27 overs.
The target was not easy to chase as the outfield was also slow due to rain. Based on duckworth-lewis method, the target was revised to 159 in 22 overs.
Karthick and Gambhir gave a good start with a 84-run partnership in 12 overs. Yuvaraj was out for 2. Dhoni then played a good innings and was not out with 46 in 34 balls.
He ensured that he stayed in the crease to ensure that he did not pass the pressure to the tail enders. India reached the victory target with a ball to spare.
Scoreboard:
Match: 3rd ODI
Date: Sunday July 3, 2009
Teams: India v. West Indies
Captains: MS Dhoni and C Gayle
Toss: India, decided to field
Venue: Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Result: India won by 6 wickets with 1 ball remaining
Series Result: India lead the series 2-1
Man of the Match: MS Dhoni off India
West Indies Innings:| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Gayle | c Dhoni b Nehra | 27 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| R Morton | st Dhoni b Harbhajan | 22 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| R Sarwan | run out (Gambhir/Dhoni) | 62 | 59 | 5 | 1 |
| Chanderpaul | c Nehra b Y Pathan | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| DJ Bravo | c Dhoni b Nehra | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| DM Bravo | b Nehra | 21 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Ramdin | not out | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| J Taylor | c I Sharma b Harbhajan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 2, nb 1) | 10 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 7 wkts in 27 overs | 186 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-27 (Gayle, 3.4 ov), 2-78 (Morton, 12.3 ov), 3-125 (Chanderpaul, 18.3 ov), 4-135 (Sarwan, 20.5 ov), 5-170 (DM Bravo, 25.1 ov), 6-173 (DJ Bravo, 25.6 ov), 7-186 (Taylor, 26.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| I Sharma | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| A Nehra | 5 | 1 | 21 | 3 |
| RP Singh | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Harbhajan | 5 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| Yuvraj | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| R Sharma | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Y Pathan | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
India Innings: (159 to win in 22 overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| D Karthik | run out (Rampaul) | 47 | 43 | 5 | 1 |
| Gambhir | c Ramdin b Benn | 44 | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| Dhoni | not out | 46 | 34 | 2 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c DM Bravo b Bernard | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| R Sharma | c Bernard b DJ Bravo | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Y Pathan | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 3, nb 1) | 8 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 4 wkts in 21.5 overs | 159 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-84 (Karthik, 12.1 ov), 2-108 (Gambhir, 15.1 ov), 3-117 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.6 ov), 4-148 (RG Sharma, 20.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| J Taylor | 3.5 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| R Rampaul | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| DJ Bravo | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Bernard | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Benn | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Gayle | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
