5th ODI: India vs West Indies (Winner: IND)

India won by 34 runs (Dominance : India 67% \| West Indies 31% \| Equal 2%)
	Match Scorecard
Man of the Match: M Tiwary	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai (11 Dec 2011)

Despite the 3 changes India were firm favourites at MCA. But things couldn’t have started any more differently as they slumped to ‘1/2’. Gambhir and the perennial dead matches specialist, Tiwary, set about repair work that seemed to have bailed India out till Gambhir fell. India reached 90/3 after 20 with 51% COW. Tiwary and Kohli batted with great maturity with a century stand before Tiwary retired hurt right after his maiden century. Kohli’s innings of 80 helped India push the total to 267/6 with 60% COW. West Indies were rocked right from the start by Indian bowlers and Umpire Asnani as they crumbled to 36/4 after 10 with 30% COW. Ramdin and Pollard fought back by laying a solid platform till Asnani struck again. This turned out to be a blessing as Pollard and Russell started smashing Indian bowlers all over the park and they raced away to fifties before a run out undid it all. Pollard went to smash a century but it wasn’t going to be enough as West Indies folded up for 233 in 44.1 overs to lose the series 4-1.

1st Innings (India) - 50 overs Maximum

10 overs: IND 49/2

IND 51%

Rahane got trapped by a shooter

while Parthiv played on in the first over before India recovered as they scored 49 runs in the first 10 overs. India’s COW dropped by 1% to 51%.

25 overs: IND 111/3

IND 51%

GG and Tiwary batted well to get

India out of the corner till GG fell LBW for 31. Kohli and Tiwary went to bat well together as 62 runs in this period helped India keep their COW at 51%.

40 overs: IND 214/3

IND 62%

Tiwary and Kohli took India past

200 as they scored a century and a fifty respectively before Tiwary retired hurt.103 runs in this period raised India’s COW by 11% to 62%.

50 overs: IND 267/6

IND 60%

India looked all set to post a

280+ score but 3 wickets fell in this period restricting India to just 53 runs in the last 10 overs. This blip saw India’s COW drop by 2% to 60%.

2nd Innings (West Indies : Target 268) - 50 overs Maximum

10 overs: WI 36/4	WI 30%	Some great bowling by Pathan
		on comeback and some silly umpiring combined to make West Indies lose 4 wickets for just 36 runs in the first 10 overs as their COW dropped by 10% to 30%.
25 overs: WI 140/5	WI 57%	Pollard and Ramdin batted well till
		they were separated by umpire. Then Russell and Pollard took on the Indian attack with 104 runs in this period as their COW jumped by 27% to 57%.
40 overs: WI 211/8	WI 59%	Once Russell was run out for 53,
		wickets started to tumble but Pollard motored towards a century as 71 runs in this session kept West Indian hopes alive and their COW jumped 2% to 59%.
44.1 overs: WI 233/10	WI 0%	Pollard’s maiden century was
		brilliant but not enough as he was the last man out trying to outlast his number 11 batsman. India won the match by 34 runs to win the series 4-1.

5th ODI: India vs West Indies (Winner: IND)

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