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BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), May 30: Dinesh Mongia hit a spirited 74 as India crushed West Indies by seven wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match limited overs series Wednesday (partly reported in Thursday’s edition).
The tourists reached the 187-run victory target with 31 balls to spare at the Kensington Oval, left-hander Mongia leading the charge with a 113-ball innings that included nine fours.
The 25-year-old added 68 for the second wicket with captain Saurav Ganguly, who made 41, and 57 for the third with Sachin Tendulkar, who was unbeaten on 34 after being asked to bat down the order.
Debutant paceman Tinu Yohannan had earlier given India the upper hand with three wickets for 33 runs as West Indies were bowled out for 186 in just 44.5 overs despite a 76 in 75 balls from skipper Carl Hooper.
The first two games of the five-match series were washed out without a ball being bowled in Kingston.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES:
C.H. Gayle c Mongia b Yohannan 16
W.W. Hinds b Yohannan 15
R.R. Sarwan b Sehwag 44
B.C. Lara c Kaif b Harbhajan 5
C.L. Hooper not out 76
S. Chanderpaul run out 5
R.O. Hinds st Dravid b Sehwag 3
R.D. Jacobs c Dravid b Yohannan 0
M. Dillon b Agarkar 2
C.D. Collymore lbw b Agarkar 1
C.E. Cuffy b Agarkar 0
EXTRAS (LB-5, W-13, NB-1) 19
TOTAL (all out, 44.5 overs) 186
FALL OF WKTS: 1-38, 2-45, 3-53, 4-140, 5-155, 6-162, 7-164, 8-182, 9-186.
BOWLING: Yohannan 10-1-33-3 (4w); Zaheer Khan 8-2-31-0 (5w); Agarkar 8.5-1-36-3 (4w); Harbhajan Singh 7-0-22-1; Ganguly 3-0-20-0 (1nb); Mongia 2-0-16-0; Sehwag 6-1-23-2.
INDIA:
S.C. Ganguly c Hooper b Gayle 41
V. Sehwag c Sarwan b Dillon 21
D. Mongia c Chanderpaul b R. Hinds 74
S.R. Tendulkar not out 34
R.S. Dravid not out 9
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-3, NB-3) 8
TOTAL (for three wkts, 43.5 overs) 187
FALL OF WKTS: 1-41, 2-109, 3-166.
DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Kaif, Yujvraj Singh, A.B. Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, T. Yohannan.
BOWLING: Dillon 10-0-30-1 (1w); Cuffy 7-0-34-0 (1nb, 2w); Collymore 6-0-28-0; Hooper 7-0-25-0 (2nb); Gayle 8-0-34-1; R.O. Hinds 5.5-0-34-1.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Dinesh Mongia.
NEXT MATCH: Port-of-Spain, Saturday.
—Reuters
