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Sports Home World cup 2015 Photos World Cup India Survive WI Scare Quarters Berth Assured

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World Cup: India Survive WI Scare, Quarters Berth Assured

March 06, 2015 20:20

A superlative bowling performance and a cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni eventually helped India muster a four-wicket win against the West Indies to notch their fourth consecutive World Cup Pool B victory on a tricky WACA pitch. (Text courtesy IANS; Photos courtesy AFP and Getty)

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A superlative bowling performance and a cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni eventually helped India muster a four-wicket win against the West Indies to notch their fourth consecutive World Cup Pool B victory on a tricky WACA pitch. (Text courtesy IANS; Photos courtesy AFP and Getty)

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A brilliant bowling performance helped the defending champions skittle out the Windies for 182 in 44.2 overs with man-of-the-match Mohammed Shami clinching 3-35.

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Shami and Umesh Yadav (2/42) bowled superbly in tandem with accurate line-and-length to restrict the Windies at 8/1 in five overs.

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In fact, explosive opener Chris Gayle (21) struggled and took 11 balls to get off the mark, that too in the sixth over.

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Gayle looked a little dangerous when he smashed two boundaries and a six but once he got out, Indian bowlers ripped apart the Windies batting line-up. The burly left-hander gave three difficult chances to India but eventually gifted his wicket when he slashed hard a short ball only to be caught by Mohit Sharma at mid-wicket.

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Third pacer Mohit (1/35) was also impressive.

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Ashwin (1/38) used his spin to good effect once again.

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Jadeja (2/27) also choked the Windies and consequently the batsmen gave away their wickets.

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The Indian fielding proved to be two sides of the same coin. While some fielded brilliantly to stop runs and clinched impressive catches, a couple of sitters were also dropped by Jadeja and Rohit which helped the Windies go beyond the 150-run mark.

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Windies captain Jason Holder (57) offered the only resistance down the order with his highest One-Day International (ODI) score.

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Chasing a meagre 183, India lost both openers Rohit Sharma (7) and Shikhar Dhawan (9) cheaply.

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Vice captain Virat Kohli (33) took India out from the early trouble and looked solid at the crease as he stroked five boundaries in his 36-ball innings.

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However, the Windies pacers were in with a mission and some lethal pace backed by aid from the fast pitch led them to clinch the wickets of Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane (14), Suresh Raina (22) and Ravindra Jadeja (13) at regular intervals to put India in more than a spot of bother.

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However, a patient Dhoni, coming in at No.6, stuck it out in the middle to score a crucial, unbeaten 45 to see India home with Ravichandran Ashwin (16 not out) beside him.

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India next play Ireland on March 10 at Hamilton.

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World Cup, 2015 Points Table

Group A
Group B

Team M W L T NR PTS NRR New Zealand NZ 6 6 0 0 0 12 +2.564 Australia AUS 6 4 1 0 1 9 +2.257 Sri Lanka SL 6 4 2 0 0 8 +0.371 Bangladesh BAN 6 3 2 0 1 7 +0.136 England ENG 6 2 4 0 0 4 -0.753

Team M W L T NR PTS NRR India IND 6 6 0 0 0 12 +1.827 South Africa SA 6 4 2 0 0 8 +1.707 Pakistan PAK 6 4 2 0 0 8 -0.085 West Indies WI 6 3 3 0 0 6 -0.053 Ireland IRE 6 3 3 0 0 6 -0.933