West Indies v India, 2nd ODI, Kingston, June 28

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Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat. Will West Indies ever bat first again in any form of cricket?

Rampaul comes in for Baker, Praveen Kumar is in for Ishant. Those are two pretty common sense moves tbh, though I would have dropped Sulimann Benn for Narsingh Deonarine.

Rampaul has the potential to be a far better player than Baker. Why do the WI keep faffing around with selections?

No idea I'm afraid.

Why Baker is ever selected ahead of Rampaul is a mystery to me and why has Lendl Simmons has been dumped just as he was coming into his own?

Rampaul is so much better than Baker. Why he wasn't on the tour of England after his FC performances I shall never know.

Dhoni gloves one down leg side, given not out even though it was nowhere near the thigh pad.

Our luck with these two umps has not been the best.

Some useful records to bear in mind:

Lowest ODI total by India:

54 v. SL at Sharjah, October 2000

Lowest ODI total by India v. WI:

100 at Ahmedabad in February 1993

Lowest ODI total againdt WI:

43 by Pakistan, Cape Town, February 1993

Lowest ODI total in the Caribbean:

75, Canada v. Zimbabwe, Port-of-Spain, October 2006

Lowest ODI total at Sabina Park:

99 Zimbabwe V. Pakistan March 2007

Lowest ODI total v. WI in Caribbean:

114 by England, Bridgetown, March 1986

Lowest ODI total v. WI at Sabina Park:

150 by Zimbabwe, April 2000

80-6 FFS

82/8

Four for Rampee.

WIFAN wrote:82/8

Four for Rampee.

He'll be dropped for Baker next game...

Brilliant fightback by Dhoni and RP. 100 was looking quite far away at one point.

Suliemann Benn is a pathetic excuse for a specialist spinner.

He came on when they were 80/8 and only managed 0/37 from his 10. Get him out of the side.

Highest partnership for Indian 9th wicket v. WI in ODIs beating 65* by Dighe & Moranty (where are they now?) at Harare in July 2001.

Seems as if the Windies have let things slip here Could be the biggest great escape since the Windies beat England at OT in 1984 after being 102-7.

Dhoni out for a brilliant 95. Didn't think we'd get 100, almost doubled the score.

Without wishing to go on a major sook fest, Dhoni clearly gloved the ball down the leg side when he was on 0. That is the 3rd major decision go against us in this series so far.

Having said that he went on to play beautifully and that was exactly the knock India required to make some sort of score. IMHO 188 is nowhere near enough, but if the new ball swings then who knows what can happen?

WIFAN wrote:Without wishing to go on a major sook fest, Dhoni clearly gloved the ball down the leg side when he was on 0. That is the 3rd major decision go against us in this series so far.

You just wait Lever, if that idiot Nigel Llong (hopefully an umpire not for much llonger ) gives any of our batsman roughies I will go on a nuclear sookfest, subcontinent style.

Two days ago 658 runs were scored on the same Sabina Park pitch by the same set of batsmen, but the early swing exposed some technical flaws with the Indian batsmen.

WIs replying with 37 for 0 in the 8th

Llong lets Runako of the hook IMHO. Finally one goes our way.

What a carp umpire though.

2nd opening century partnership in ODIs by a Windies pair at Sabina Park and 4th overall.

101 for 0

Gayle gone!

Oh well, atleast Brazil won.

143 for 2 after 24

167 for 2 in the 30th