India sneak home in high-scoring thriller

Jun 26, 2009

Gautam Gambhir again succumbed to the short ball, miscuing a pull of Jerome Taylor•AFP

Yuvraj Singh struggled initially but found his range in partnership with Dinesh Karthik•AFP

West Indies broke the stand with the score on 167, David Bernard snaring Karthik for 67•Associated Press

But a useful hand from MS Dhoni helped ...•Associated Press

Runako Morton was initially subdued, but gradually opened up•AFP

... before being run out for 45•AFP

He fell for a fighting 63, and West Indian hopes rested on David Bernard and Ramdin•AFP

Rohit Sharma was also out to a poor attempt at a pull shot and West Indies had the early advantage•Associated Press

Karthik marked his return to the ODI side with a confident half-century•AFP

Yurvaj was by now in top gear and breezed to his 12th ODI century•AFP

... and India ended with a formidable 339•AFP

Ashish Nehra, making a comeback to international cricket, removed the threatening Gayle for 37•AFP

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the key to a successful run chase, and had India in a spot of bother with his methodical knock•AFP

But Nehra dismissed both batsmen to ensure a 20-run victory for Indians•Associated Press

Yuvraj caught up with and then overtook Karthik, playing some coruscating shots•Associated Press

He fell for 131 in the 39th over, well held by a diving Denesh Ramdin •AFP

Chris Gayle started promisingly in the chase•AFP

Ramnaresh Sarwan took on the mantle ...•AFP

But he ran out of partners, and when Bravo fell, his team were under pressure•AFP