PORT OF SPAIN: Stand-in skipper Virat Kohli struck 102 off 83 balls as India beat West Indies by 102 runs (Duckworth-Lewis method) in Port of Spain on Friday to get their first victory of the Tri-Nation Series.
After defeats to the hosts and Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy winners India badly needed a victory at the Queen’s Park Oval to have a chance of reaching the final of the series on Thursday.
West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo won the toss and elected to put India in to bat on a grassy looking wicket but the hopes he had of early breakthroughs failed to materialize.
Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan put on 123 in 23.1 overs for the first wicket before Dhawan holed out to Darren Bravo at midwicket off Kemar Roach having made 69 from 77 balls.
Sharma (46) then edged Tino Best to West Indies keeper Denesh Ramdin and West Indies seemed to be making progress with two cheap wickets.
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