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Kingston: Kemar Roach got himself a perfect birthday present as he guided West Indies to a thrilling one-wicket victory over India in a nail-biting encounter in the second ODI of the Tri-series on Sunday.
Chasing a modest target of 230, West Indies made a heavy weather of the chase despite a sparkling knock of 97 by opener Johnson Charles but finally managed to register their second win in the tournament with 14 balls to spare.
With nine points from two matches, West Indies are in with a bright chance of making it to the finals.
Roach (14 not out) kept his cool as he flicked Umesh Yadav (3-43) towards square leg to bring up the victory in a match where fortune swung like a pendulum.
The foundation of the victory was laid by opener Charles who faced 100 balls hitting eight boundaries and four huge sixes. He added 116 runs for the fourth wicket with Darren Bravo (55) and the victory didn't look out of sight.
Credit to Indian bowlers who made a fantastic comeback as they got some quick breakthroughs including to come right back into the match before Roach finally sealed it for the hosts.
At the start of the chase, West Indies were in dire straits as they lost both Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels within the first five overs as they were precariously placed at 26 for three.
Yadav removed opposition's best batsman Gayle (11) and followed it up with wicket of Devon Smith (0) while Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled Samuels (1) to reduce West Indies to 26 for three.
Gayle was dismissed as a delivery from Umesh rose awkwardly and it hit the upper portion of his bat. The resultant catch was taken by Suresh Raina stationed at short cover.
In his next over, Yadav removed left-hander Smith with an inswinger while Samuels dragged one from Kumar back onto his stumps.
Sammy announced his arrival with a huge six off Ishant and followed it up with a backfoot cover drive off Ashwin. If this wasn't enough, Sammy used Yadav's pace to hit him over deep square leg for a second six to bring down the required runs to below 50 with 15 overs still remaining.
The former skipper scored a quickfire 29 off 25 balls before he was holed out in the third man region of Ishant's bowling.
Earlier, Indian batsmen battled hard on a difficult track as they managed 229 for seven in stipulated 50 overs.
Rohit Sharma (60) scored a composed half-century while Suresh Raina contributed a useful 44 after the 'Men In Blue' were put into bat by West Indies' stand-in captain Kieron Pollard.
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni battled cramps that hampered his running between the wickets badly yet he carried on manfully to chip in with 27 off 34 balls before he was cleaned up by a Tino Best inswinger.
There were two notable partnerships in the Indian innings 59 for the third wicket between Sharma and Dinesh Karthik and 58 for the fifth wicket between Raina and Dhoni.
Indian batsmen could manage only 17 boundaries in all apart from three sixes. The mandatory batting Powerplay also yielded only 27 runs which was a testimony to the fact that the track wasn't conducive for ODI cricket.
Sharma frittered away another opportunity to score big as he got out after a well-compiled 60 off 89 balls.
Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Karthik didn't make significant contributions although Karthik was engaged in a half-century stand with Sharma.
Darren Sammy had a decent outing with the ball as he took two for 41 from his 10 overs. Kemar Roach also had identical figures of 2/41 from 10 overs. Best took 2/54 in 10 overs.
However Dhoni suffered from cramps in the 43rd over which led to a medical break which must have hampered Raina's concentration as he edged one to Denesh Ramdin behind the stumps. Raina faced 55 balls and hit four boundaries.
Earlier, West Indies win the toss and elected to field. Kieron Pollard lead the hosts as Dwayne Bravo is injured. Ravi Rampaul who sprained his ankle in the previous game also miss out, Tino Best replace him. Devon Smith in for Dwayne Bravo.
India retained same squad played in Champions Tropy final on last Sunday.
Teams
West Indies: Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Devon Smith, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Kieron Pollard (Captain), Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Sunil Narine, Kemar Roach, Tino Best
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (Captain & wk), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav
Brief scores
India 229 for 7 (Rohit 60, Raina 44, Sammy 2-41, Roach 2-41)
West Indies 230 for 9 (Charles 97, Bravo 55, Yadav 3-43)
Result West Indies beat India by 1 wicket
Points West Indies 4, India 0
MOM Johnson Charles (West Indies)
