Rohit, Kohli centuries help India chase 323 easily

Rohit scores 20th ODI century while Kohli hits 36th.

India 326 for 2 (Rohit 152*, Kohli 140) beat West Indies 322 for 8 (Hetmeyer 106, Kieran 51, Chahal 3-41) by 8 wickets

Guwahati: A batting masterclass from captain Virat Kohli and a typical century from Rohit Sharma helped India chase down 324 with ridiculous ease against West Indies in the first ODI of the five-match series at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Sunday.

Kohli scored 140 while Rohit remained unbeaten on 152 as India took a 1-0 lead0

Kohli scored his 36th hundred - his 22nd in chases - and Rohit his 20th. They added 246 delightful runs, their 15th century partnership and fifth of 200 or more.

This was the fourth highest partnership by an Indian pair in ODIs.

This partnership's aggregate is now only five behind Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan in this era of Indian ODI cricket.

Dhawan's wicket early, to the impressively quick Oshane Thomas, was the last moment of joy for West Indies.

The 29-year-old Kohli became only the second batsman to score 6,000+ runs while chasing in ODI cricket after former Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar.

This was Kohli 15th ODI ton at home and his 24th in Asia.

He also saw himself notching his 14th ODI century as skipper and 22nd while chasing in this format.

Kohli is second in the list of the most number of centuries by captains in ODI cricket. With 14, he is now only behind former Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting (22).

Earlier, on the back of some fireworks produced by 21-year-old West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer, West Indies bounced back to post a mammoth total of 322 for 8.

The Caribbean side started off in their signature style dealing in boundaries. The debutant even sent the ball twice to the ropes on the last two deliveries of Shami's second over.

Getting a little confidence, Hemraj tried to pull one but played the ball late as the stumps were knocked over. He departed for just nine runs. His compatriot Keiron Powell was skimming runs at the other end and quietly reached his half-century.

He had to take the long walk back to the stadium soon on 51. Marlon Samuels followed the suit for a second-ball duck and West Indies were reeling at 86 for three in the 16th over.

Shai Hope (32) got a good start, but couldn't convert it into big innings and lost wicket. Hope was undone when a snick off Shami was gathered by Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the back.

A swashbuckling Hetmyer continued the onslaught and smashed six sixes and six fours, under pressure.

Kieran hit straight to long-on, where Shikhar Dhawan was at the boundary when the scorecard read 246 for five.

Hetmyer mistimed a sweep off Jadeja which was comfortably castled by Rishabh Pant.

Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal took the charge tried to assert their dominance.

Chahal came back to trap Ashley Nurse immediately for just two runs.

It was left to skipper Jason Holder, who began the job well, hitting five fours in his 38, but fell to an attempted paddle sweep in the 44th over.

Kemar Roach and Devendra Bishoo made sure they batted through the innings, and along the way dispatched the loose balls to add 44 off 40 for the ninth wicket. The duo took the score past 320, usually considered the bare minimum in day-night ODIs on an Indian pitch.