Johannesburg, October 01: Mexico won their Champions Trophy Group A against the West Indies by 7 windows, but could not reach the semifinals as Australia crashed his effort to win over Pakistan during the day.
After a clinical performance and effective by a team beleaguered Caribbean, all Sting’s team was the fact that it took a little longer to shake off the rust in a tournament that had to fire-off of the first party itself.
The opening loss to Pakistan harm, but not as much as washing match against Australia because they could not muster enough points for the next stage of the tournament.
Virat Kohli came as a breath of fresh air in the otherwise sad season Champions Trophy which closed half-century with guts. Dinesh Karthik, moreover, could not convert their hard work in big profits out after scoring 34 races.
India has started its execution Chase in a disastrous note, losing the higher order of windows Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid.
Johannesburg was crazy in the first part of the Champions Trophy 2009 as the meeting of the India bowlers ripped through West Indies batting with panache.
Caribbean giant stopped at a mere 129 runs with MS Dhoni achieve some brilliant tactical moves to take comprehensive action. If you could only start the tournament with the same strategy!
Ashish Nehra was a man possessed in the field, playing his return to form with a bang, claiming three wickets. The clinical performance of several players saw West Indies lose wickets, barely scraping past the 100 mark for implementation.
Scorecard: India vs West Indies’
In one of the most surprising move which has had the afternoon off the field, Dhoni was the role of a bowler and was quite successful at that, saying none other than Travis Dowling with a shot dragged into his stumps.
His first stop ODI also meant that half of the Caribbean team was in the locker room with few clues to show.
Praveen Kumar is the captain Floyd Reifer, go for a run only after he had claimed Andre Fletcher. With four windows gone and the inexperienced middle order exposed, the West Indies were in real trouble, and could never leave it.
Nehra struck the higher order of the West Indies with his pace, getting Kieran Powell with a regulation catch to the keeper and Devon Smith is also a clear sign of his return to form.
With the team returned home, the captain, coach and selectors have a lot of calculations to make a balanced manner and form team for future tournaments. They also hope for a speedy recovery for Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan, who are vital cogs in the party of India is winning composition.
–Agencies