India certainly find WInning (Azh)arduous

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Vinod Kambli made way from Pravin Amre. The West Indies made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Philo Wallace, Carlisle Best, Malcolm Marshall and Patrick Patterson made way for Phil Simmons, Keith Arthurton, Gus Logie and Winston Benjamin.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Ajay Jadeja scored 27. His 61-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Benjamin. Simmons broke the opening stand, which was worth 56.

The second-wicket pair put on 46. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 70 balls, scored 40. His innings included two boundaries. He was caught by Logie off the bowling of Carl Hooper. Sachin Tendulkar, who scored four off eleven balls, was caught by David Williams. The third-wicket stand, which was worth 13, was broken by Curtly Ambrose.

Azharuddin scored 61. His 84-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Ambrose. Anderson Cummins, the player of the match, broke the 51-run stand. The fifth-wicket stand was worth just five. Kapil Dev, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Desmond Haynes off the bowling of Cummins. The sixth-wicket partnership was worth just a couple. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 40 balls, scored 27. He was run out.

Kiran More scored five. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Hooper. Cummins broke the seven-run stand. Amre, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was caught by Hooper. Ambrose broke the six-run stand.

Manoj, who faced 10 balls, scored eight. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Richie Richardson, the West Indian captain. Cummins broke the seven-run P(rabhak)artnership. Javagal Srinath, who scored five off as many balls, was unbeaten. The tenth-wicket pair put on just four. Venkatapathy, who faced a ball and scored a run, was R(aj)un out.

West Indies conceded a dozen extras. India were dismissed for 197 off 49.4 overs. Keith, who bowled (Arthurt)one wicketless over, conceded five. Benjamin, who bowled 9.4 wicketless overs, conceded 35.

Simmons, who bowled nine overs, conceded 48. He picked up a wicket, as did Hooper, whose 10 overs yielded 46. Ambrose bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24 and picked up a couple of scalps. Cummins, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 33. He conceded four wickets.

The Caribbean islanders’ target was revised to 195 off 46 overs. Haynes scored 16 off as many balls. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Manjrekar. Kapil Dev broke the 57-run stand.

The second-wicket stand was worth (Srina)thirty-four. Brian Lara, who faced 37 balls, scored 41. His innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was caught by Manjrekar. Prabhakar broke the third-wicket standwas worth seven. Simmons, who faced 20 balls, scored 22. His innings included a couple of boundaries and a six. He was caught by Tendulkar.

Richardson, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was caught by Srikkanth. Srinath broke the ten-run stand. Logie, who faced 10 balls, scored seven. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by More. Raju broke the 14-run stand. Arthurton, who faced 99 balls, scored 58 and was unbeaten. His innings included three boundaries. Hooper’s 57-ball 34 included three boundaries. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. The West Indians scored 195 for the loss of five wickets off 40.2 overs, WInning by five wickets with 34 balls to spare. Jadeja bowled a couple of wicketless deliveries, conceding five. Srikkanth, who bowled a wicketless over, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Tendulkar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 20.

Dev, who bowled eight overs, conceded 45. He picked up a wicket, as did Prabhakar, who bowled nine overs, conceding 55. Raju bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 32 and picked up a wicket. Srinath bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23 and picked up a couple of scalps.