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India made one change to their playing eleven – Venkatapathy Raju made way for Aashish Kapoor. The West Indies made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Phil Simmons, Stuart Williams, Carl Hooper, Jimmy Adams, Keith Arthurton, Anderson Cummins, Cameron Cuffy and Barrington Browne made way for Sherwin Campbell, Richie Richardson (who was leading the side), Roger Harper, Courtney Browne, Ottis Gibson, Ian Bishop, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh.

On winning the toss, Richardson chose to bat. Campbell scored five off 14 balls. His innings included a boundary. Javagal Srinath broke the 16-run stand. Brian Lara, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Srinath broke the eight-run stand.

Richardson, who faced 70 balls, scored 47. His innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Vinod Kambli. Manoj broke the third-wicket P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth 67. Roland Holder, who faced three balls, did not open his account. Anil Kumble broke the eight-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair did not open its account. Shivnarine Chandepaul, who faced 66 balls, scored 38. His innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, off the bowling of Kapoor.

Harper, who faced balls, scored 23. His innings included a four and a six. Kumble broke the 42-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair did not open its account. Browne, who faced 45 balls, scored 18. He was dismissed by Prabhakar. Gibson, who faced five balls, scored six. His innings included a boundary. Kumble broke the eighth-wicket partnership.

Ambrose, who faced 15 balls, scored eight. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Kumble. Prabhakar broke the ninth-wicket stand, which was worth 13. The tenth-wicket pair put on 11. Bishop, who faced 28 balls, scored nine. He was run out. Walsh, who faced 11 balls, scored nine. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten.

India conceded eight extras. The West Indians were dismissed for 173 off 50 overs. Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 34. Kapoor bowled 10 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 41 and picked up a wicket.

Srinath bowled 10 overs, conceding 22. He picked up a couple of wickets. Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 39. He picked up three wickets, as did the (Kumb)leggie, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 35.

Ajay Jadeja, who faced three balls, scored a run. Ambrose broke the two-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu faced five balls, scoring a run. The second-wicket stand, which was worth 13, was broken by Ambrose. Azharuddin, who faced 59 balls, scored 32. His innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Walsh. Harper broke the 79-run stand.

The fourth-wicket stand was worth 31. Tendulkar, who faced 91 balls, scored 70. HiS(ach)innings included eight boundaries. He was run out. He was adjudged the player of the match. Kambli faced 48 balls, scored 33. He scored four boundaries and the only six of the Indian innings. He was unbeaten.

Prabhakar, who faced 12 balls, scored a run. Harper broke the two-run stand with a catch off his own bowling. Mongia, who faced 33 balls, scored 24. He scored three boundaries and was unbeaten.

The West Indians conceded 12 extras. India scored 174 for the loss of five wickets off 39.4 overs, winning by five wickets with 62 balls to spare. Bishop bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 28. Gibson bowled 8.4 overs, conceding 50. He was wicketless, as was Walsh, whose nine overs included three maidens. He conceded 18.

Ambrose, who bowled eight overs (including a maiden), conceded 41. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Harper, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34.