Kingston, June 30:
Opener Rohit Sharma hit a composed half-century and Suresh Raina scored valuable 44 runs as India reached 229 for seven after 50 overs against hosts West Indies in the second match of the Celkon Mobile Cup Tri-Series here today.
Sharma wasted yet another opportunity as he scored a well-compiled 60 off 89 balls after India were put into bat on a slow track by West Indies’ stand-in captain Kieron Pollard.
Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik didn’t make significant contribution 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.
‘Man of the moment’ Dhawan pulled Best and then hit a crisp cover drive off Roach to get couple of boundaries.
Sharma, whose performance has been much better since he started opening the innings started off with a six off Best — a slash that flew over third man.
However Roach had the last laugh when Dhawan (10) failed to check his uppish drive which the bowler caught on the second attempt.
Virat Kohli (11, 21 balls) struggled to get going on a slow pitch before he tried an expansive drive off Sammy but Chris Gayle standing wide of first slip took a fantastic one-handed catch diving to his right. (PTI)
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