India beat West Indies by 14 runs

Nagpur, Jan 21 : A fine unbeaten 149 by Shivnarine Chanderpaul went in vain as the West Indies lost by 14 runs against India in the first one-day international here Sunday.

In a match that went down the wire, the West Indies made 324 for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs in answer to India’s 338 for three, powered by a fine 98 by Sourav Ganguly, at the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium here.

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1st ODI, India vs. West Indies (day), Vidarbha Cricket Association ground, Nagpur, Jan 21

India:

Gautam Gambhir c Samuels b Gayle 69 Sourav Ganguly run out (Smith) 98 Sachin Tendulkar lbw Gayle 31 Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 62 Rahul Dravid not out 54

Extras (b 5, lb 8, w 11) 24 Total (3 wickets; 50 overs; 226 mins) 338

Fall of wickets: 1-144 (Gambhir, 24.4 overs), 2-214 (Tendulkar, 36.5), 3-219 (Ganguly, 38.1)

Bowling: Ian Bradshaw 6-0-43-0 (2w) Jerome Taylor 10-0-71-0 (3w) Marlon Samuels 10-0-53-0 (2w) Darren Powell 5-0-32-0 (1w) Chris Gayle 9-1-51-2 (2w) Dwayne Bravo 4-0-41-0 Dwayne Smith 6-0-34-0 (1w)

West Indies:

Chris Gayle c Dravid b Harbhajan 52 Shivnarne Chanderpaul not out 149 Runako Morton b Harbhajan 8 Marlon Samuels b Khan 40 Brian Lara st Dhoni b Tendulkar 31 Dwayne Bravo c Dhoni b Khan 16 Dwayne Smith b Agarkar 1 Denesh Ramdin c Gambhir b Sreesanth 6 Ian Bradshaw run out (Sreesanth) 0 Jerome Taylor not out 1

Extras: (lb 10, w 5, nb 5) 20 Total: (for eight wickets in 50 overs) 324

Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Gayle, 12.1 overs), 2-102 (Morton, 16.2), 3-175 (Samuels, 33.1), 4-241 (Lara, 40.3), 5-264 (Bravo, 43.4), 6-269 (Smith, 44.2), 7-304 (Ramdin, 47.5), 8-319 (Bradshaw, 49.1)

Bowling: Zaheer Khan 10-2-47-2 (1nb) Sreesanth 10-0-79-1 (4nb, 2w) Ajit Agarkar 10-1-75-1 Harbhajan Singh 10-0-59-2 (1w) Sachin Tendulkar 10-0-58-1 (2w)

Result: India won by 14 runs, lead four-match series 1-0 Man of the Match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) Umpires: Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and Suresh Shastri (India) Third umpire: G.A. Pratapkumar (India) Match referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)

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