1st ODI | India v West Indies | October 8, 2014 | Kochi (India)

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India Squad
MS Dhoni*†, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav, B Kumar, A Mishra, Mohammed Shami, AM Rahane, SK Raina, AT Rayudu, MM Sharma, M Vijay, UT Yadav

West Indies Squad
DJ Bravo*, SJ Benn, DM Bravo, JO Holder, LR Johnson, KA Pollard, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach, AD Russell, DJG Sammy, MN Samuels, LMP Simmons, DR Smith, JE Taylor

Match set to begin in 45 mins.

 

[IAJ]

Have windies decided to play the match?

 

[Sandeep]

Easy for India.. Can Windies upset us here?

 

[Sandeep]

Have windies decided to play the match?

*BCCI*

Upset them at your own peril.

 

[Saurav]

Bravo's lettter

After much consideration, the West Indies players have decided to participate in the 1st One Day International against India starting tomorrow. This decision should not in any way be construed as an acceptance by the players of the unreasonable terms and conditions put forward to us by WICB nor is it an acceptance of the purported new Memorandum of Understanding. The Players will not accept any agreement it has had no input in, did not give its consent to and which would infringe on its rights. We reserve all of our rights and intend to seek independent advice so as to establish the players best course of action. For the record, we wish to reiterate our position put forward to the WICB earlier, that we continue under the old structure until a new agreement is reached between the players and WICB. Neither the WICB nor the players would be in a disadvantageous position since this would have been mutually agreed by the parties. This we believe is a sensible and reasonable approach for all concerned.

 

[IAJ]

Bravo's lettter

Dwayne or Darren?

Anywas if it is Dwayne then it's good to see that he is concerned about the players. He himself and some of the other stars who play for IPL teams earn good I believe but that is not the case for rest of the players. So well done Bravo.

 

[Varun]

I'm sick of playing (and whitewashing) them and Australia every year out here.

South Africa haven't toured us in years - they should turn up every now and then.

 

[Saurav]

Dwayne or Darren?

Anywas if it is Dwayne then it's good to see that he is concerned about the players. He himself and some of the other stars who play for IPL teams earn good I believe but that is not the case for rest of the players. So well done Bravo.

Obviously Dwayne as hes the captain

 

[Justcrazy]

India Team
S Dhawan, AM Rahane, V Kohli, AT Rayudu, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, A Mishra, Mohammed Shami, MM Sharma


West Indies Team
DR Smith, MN Samuels, DM Bravo, D Ramdin†, DJ Bravo*, KA Pollard, DJG Sammy, AD Russell, SJ Benn, R Rampaul, JE Taylor

 

[Saurav]

I'm sick of playing (and whitewashing) them and Australia every year out here.

South Africa haven't toured us in years - they should turn up every now and then.

atleast its not Sri Lanka

 

[Justcrazy]

India won the toss and will bat

 

[Sandeep]

I'm sick of playing (and whitewashing) them and Australia every year out here.

South Africa haven't toured us in years - they should turn up every now and then.

And England too..

 

[Saurav]

would have liked to see Kuldeep,but can see why they are waiting on it.

 

[Saurav]

India won the toss and will bat

no,we are bowling

 

[Justcrazy]

Pollard / sammy / russell / smith

All four same kind of players

 

[Justcrazy]

no,we are bowling

Yes , India prefer to chase

 

[Justcrazy]

would have liked to see Kuldeep,but can see why they are waiting on it.

Mishra would be unplayable against WI

 

[Saurav]

Mishra would be unplayable against WI

yes but for WC purposes,we know what he offers,would have liked to see Kuldeep.

for winning this match,Mishra's a better option but that hardly matters

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Kuldeep Yadav should debut here.

 

[Justcrazy]

WI need to play more specialist batters.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

But as usual we end up playing a boring XI.

 

[Arsal_AK]

India bowling??

Oh no.....

 

[imback]

Dwayne Bravo has come out to open the batting

 

[Justcrazy]

Dwayne

Bravo and smith to open

what a weird thinking

 

[Cricket-Pundit]

I hope dhawan, rayadu & mishra have a bad game.. desperately want them out of the team ASAP!

 

[Justcrazy]

Smith plays that uppishly

 

[cricketindiafan]

Bhuvi should have been given rest from this ODI series after a gruelling England tour. Could easily have given Umesh a run for 5 ODIs to assess his ODI form.

Also, if you picked Kuldeep in 15, why not give him a game straight away?

 

[Justcrazy]

5 from first over, good comeback by kumar

 

[Arsal_AK]

Is it a phatta like the aus series??

 

[Justcrazy]

Bravo in action

 

[Justcrazy]

This is flattest pitch of the year

 

[Justcrazy]

18 / 0

3 overs

 

[Saurav]

Bhuvi should have been given rest from this ODI series after a gruelling England tour. Could easily have given Umesh a run for 5 ODIs to assess his ODI form.

Also, if you picked Kuldeep in 15, why not give him a game straight away?

Winning the match is important too.I'm sure Kuldeep will play later on once we win a match or two

 

[Justcrazy]

WI need 350 here to win

 

[Saurav]

slow and low pitch.hate it :

 

[Justcrazy]

19 / 0

4 overs

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Cricket simplet: "Smith and Bravo batting to Mohit with Jaddu and Raina fielding them and Dhoni keeping wickets .. meh.. seems like an extended friendly match practice by CSK in different uniform.."

 

[Electron]

What an over from Bhuvi !

 

[Justcrazy]

Maiden , great over by kumar

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Bore fest of a match.

Didn't even bother to turn on the TV.

 

[Electron]

Poor keeping from Dhoni. Didn't even try to stop that.

 

[Indiafan]

Maiden from Bhuvi

 

[Logical]

Surprised to see B Kumar's bowling average at 36.

 

[Electron]

Unplayable from Shami !

 

[Indiafan]

Bore fest of a match.

Didn't even bother to turn on the TV.

Lots of swing, should watch for the bowling

 

[Justcrazy]

4 byes !!!

 

[Indiafan]

Surprised to see B Kumar's bowling average at 36.

Yeah a couple of series where average score was 350 spoilt it

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Lots of swing, should watch for the bowling

Oh..Maybe I will see a few overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

has Bravo opened batting before this ever ?

 

[Electron]

Yeah a couple of series where average score was 350 spoilt it

Also, there was a phase where he started bowling absolute rubbish.

 

[Justcrazy]

33.0

6 overs

 

[Sandeep]

Everyone except Ramdin and Darren Bravo in West Indies are good bowlers. Wow..

 

[Logical]

Bore fest of a match.

Didn't even bother to turn on the TV.

Boring eh? Guess you dont watch Pak's games.

These 5 overs are the most exciting 5 overs i have seen in a while.

 

[Electron]

West Indies are clearly backing their IPL stars here. Bravo opening is a gamble.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Boring eh? Guess you dont watch Pak's games.

These 5 overs are the most exciting 5 overs i have seen in a while.

Its because we have been playing WI for so long and they have been consistently poor.

Not saying this match is boring but saying the prospect of having to watch another ODI series with WI makes me want to kill myself.

 

[Electron]

Another good over from Bhuvi. Very good start for West Indies.

 

[Justcrazy]

Good over By Kumar , he is bowling beautifully with the new ball

 

[Saurav]

 

[Justcrazy]

34 / 1

8 overs

 

[cricketindiafan]

Tummy of Amit Mishra will put an athlete to shame. For that reason alone he should not be picked. WHat an aweful sight to see him chase that ball in the outfield.

 

[Justcrazy]

back to Back boundaries by Smith

 

[Electron]

Amit Mishra

Well fielded !

 

[Justcrazy]

48 / 1

9 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Fifty up.

 

[Justcrazy]

52/ 1

10 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

smith gets that away

 

[Justcrazy]

59 / 1

11 overs

 

[Saurav]

baldie look by Mishra

 

[Justcrazy]

India have come back well , they have not allowed WI to dominate here.

 

[Justcrazy]

It would be interesting to see Mishra bowl here

 

[Electron]

Bhuvi will be our most valuable ODI cricketer very soon.

 

[cricketindiafan]

I do hope WI go onto post 300+. If they do not throw their wickets away against spinners now, they look well on their way

 

[Electron]

300+ target coming.

 

[Sandeep]

Is anyone watching the game?

 

[IAJ]

Was surprsing to see WI have won more ODIs in India than the home team. Must have been from the old good days for WI.

 

[biggestdravidfan]

Is anyone watching the game?

Me

 

[IAJ]

Six and out, pattern of the day it seems.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

WI are smacking us . Our bowling will continue to be rubbish during the WC as well.

 

[Thivagar]

Dwayne smith has a FC average of 29 and looks like god in IPL

 

[Thivagar]

Kochi reminds me of Eden Garden of late 1990s