West Indies vs India | 1st ODI | Port of Spain | 6/6/11

[macho punjabi]

aight folks. i know today is monday, but still wanna watch the match from office.

India (possible): 1 Parthiv Patel (wk), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 S Badrinath, 5 Rohit Sharma, 6 Suresh Raina (capt), 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Ishant Sharma/Praveen Kumar, 11 Munaf Patel.

West Indies (possible): 1 Lendl Simmons, 2 Kirk Edwards, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Ramnaresh Sarwan/ Marlon Samuels, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Darren Sammy (capt), 8 Carlton Baugh (wk), 9 Ravi Rampaul, 10 Andre Russell, 11 Devendra Bishoo.

 

[thecricket]

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

.

 

[BaaliSoda]

As I have expected Over-hyped Bhajji being Vice Captain of the team eats up the position of Ashwin once again

Good job RAINA and Coach

I hope you guys prove me wrong though

 

[thecricket]

Starts with a

 

[BaaliSoda]

Butter Gloves in work

 

[thecricket]

:4

 

[BaaliSoda]

Some prodigious swing for PK in the first over (both sides)

 

[velu]

As I have expected Over-hyped Bhajji being Vice Captain of the team eats up the position of Ashwin once again

Good job RAINA and Coach

I hope you guys prove me wrong though

Bhajji wants to improve his overall record in WI.
Lets see how he does in England

 

[BaaliSoda]

Maiden over from Munna

7 for no loss after 2 overs

 

[BaaliSoda]

Another good over from PK with loads of movement

8 for no loss after 3 overs

 

[BaaliSoda]

Lazy Nohit drops a dolly at slip from the bat of Kirk Edwards

 

[thecricket]

Edged and dropped (Rohit Sharma)

 

[BaaliSoda]

Butter Gloves Lives on

Another 4 (or is it 5 wides)

 

[thecricket]

+ :4

 

[BaaliSoda]

Munna gets a spanky lofted shot for 4 over his head from Talented Simmons

 

[thecricket]

 

[BaaliSoda]

12 runs off Munna's over

20 for no loss after 4 overs

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Irritating us? We don't care..

 

[BaaliSoda]

PK is doing a fantastic job here - 3 overs no wickets for 8 runs

Another tight over, just 1 run from it

21 for no loss after 5 overs

 

[BaaliSoda]

Good over from Munna, just 2 runs from it but we need the wicket of Simmons as quickly as possible

23 for no loss after 6 overs

 

[Amjid Javed]

Kirk edwards needs to get some runs here to try and gain a long term place in side.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Did I asked for Wicket that too of Simmons?

Yep! That's what I get

23 for 1 after 6.1 overs

BTW, PK gets the wicket

 

[Amjid Javed]

Simmons Gone, W.I lost there 1st wicket.

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Yeah baby, wickut

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Darren Bravo, left handed bat, comes to the crease

 

[jheenga]

whats a par score here ?
23/1

 

[Amjid Javed]

This series is ideal for likes of Kumar and Munaf to possibly be seen as 1st choice when India picks a full strength team.

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

Is Kieron "the punisher" Pollard Playing?

 

[BaaliSoda]

Another Maiden over from PK

23 for 1 after 7 overs

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Is Kieron "the punisher" Pollard Playing?

nope

 

[BaaliSoda]

No all we need is wickets of Bravo brothers and if possible Sarwan, samuel before the score reaches 100

 

[BaaliSoda]

Oh No! Hindi commentary on

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Oh No! Hindi commentary on

Doordarshan??

 

[BaaliSoda]

Beautiful shot from the bat of Junior Bravo goes for 4

 

[BaaliSoda]

Doordarshan??

Yeah No Ten Cricket in Vellore Cable

 

[Amjid Javed]

whats a par score here ?
23/1

Id say around 260-70.

Its always been a high scoring Ground.

Highest total on ground 413/5 India V bermuda

Highest Total chased for 272 by W.I v Pakistan in 1988

 

[Amjid Javed]

Is Kieron "the punisher" Pollard Playing?

No hes on the bench!

 

[BaaliSoda]

My wishes are getting fulfilled faster this evening

Junior Bravo is gone

Munna strikes

28 for 1 in the 8th over

 

[nish_mate]

Mune ne wiccut le leti!

 

[Amjid Javed]

W.I 2 down and struggling as was expected.

 

[thecricket]

 

[Amjid Javed]

I can see Edwards getting out soon and with W.I not having much more batting to come they will be lucky to bat the 50 overs i recon.

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Sarwan loves the Indian attack

 

[ahamedirshad123]

brother dont use gif.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Sarwan, Samuels and Senior Bravo have always done well against us. So I hope our bowlers don't lose the grip on the WI batters yet.

 

[thecricket]

brother dont use gif.

Why not? thse are there for some reason.

 

[Foozee]

hmm India should win this.. Windies jus look weak

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Why not? thse are there for some reason.

if you use it with a big sentence, it is meaningful..

 

[Foozee]

gotta be teh worst Windies Lineup everr

 

[BaaliSoda]

Somehow I feel Munna is bowling too straight today(lot of leg sidish balls)

 

[jheenga]

Id say around 260-70.

Its always been a high scoring Ground.

Highest total on ground 413/5 India V bermuda

Highest Total chased for 272 by W.I v Pakistan in 1988

btw,the pitch looks pretty sluggish & lowish so stats might not give a good indication & since we are missing lots of big guns,prolly 240 cud be a par score !!!

34/2 in 9.3

 

[Foozee]

where the hell is Chriss Gayleeee...

 

[thecricket]

if you use it with a big sentence, it is meaningful..

Lol, ignore my messages.

 

[BaaliSoda]

To Fellow Ppers, Did Sarwan and Senior Bravo played against Pakistan in the recent series? if they did, then how did they fair?

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Get the wicket of Sarwan and call Majhar Majeed for Marlon Samuels (oh no!! where is butt?)

 

[nish_mate]

where the hell is Chriss Gayleeee...

Busy necking down Kingfisher's

 

[BaaliSoda]

36 for 2 after 10 overs

Mishraji into the attack now

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Lol, ignore my messages.

Our players will never let you to post message, insha allah. (Lets hope)

 

[BaaliSoda]

Maiden over from MishraJi

36 for 2 after 11 overs

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Most overrated player Bhajji is in the squad thanks to his vice captaincy...

 

[BaaliSoda]

@Ahamedirshad - Its very common to use such GIF images in match commentary threads here in PP. Please don't take it in a negative way.

 

[ahamedirshad123]

@Ahamedirshad - Its very common to use such GIF images in match commentary threads here in PP. Please don't take it in a negative way.

haha I was just joking. He knows that. Am i correct, brother @thecricket?

 

[Romali_rotti]

Wow


Practically empty stadium, I thought the Rockstars would have attracted a bigger crowd..

 

[cric_fan82]

maiden by mishra
what a boring match!

 

[saajidrox]

Cricinfo
A 9am start to proceedings, to make it convenient for TV viewers back in India. Outcome: Close to empty stands. Chris Gayle would say kiss-teeth if he saw this crowd.

 

[ahamedirshad123]

maiden by mishra
what a boring match!

Mishra is better than Chaiwala

 

[BaaliSoda]

Otherwise a good over was spoiled by that No ball from Mishraji

41 for 2 after 13 overs

 

[thecricket]

No ball

 

[BaaliSoda]

Mishra is better than Chaiwala

200% agreed

Chaiwala was such a rubbish bowler but still got chance after chance in WC

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Cricinfo
A 9am start to proceedings, to make it convenient for TV viewers back in India. Outcome: Close to empty stands. Chris Gayle would say kiss-teeth if he saw this crowd.

Have you watched WIvsPak series? The stand was empty even though it was national holiday. are the culprits

 

[Sherlock]

Disappointing crowd yet again in Windies. On a side note, India has great depth in the spin department. Great future for India, good luck to them.

 

[thecricket]

haha I was just joking. He knows that. Am i correct, brother @thecricket?

You'r correct

 

[ahamedirshad123]

No ball

no?

 

[saajidrox]

Have you watched WIvsPak series? The stand was empty even though it was national holiday. are the culprits

Unfortunately. It's from cricinfos fb page and yes I did watch the Pak vs Wi series. WI crowds have been disappointing SINCE 2007 WC

 

[BaaliSoda]

Disappointing crowd yet again in Windies. On a side note, India has great depth in the spin department. Great future for India, good luck to them.

Unfortunately as long as Bhajji sits in the helms of decision making (like being Vice Captain of the team, or being chamcha for Sachin or being close business partner friend of MSD) we won't get to see the real talent of our other spin bowlers.

 

[thecricket]

no?

I didnt knew the shortcode ov that

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Unfortunately as long as Bhajji sits in the helms of decision making (like being Vice Captain of the team, or being chamcha for Sachin or being close business partner friend of MSD) we won't get to see the real talent of our other spin bowlers.

no worry Bhajji will prove Ajmal cheetah is better than him

 

[BaaliSoda]

Now Badri drops the catch that was supposed to be for Butter Gloves

 

[BaaliSoda]

Butter Gloves proves once again why he is called Butter Gloves behind the stumps

 

[nish_mate]

Butter Gloves proves once again why he is called Butter Gloves behind the stumps

Should have picked Saha or Dinesh.... either of them are better than the Patel bhai here...

Wonder if Modi passed a few rupees to Pawar for getting a Patel bhai in??