CASTRIES: India won the crucial third one-day international match by 6 wickets against the West Indies on Friday night at Beausejour Stadium. In the rain interrupted match, West Indies scored challenging 186/7 in revised 27 overs. From West Indies Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle played sensible and attacking innings who scored 62 and 27 respectively. Indian bowler Ashish Nehra fired again and took 3 wickets. While Harbhajan took 2 wickets. India was asked to chase 159 off 22 overs according to the Duckworth/Lewis system finally. Indian opener Dinesh Karthik (47) and Gautam Gambhir (44) gave shape to the Indian reply. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni played another sensible and match winning innings in the match. Dhoni scored 46 not out and declared man of the match. India chased the total when one ball was to deliver.
Earlier, the West Indies innings, delayed before the start by just over two hours, was interrupted three times by persistent showers. Captain Chris Gayle hit six fours in a blistering 27 off 14 balls before he fell first ball on resumption after the first break at 27-1. Sarwan and Runako Morton (22) added 51 for the second wicket in between two more rain interruptions. Morton was eventually stumped off Harbhajan Singh at 78-2. Sarwan dominated the middle order as fellow Guyanese Shiv Chanderpaul (15), Dwayne Bravo (14) and Darren Bravo (21) chipped in. Denesh Ramdin hit 14 not out off six deliveries to deliver a late charge.
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