World Cup 2015: Shami, Dhoni Help India Beat West Indies

Mohammed Shami bagged three wickets to skittle out West Indies for 182. In reply, India rode MS Dhoni's patient 45 not out to beat West Indies by four wickets.

 Perth: A superlative bowling performance and a cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni eventually helped Bharat muster a four-wicket win against the West Indies to notch their fourth consecutive World Cup Pool B triumph on a tough WACA pitch here on 6.3.2015. (Scorecard | Highlights)

A brilliant bowling performance helped the defensive champions skittle out the Windies for 182 in forty four.2 overs with man-of-the-match Mohammed Shami clinching 3-35. In reply, Bharat struggled throughout their chase however level-headed captain Dhoni saw the team through in thirty-nine.1 overs to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Chasing a miserable 183, Bharat lost each openers Rohit Sharma (7) and Shikhar Dhawan (9) cheaply. Vice captain Virat Kohli (33) took Bharat out from the first hassle and looked solid at the crease as he stroked 5 boundaries in his 36-ball innings. (Dhoni Keeps while not Pads)

However, the Windies pacers were in with a mission and a few deadly pace backed by aid from the quick pitch LED them to clinch the wickets of Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane (14), Suresh Raina (22) and Ravindra Jadeja (13) at regular intervals to place Bharat in additional than a spot of trouble.

However, a patient Dhoni, returning in at No.6, stuck it come in the center to get an important, undefeated forty five to envision Bharat home with Ravichandran Ashwin (16 not out) beside him. however the Windies bowlers tested Bharat throughout their innings.

Earlier, asked to bowl, Bharat duty-bound by packing off the previous cheat on champions with pace spearhead Shami being the choose of the bowlers.

Shami and Umesh Yadav (2/42) bowled fantastically in cycle with correct line-and-length to limit the Windies at 8/1 in 5 overs. In fact, explosive opener Chris Gayle (21) struggled and took eleven balls to induce off the mark, that too within the sixth over.

Gayle looked to a small degree dangerous once he smashed 2 boundaries and a six however once he got out, Indian bowlers ripped apart the Windies batting line-up. The robust left-hander gave 3 troublesome possibilities to Bharat however eventually precocious his wicket once he slashed exhausting a brief ball solely to be caught by Mohit Sharma at mid-wicket.

Shami, WHO didn't play in India's last match against the United Arab Emirates as a result of injury, and Yadav created excellent use of the pacy and bouncy WACA wicket to require four wickets to cut back the Caribbean aspect to 35/4 by the tenth over. Some poor shot choice by Windies batsmen additionally power-assisted the defensive champions.

Third pacer Mohit (1/35) was additionally spectacular whereas spinners Ashwin (1/38) and Jadeja (2/27) clogged the Windies and consequently the batsmen gave away their wickets.

The Indian fielding tested to be 2 sides of an equivalent coin. whereas some fielded brightly to prevent runs and clenched spectacular catches, some of sitters were additionally born by Jadeja and Rohit that helped the Windies transcend the 150-run mark.

Windies captain Jason Holder (57) offered the sole resistance down the order along with his highest One-Day International (ODI) score. The 23-year-old expert showed the WACA wicket was a decent one to bat on as he beat 3 sixes and 4 fours in his 64-ball innings before being caught on the last ball of the innings.

India next play eire on March ten at Hamilton.

Brief scores: West Indies 182 all come in forty four.2 overs (Jason Holder 57; Mohammed Shami 3/35, Ravindra Jadeja 2/27, Umesh Yadav 2/42) vs Bharat 185/6 in thirty-nine.1 overs (Mahendra Singh Dhoni forty five not out, Virat Kohli 33; Church Father Taylor 2/33, Andre Russell 2/43).