In a thrilling low scoring 1st test match no.1 team India beat struggling West Indies by 63 runs on the fourth day of the match on Thursday, 23rd June, 2011 at Sabina Park, Jamaica.
Fourth day started with the match even as India needed 7 wickets and West Indies required 195 more runs on the difficult pitch as Bravo and Chanderpaul playing. Praveen Kumar took both the batsmen early as Bravo out on 41 and Chanderpaul on 30 runs and soon they reduced to 150/6. Sammy 25 and Rampaul 34 runs put some fight but didn't last too long. Praveen and Ishant Sharma took 3 wickets each while Amit Mishra took 2 wickets.
Rahul Dravid got Man of the Match for his brilliant 112 runs in the 2nd inning on difficult pitch.
Match Summary:
India 1st inning - 246 all out in 61.2 overs (Raina 82, Harbhajan 70, Edward 4-56, Rampaul 3-59)
West Indies 1st inning - 173 all out in 67.5 overs (Barath 64, Ishant 3-29, Praveen 3-38)
India 2nd inning - 252 all out in 94.5 overs (Dravid 112, Sammy 4-52, Bishoo4-65)
West Indies 2nd inning - 262 all out in 68.2 overs (Bravo 41, Ishant 3-81, Praveen 3-42)
Toss - India won the toss, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Rahul Dravid (India)
Result - West Indies won by 63 runs.
Series - India led the 3 match series by 1-0.
