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Port of Spain (Trinidad), June 4 (PTI) India recovered from a top-order collapse, triggered by Darren Sammy''s four wicket haul, to post a competitive 159 for six against the West Indies in the tour-opening Twenty20 international match here Saturday.
Sammy had shocked the visitors with four wickets inside the first nine overs before top-scorer S Badrinath (43), Rohit Sharma (26), Yusuf Pathan (15 ) and Harbhajan Singh (15) brought up the rear to underline the depth of the tourists batting.
Sammy once had three wickets off a mere eight balls as Indians advanced their score by only eight runs and lost Virat Kohli (14), Parthiv Patel ( 26) and Suresh Raina (2) to be 56 for four in the ninth over.
Kohli had smashed two sumptuous fours off fast bowler Andre Fletcher and was slipping into top gear when Sammy deceived him with a slow off-break which he lofted into the covers.
Sammy was on a hat-trick when Patel slashed the very next delivery to point after making a promising 26 off 20 balls with two fours and a six.
Raina survived the hat-trick ball at the start of Sammy�s next over but he too tried to force the issue all too soon and was caught well by the mid-on fielder running backwards. PTI AS
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Sammy had shocked the visitors with four wickets inside the first nine overs before top-scorer S Badrinath (43), Rohit Sharma (26), Yusuf Pathan (15 ) and Harbhajan Singh (15) brought up the rear to underline the depth of the tourists batting.
Sammy once had three wickets off a mere eight balls as Indians advanced their score by only eight runs and lost Virat Kohli (14), Parthiv Patel ( 26) and Suresh Raina (2) to be 56 for four in the ninth over.
Kohli had smashed two sumptuous fours off fast bowler Andre Fletcher and was slipping into top gear when Sammy deceived him with a slow off-break which he lofted into the covers.
Sammy was on a hat-trick when Patel slashed the very next delivery to point after making a promising 26 off 20 balls with two fours and a six.
Raina survived the hat-trick ball at the start of Sammy�s next over but he too tried to force the issue all too soon and was caught well by the mid-on fielder running backwards. PTI AS
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