Latest News from India - West Indies level ODI series 1-1 against India

divspan class=BodyText readability=21 pVisakhapatnam: The West Indies beat India by two wickets in a thrilling finish in the second of the three One-Day Internationals (ODI) at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium here Sunday to level the series 1-1./ppIndia scored 288/5 from their 50 overs after being put in to bat and the West Indies chased down the total with three balls to spare./ppThe visitors did not get off to a good start, losing two wickets - Johnson Charles (12) and Marlon Samuels (8) - in the first six overs with the score only at 23./ppBut opener Kieran Powell (59) and Darren Bravo (50) put together an important 100-run partnership for the third wicket to put the Windies' chase back on track./ppThe Caribbean side lost a few wickets in the middle overs but another good 82-run partnership continued their chase against the climbing run rate. Lendl Simmons (62) and Darren Sammy (63 not out) took the Windies from 185/5 to 267/6./ppHowever, two quick wickets in the death overs poised the match for an exciting finish but Sammy made sure the visitors reached the target./ppMedium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, offie Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami scalped two wickets each while Mohit Sharma took one./ppEarlier, India put together a healthy total of 288/5 with dashing batsman Virat Kohli falling one short of another hundred./ppKohli played the anchor's innings scoring nine boundaries in his 100-ball knock. He was well supported by left handed opener Shikhar Dhawan (35) after the fall of opener Rohit Sharma (12) in the fifth over./ppMiddle order batsmen Yuvraj Singh (28) and Suresh Raina (23) chipped in to support Kohli in the middle overs to take India par the 200 mark./ppAfter Kohli fell, being caught at long leg attempting a hook, Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain's knock to take India close to 300. Dhoni made 51 off 40 balls which included three boundaries and four sixes./ppRavi Rampaul was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors picking up his seventh four-wicket haul. Jason Holder, Veerasammy Permaul and Sammy clinched a wicket each./ppThe third and the final match will be held at Green Park, Kanpur Wednesday./pp/p/span/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center