4th ODI Match IND vs WIN 2018
IND vs WIN match
India Beat The Windies
In
4th ODI Match
India
won by 224 runs
ODI 4 of 5 (IND Leads 2-1)

India - 377/5 50/50 ov RR: 7.54
Windies - 153 36.2/50 ov RR: 4.21
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Rohit,
Rayudu shine as India register 224-run win over hapless Windies
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Khaleel
picks up three as Windies stare down the barrel
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Rohit,
Rayudu help India post a daunting 377
Rohit Sharma smashed a 150-plus
score for the seventh time in his career as India beat the Windies by a mammoth
224 runs in the fourth ODI in Mumbai to record their third-biggest victory by
runs.

Virat Kohli did not have as much
fun this time around, with the Windies’ bowlers denying him a record-equalling
fourth consecutive ODI ton, but Rohit and Ambati Rayudu put on a sensational
partnership to power the hosts 2-1 up in the five-match series with one clash
remaining.
Rohit was probably frustrated
that he couldn’t hit the 200-mark, given that on three of the previous six
occasions he had passed 150 he went on to notch a double ton. Only the finest
opener in ODI cricket could walk off the pitch with 162 runs to his name and
view it as a missed opportunity.

Rayudu, India’s latest to be
trialled at No.4, delivered an 81-ball century, ensuring the Windies’
middle-over bowlers never settled, helping to propel his side to a healthy
377/5 – their second-highest total against the Windies.
After India won the toss and
opted to bat, Shikhar Dhawan hit a potent but ultimately fatal pull shot
straight to Kieran Powell at midwicket off the bowling of Keemo Paul before
Kohli feathered one off Kemar Roach, and while the loss of the colossal skipper
is always a blow, it only served to stimulate Rohit and Rayudu.

The 33-year-old Rayudu played out
five straight dots to Paul before a beautifully-timed drive wide of the
deep-cover fielder got him on his way. The duo added 211 for the third wicket
in just 27.1 overs, with the boundaries regularly being peppered. Rayudu
manoeuvred both himself and the ball effectively, using his feet to create
opportunities, while it was more stand and deliver for Rohit.
The powerful opener didn’t get
off to a flyer but it became vintage Rohit after he struck three fours off the
27th over from Rovman Powell, and thereon it didn’t really matter what the
Windies threw at him. India clocked up 300 in the 43rd over, as Rohit went past
150.
Ashley Nurse finally enticed an
edge from Rohit (162 from 137 balls), who reached for one outside off, 38 runs
short of his fourth double-hundred in ODIs, but Rayudu (100 from 81 balls) went
on to record his third ODI century – the first by an Indian outside the top
three in nearly two years.
Fabian Allen then ran out India's
No.4 brilliantly off his own bowling, but the accelerator continued to be
pressed with 116 runs being belted off the last ten overs. Roach grabbed the
wicket of MS Dhoni but seven deliveries faced by Kedar Jadhav yielded 16, while
Paul (1/88) walked off with the worst ODI figures for a Windies bowler against
India.
After the interval, India made an
early breakthrough with the removal of Chandrapaul Hemraj, as Rayudu took a
leaping catch at cover off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Things only got
worse for the Windies, as 20/1 became 20/3 courtesy of two run-outs, with
Kuldeep Yadav and Virat Kohli showing off their fielding skills with two direct
hits to remove Kieran Powell and Shai Hope respectively. The tourists were in
freefall.
Marlon Samuels and Shimron
Hetmyer both made starts but failed to deliver the required recovery act.
Khaleel Ahmed accounted for both their wickets, caught and lbw respectively,
before bowling Rovman Powell. The left-arm quick knocked the wind out of the
Windies' sails, who stood 56/6 four balls into the 14th over – he would finish
with astonishing figures of 3/13 from five overs.
It then became damage limitation
for the Windies, but credit must be given to skipper Jason Holder who kept
fighting to record a half-century before running out of partners.
Kuldeep removed Allen and Nurse,
both caught by Rohit at first slip – the first was an exceptional grab – while
MS Dhoni paraded his tidy glovework with the stumping of Paul off the bowling
of Ravindra Jadeja, giving doubters a reminder of his abilities ahead of the
Men's Cricket World Cup next year. India secured the thrashing when Kuldeep
(3/42) got the better of Roach to leave Holder stranded on a 70-ball 54.
Windies will need to emerge
victorious from the fifth ODI on Thursday if they are to level the series.
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