Cricket: "ICC World Twenty20 Cup 2009 India Vs WestIndies"

After defeating Bangladesh and Ireland in the first round, india will be facing a stronger side in the form of WestIndies in their first SuperEight Match. India defeated ireland easily but they were not in best of forms, there form will be tested with wesindies today. Lets see how they fared in this crucial match.

Third time in a row Dhoni won the toss and tactically choosed to bat first. India's top order was exposed first time in ICC World Twenty20 Cup. With just 29 on board three of them already in the pavilion. Dhoni and Yuvraj studied the innings before Dhon was out for 11 of 23 balls. Yousuf pathan and Yuvraj came to indias rescue and scored runs at a grisk rate and helped india reach 153 for 7 of their 20 overs. For India Yuvraj Scored 67 and Yousuf Pathn scored 31. For WestIndies Bravo took 4 wickets and Edwards 3 wickets.

India's score of 153 was a decent total and was defendable. How did westindies approached the target and how india tried to defend the target let us see now.

West Indies had a horrible start when they lost Fletcher early. Gayle was also out of sorts and was playing a rather cautiously innings. He holed out to Zaheer of the bowling of Yousuf pathan. Gayles wicket gave a lot of confidence for india, but fall of gayles wicket had bring Bravo to the crease. Bravo started the counter attack with Simmons who had already spend some time in the middle and was well set. These two were just hitting the ball all parts of the ground. Ojha took the wicket of Simmons in 15th over. Still with Chanderpaul and Bravo cruising, there was no stopping for westindies from winning this match. WestIndies overcame the target with 8 balls to spare and 7 wickets in hand. Bravo top scored with 66 and simmons made a gritty 44. For india Pathan brothers and Ojha took a wicket each.

Man of the Match was awarded to Bravo for his Allround performance.

India faced a strong side in ICC World Twenty20 cup for the first time and they were out of sorts and went down tamely. Will they continue the same in other two matches or will learn from their mistakes and try to rectify their mistakes. Lets see and hope for the best.