*** West Indies vs India *** 4th ODI Live thread

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Monday, 13 June 2011
4th ODI
West Indies v India, Antigua, 14:00 uk time

India took an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the series following a three-wicket victory in the third ODI on Saturday at the same venue and can close on a clean sweep with victory in the 4th ODI of the five-match series on Monday.

India are likely to make a few changes to their winning squad, now that they already won the series

Manoj Tiwary, Vinay Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Wriddihiman Saha, who are all yet to play in any of the ODIs, are expected to get their chance in these two remaining dead rubber odi's.

For the West Indies, it is about regaining the pride which lies in tatters after three demoralising losses.

Captain Darren Sammy has struggled to explain just why his players are finding it tough in home conditions against an opposition which is without its top stars. He can only hope that his side can use the typically relaxed atmosphere of a dead-rubber to regain some of the gloss that has been wiped away from his side.

WI from:
Darren Sammy (c),Carlton Baugh (wk),Devendra Bishoo,Dwayne Bravo,Darren Bravo,Kirk Edwards,Anthony Martin, Kieron Pollard,Ravi Rampaul,Andre Russell,Marlon Samuels,Ramnaresh Sarwan,Lendl Simmons

India from:
Suresh Raina (c), Harbhajan Singh (vc),Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath,Shikhar Dhawan,Virat Kohli,Praveen Kumar,Amit Mishra,Munaf Patel,Parthiv Patel (wk),Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk),Ishant Sharma,Rohit Sharma,Manoj Tiwary,Vinay Kumar


Your comments on the match and the series......

[msp83]

hopes Ashwin gets a game. Mishra has bowled well alright, but I think India would need Ashwin against functional batting lineups. if they wan't Mishra to be in, then Harbhajan should be rested to get Ashwin in. also hopes Badrinath gets a score, he waited long and hard for this 2nd coming, and hasn't been all that fortunate in the series so far.

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Rohit Sharma should be given a shot in the next Test series with WI...

He's more disciplined and knows when to defend or attack.Think quality time with Sachin for Mumbai Indians has certainly paid dividends.

He is now a very composed batsman per Raina

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Bring 'em on.

[GG]

The reason why WI have struggled is because the pitches favour India. This might aswell be an away series for them.

[Guest]

what has happened to suilemnn benn?

[msp83]

Don't think Rohit Sharma should be anywhere near the test side. Alright he has shown signs of some improvement, but he has to do quite a lot to be considered ahead of people such as Badrinath, Pujara, Kohli and even Raina. Although Sharma has scored runs, even in those knocks where he posted decent scores, his shot selection, particularly at the beginning of the innings was very much edgy. His technique against the short stuff is suspect, and a few easy runs against an average bowling unit on untesting pitches shouldn't be his ticket to test matches.

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MSP83

Rohit will all ways be in consideration as he plays for Mumbai.

[GG]

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gg

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82/4 20ov

Kohli gone..India in spot of bother..

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