India's spinners stopped a tense run chase by the depleted West Indies here on Wednesday to help the hosts take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series India, dismissed for 189, hit back to bowl out a West Indian side missing their inspirational captain Brian Lara for 169 in the day-night international at the Barabati stadium here.
Left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul top-scored for the tourists with 67 before he was last man out, finding little support from the other batsmen in the low-scoring game. The second match contrasted sharply with the run feast in the first game in Nagpur on Sunday, where both teams scored over 300 runs and India squeezed out a 14-run win.
Lara is expected to play the third match in Chennai on Saturday and the fourth game in Vadodara on January 31, the last two matches for the West Indies before they host the World Cup in March-April. The West Indies enjoyed a great start when seamer Daren Powell picked up a career-best 4-27 to restrict India to 189 on a slow, lifeless wicket.
The 28-year-old Jamaican seamer ripped through the top order with the wickets of Sourav Ganguly, Tendulkar and captain Rahul Dravid in his first four overs. Powell had taken just eight wickets in his previous 12 one-dayers, including a best of 3-33 against Pakistan in Multan in December.
The West Indies, who were 139-5 in the 38th over, lost their last five wickets for 30 runs as India turned on the screws in the crucial final overs. "It is great to win another one against the West Indies," said Dravid, whose team had lost six of their last seven matches against Lara's team before this series.
SCOREBOARD
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INDIA
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G. Gambhir c Ramdin b Bradshaw 2
S. Ganguly c Morton b Powell 13
R. Dravid b Powell 22
S. Tendulkar c Bradshaw b Powell 0
D. Karthick b Bradshaw 63
M. Dhoni c and b Dwayne Smith 6
J. Sharma b Powell 1
H. Singh b Bravo 6
A. Agarkar run out 40
R. Powar b Bravo 5
Zaheer Khan not out 7
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Extras: (lb3, nb1, w20) 24
Total: 189
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Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Gambhir), 2-35 (Ganguly), 3-35 (Tendulkar), 4-46 (Dravid), 5-66 (Dhoni), 6-69 (Sharma), 7-90 (Harbhajan), 8-152 (Karthick), 9-163 (Powar).
Bowling: Bradshaw 10-1-38-2 (nb1, w3), Taylor 10-1-38-0 (w4), Powell 10-2-27-4 (w4), Dwayne Smith 9-1-34-1(w4), Bravo 8.2-1-36-2 (w4), Gayle 1-0-13-0 (w1)
Overs: 48.2
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WEST INDIES
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C. Gayle lbw b Agarkar 5
S. Chanderpaul b Zaheer 67
Devon Smith run out 15
M. Samuels c Gambhir b Harbhajan 1
D. Bravo c Gamkbhir b Powar 31
R. Morton b Powar 0
Dwayne Smith c Powar b Tendulkar 25
D. Ramdin b Powar 6
I. Bradshaw c Gambhir b Tendulkar 2
D. Powell run out 1
J. Taylor not out 2
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Extras: (b6, lb3, w5) 14
Total: 169
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Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Gayle), 2-41 (Devon Smith), 3-42 (Samuels), 4-85 (Bravo), 5-89 (Morton), 6-139 (Dwayne Smith), 7-151 (Ramdin), 8-163 (Bradshaw), 9-166 (Powell).
Bowling: Zaheer 8.2-0-25-1, Agarkar 8-2-23-1 (w3), Sharma 4-0-16-0, Harbhajan 10-3-29-1, Powar 10-0-42-3 (w1), Tendulkar 8-0-25-2 (w1)
Overs: 48.2
Result: India won by 20 runs
Toss: India
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Amiesh Saheba (IND)
TV umpire: G.A. Pratapkumar (IND)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS).
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