The fourth ODI of West Indies tour of India began with India winning the toss and batting first. The Indian innings began on a steady note as both openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma were solid before the former exited scoring 38(40). Inform skipper, Virat Kohli departed early in a shocking exit scoring 16(17).
Rohit joined forces with Ambati Rayudu, and both the batsmen plundered the Windies bowling attack, scoring belligerent tons, as Rayudu registered a blitzkrieg ton of 100(81b,8x4,4x6) before being dismissed, and the marauder Rohitman Went on to smash a massive ton of 162(137b,20x4,4x6). Dhoni disappointed yet again, scoring 23(15), and India finally reached a competitive 377/5.
West Indies batting began disastrously as both the openers Hemraj and Powell were dismissed early, and last match centurion Hopes departed for a duck. Though Samuels and Hetmyer tried resurrection act, Khaleel Ahmed dismissed both of them, before coming back to dismiss Powell as well, leaving Windies reeling at 56/6.
Skipper Jason holder entered and tried forging partnerships with the tail, without much luck as the Indian bowlers constantly kept the batsmen in check. Paul (19) and Allen (10) couldn't stand for long, even as Holder 54(70)* was scoring steadily at the other end, desperately pushing the loss, and ultimately Windies were bundled out for 153, as India won by a huge 224 runs. Khaleel Ahmed had impressive bowling figures of 3/13 and Kuldeep Yadav had scalped 3/42.
