India on a wining streak in CWC 2015 – beat West Indies at Perth

#CWC2015 #kapildev #INDvsWI #captaincool It was the fourth win in a row for India as they beat West Indies in the CWC 2015 at Perth – thanks to captain cool M S Dhoni who ensured that the target of 182 was chased down in spite of hiccups caused by the top order not contribute much to the cause. This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 6 March 2015.
In the West Indies camp also it was its captain Jason Holder who ensured that the team put up a decent score in spite of failures of his batsmen. He scored 57 runs out of the total of 182. It was same score as in 1983 when India, under the captainship of Kapil Dev, defended it down to cause a major upset – India finally won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
At one time it was thought that it would be a repeat performance of 1983 – if the Indies defended it and the Indians failed to win. However, Dhoni was at the crease to ward off such an end.
Anyway, it was India’s bowling that played havoc so that the West Indies got bundled out for a paltry 182 in 44.2 overs. It was Mohammed Shami (3/35 in 8 overs) who was responsible. He managed to get both Dwayne Smith and Chris Gayle out of the equation. He was ably supported by Umesh Yadav (2/42 in 10 overs), Mohit Sharma (1/35), Ravichandran Ashwin (1/38) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/27).