India beat West Indies by four-wickets in the first One-Day International in Trinidad and took a lead of 1-0 in the series.Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan scored his maiden ODI half-century before he was caught by Simmons off Anthony Martin.India made a bad start to their innings.Parthiv Patel was run out for 13. Virat Kohli was caught behind for two.Subramanian Badrinath was caught behind off Devendra Bishoo for 17.But the star of the match was Rohit Sharma,who was the leading scorer,hitting unbeaten 68 in 75 was balls.He was well supported by the captain,Raina who made 43 in 50 balls.
Earlier,West Indian batsmen continued their poor batting display and just managed to reach the total of 214 for nine.Ramnaresh Sarwan made 56 runs.Marlon Samuels hit 55 runs.Other batsmen struggled on a slow pitch.Dwayne Bravo smashed 22 in 20 balls in the end.Harbhajan Singh returned with three for 32.Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel and captain Suresh Raina picked up two wickets each.
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