India began their tour of the West Indies with a 16-run victory over West Indies with the help of Badrinath’s swashbuckling knock of 43 runs in 37 balls in the Twenty20 International at Queen's Park in Trinidad.Rohit Sharma scored 26 in 23 balls.Christopher Barnwell took wickets of both Badrinath and Rohit Sharma.Parthiv Patel smacked 26 in 20 balls before Sammy dismissed him.Sammy returned with the figures of four for 16.Harbhajan Singh and Yusuf Pathan both scored 15 not out each in last overs,so India managed to reach the score of 159 for six.
Earlier, India had a shaky start as India lost Shikhar Dhawan (5), Virat Kohli (14),captain Suresh Raina (2) cheaply.
West Indies had the bad start,as they lost Fletcher for 11,caught by Kohli and Lendl Simmons for 9.Fletcher was bowled by Munaf Patel.Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels tried to steady the ship.Bravo made 41 in 41 balls and Samuels 27 in 29 before Harbhajan removed both of them.Barnwell smashed two fours and three sixes in his quick 34 in 16 balls.but the hosts were restricted to 143 for five.
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