Posted by admin on Jun 25, 2009

India vs West Indies 1st ODI Highlights

India Bat

WI Bat I

WI Bat II


Watch cricket highlights – India vs West Indies – the 1st ODI played at Kingston Jamaica on June 26, 2009.

Scoreline: India 339/6 Yuvraj Singh 131 (102), Dinesh Karthik 67 (77), Dhoni 41 (46), Yusuf Pathan 40 (38)
WI 319 all out: Chanderpaul 63 (59), Sarwan 45 (42), Gayle 37 (33) – Nehra, Pathan 3 wickets each

It’s amazing how T20 cricket changes the way we look at a high run-chase, with 60 odd to get in 40 seemingly gettable nowadays.

The over-hyped short ball against Indian batsmen reared up today again. A lot has been made of it, when the reality is Raina is the only one in the current team who has consistently looked awkward – in fact, it’s surprising, it took so long for bowlers to stumble onto this fact as a consistent weapon against him. Rohit Sharma has been getting out to the pull shot, but those who’ve seen his initial career will recall his performances against Lee and others in Australia. Gambhir too has had his own successful method to combat the short ball which includes the flay over/through slips and the pull shot.

The Yuvraj-Dinesh thing was scratchy initially, almost like they were trying to adapt to ODI cricket having played back-to-back in the IPL and T20 WC – Dwayne Bravo looked the most dependable of the WI bowlers today, while his half-brother (Daddy same, Mummy different) Darren who obviously seems to have watched a lot of Lara made a pretty neat debut. Now if someone could whack some sense into the selectors and get Lendl to replace Morton at the top, WI could well bounce back into the series.

Pregame: A pretty meaningless 4 match ODI series is about to kick off today. No test matches. One good thing with this series is that its end marks the beginning of a decent break for the Indian team. No Sachin, Sehwag, Zaheer (through injury) for India while WI miss Edwards (injured) and Lendl Simmons (shockingly cast astray). Darren Bravo, younger bro of Dwayne makes his debut though, while Raina has been given a break for India – a good time for him to work out the short ball rather than be embarrassed any further in the Windies and lose the confidence he’s built up over the last couple of years. Smart move, that one. Irfan too is not in the Indian squad, but Abhishek Nayar finally gets a call-up.

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60 Responses to “India vs West Indies 1st ODI Highlights”

  1. John Piles says:

    who said this is meaningless cricket is cricket dump ass

  2. admin says:

    It’s meaningless (to me) cos it’s meaningless to send a team for a 4 (not even 5) ODI series with no Tests scheduled, considering India last toured WI in 2006 June – that’s 3 years back.

    As an aside my friend – watch the piles on the ass while taking a dump

  3. ketan says:

    there should be 3 test match, and dhoni must be out of team

  4. ketan says:

    days of dhoni finished

  5. Ram says:

    Let’s not get personal guys. It does not make sense to have 4 game series. However, I will watch every minute of it. Especially after 20/20 Fiasco/disater

  6. kunj says:

    india lost t20 world cup because of only dhoni

  7. Vignesh says:

    Chuck, all that, I unfortuantely missed the first innings and i want to watch it baldy. Since they have put up 339 on the board. Can someone tell me by when will the highlights be up?

  8. kunj says:

    dhoni did not receive trophy from president pratibha patil
    dhoni dont love cricket,he loves money only

  9. Indian says:

    F**k all you guys be united and speak like an Indian

  10. cricketFan says:

    Its absolutely correct
    India lost T20 mainly because of Dhoni

  11. kunj says:

    i love each player of my india but hate dhoni

  12. Raj says:

    when will highlights will be posted?

  13. Vignesh says:

    You guys need to act a little more mature here. Its Dhoni who led India to its victory last year. We saw no-one questioning his judgements there. (Joginder sharma for the last over), because it worked. Its a sport, you lose some , you win some. And if you lose its unfair to blame it one guy. Its a team that has lost. SO I GUESS U NEED TO STOP PLAYING THE BLAME GAME. Cos u knw if Dhoni plays well tomo ( Touchwood, we win the champions trophy) . All of you are gonna start praising him and worshipping him. So chill it out :D

  14. shiva says:

    audio is not playable

  15. ketan says:

    vighnesh if u become captain of indian cricketteam then also india can win every game india won because of every player not because of dhoni

  16. ketan says:

    dhoni insulted the trophy

  17. ~KICK~ says:

    Dhoni Rocks….& others who don’t like Dhoni plz shut the f*** up assh****.

    DHONI RULES >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

  18. king says:

    dhoni is garbage kick is dhoni,s backside

  19. king says:

    in 2009 dhoni will be out of team, out of ranji trophy also

  20. king says:

    dhoni will be mad

  21. king says:

    yuvraj is next captain

  22. ron says:

    dogi( dhoni )needs to first learn how to hold bat than come to the batting crease to bat…….

  23. anil says:

    f*ck ketan and all people who hate dhoni. give the guy a break you f*ckin dbags

  24. sam says:

    admin, you may want to turn off the comments again or install a retard filter on the site… thanks for the vids once again. cheers.

  25. CricketMan says:

    Brilliant web site to enjoy highlights…. Dear Admin plz don’t mind anyone’s comments and keep posting good cricket…

  26. abhi says:

    f…..;;; anil u know dhoni is stupid

  27. abhi says:

    dhoni murdabad

  28. abhi says:

    anil u mbags ,huggies,u embrassing

  29. hmm.... a thought says:

    Dhoni played pretty well today….he scored a decent enough score…Hes good for one dayers i believe.

    But he had kinda lost his touch in t20. Dinesh also played very well today, sad that he never got a shot in the t20 WC. I wonder how da WC wud hav turned out if Dhoni was replaced by Dinesh Karthik and Yuvraj was captain…….

  30. raj arora says:

    hey guys m nt a fan of dhoni……bt juz i wanna ask which indian wicket keeper has got better batting avg n strike rate den dhoni….nayan mongia ,sabha karim,parthiv patel or dinesh kartik or even kirmani or more dese name scares me.he s da same guy who won da t20 cup beat england vb series in australia.i dnt think v got ny wicket keeper better den him in 1st class cricket at da moment

  31. jeevan kumar says:

    always india is great.

  32. prem says:

    2007 world cup they went early home 2009 world cup they went early home now start agne to show power untill next world cup,then agne they have to go home earlyer

  33. on side of THe DarkLand says:

    indian cricket is a legendary!!!! its the, its a, its is. and thats that! mera bharat mahaan, aur cricket usse bhi mahaan

  34. india says:

    hey guys
    we all r indian
    we r saying we won the 1st 20-20 world cup just coz of captaincy of dhoni
    and he did a good job
    success or failure depends on luck so
    just keep faith
    my frnds
    kunj
    ram
    ketan
    sanj
    and rest…

  35. india says:

    if would be very nice if a low quality video was also available it takes an hour to load the video otherwise.
    :)

  36. admin says:

    @Sam – Heh. Yeah, the comments section seems headed for an early death.

  37. ASIF RAZA says:

    Their is no doubt for lossing the match of super 8 owing to M.S DHONI AND RAVINDRA JADEJA.

  38. Ram says:

    The highlights do not play. Something wrong with my computer? Please can you gusy tone it down. I know that we are all passionate about cricket. I know for us, cricket more that “just” a game. You win some, lose some. Having said that, T20 is a bitter pill to swallow

  39. rejzloveindia says:

    hey all…..that WC defeat was only the first blunder by dhoni as a captain …he had been doin d imoposibl 4 last 2 years….jz giv him 2 gt bak his momentum….

  40. alex says:

    hey guys i think u r giving the nonsense comment .plz do try to give those comments which will motivate the indian cricketer rather than frustating them .as u all know india played well without sehwag,sachin and zaheer so they are improving the lot. so plz try to motivate them .

  41. alex says:

    hey hope india will continue their form in the coming match and same will be yuvraj doing .great inning by yuvraj singh
    .and i think yousuf is a good all rounder and think rp should be out of the team bcoz he bowled three wides in the crucial stage
    so hope the hindustani will do their best in the future
    best of luck

  42. adminsucks says:

    hey admin ..u f#$%k !!!..if you think that this is such a waste series then y the hell do u post the highlights..and looking at all the reviews which u post along with the highlights..i feel that you are always supporting the team which is playing against india…if u dont like the indian team then y dont u shit it out of ur mouth..u F#$k….

    I post highlights cos I’ve made a certain commitment in my mind to have a cricket highlights site until I tire of it, whether I hate a particular game or love it. As to the rest of your drivel – mmmhhh – Admin

  43. jonne says:

    HELLO MR ADMIN…. PLZ TAKE OUT THIS COMMENT OPTION ITS HARD TO SEE THIS KIND OFF COMMENT MORETHEN THE CRICKET ITS FULL OF RASEIST COMMENT U CAN UNDER STOOD THAT LOOKINF FORWARDS FOR UR ACTION

  44. lallu7 says:

    dhoni is superb and awesome and amazing batter and most fantastic person in whole world. dhoni is also garbage stupid talentless cricket player.

    by the way, who’s this dhoni that we keep talking about?….

  45. khaleel says:

    admin pls take it off.too many immature people putting racist and off-topic comments here

    I didn’t have a comments section in my older site. The only reason I opened out comments here was twofold – it kept me informed with regarding to the functioning/non-functioning of videos/it gave users a space to vent their joy or frustration at seeing their fave team soar/f**k up. Think I’ll make comment approval necessary before they appear in future posts. – Admin

  46. cricket fan says:

    WI Bat I video not working……

    Thanks for the highlights…
    great job admin…

    Just checked it – seems to be fine. Sometimes videos have eccentric moments. Give it a few minutes, refresh the page and try again. – Admin

  47. cricket fan says:

    nuvu arupu
    keka kathi
    thurumu

    Its in Telugu…they are words of praise for you admin
    dont think they are bad words

    I have a Reddy pal. Considering none of the above words figure in his regular lingo, I’ll take your word that they’re not abusive. – Admin

  48. robin says:

    That why i hate indians because they don’t play fair for example Ronako Mortton dismissal was due to cheat and also Dwayne Bravo.

  49. Luke says:

    Great game, but India really need a break, you can see a lot of tension in the ranks between overs, a great set of players but boy have they been over-worked this year.

    I wouldn’t worry to much about Dhoni, he appears to be struggling a bit at present but I’ll attribute that to the fact that he has probably had the biggest mental workload, on top of the physical workload the whole team’s had to deal with since the start of the year.

  50. jaggu says:

    yuvraj harbhajan nehra were discussing about the ball for the 49th over and it really worked out!!
    one should have seen dhoni’s face…he doesnt seem to be so happy..
    i think dhoni could not get credits for the win ..its the day for yuvraj

  51. raj says:

    wat dont say dhoni is rubbish he is the best he is the reason y we won the last 2020 and he is the reason y we came 2 in ipl anyway India is the Best

  52. suck.my.balls.u.admin says:

    yuvi is the one of the best hitters and dhoni is going through a rough patch right now, but as far as kunj and ketan ——– (removed)

    Hey James, as far as your current name and offer goes, tempting as it is, I think I’ll give it a pass. I’m not into mustards. – Admin

  53. Ram says:

    What is wrong with Rohit Sharma. He was out 3 times in 20/20 for the same pull shot. He does it again in the 1st ODI. I am not sure, but doesnt the team managment supposed to look at the videos and talk to him? Just curious.

  54. jitu says:

    yaar,this is not good. Dhoni is one of thd best captain for india,u can see all records of him.

  55. prasanth says:

    indian cricketis waste without seniors eventhough their playing is fare

  56. abhi says:

    india is in 3rd no

  57. alex says:

    hey robin its not the player who give out its the umpire who give out so pla try to shut ur mouth without knowing dont speak ok

  58. james says:

    for all those dhoni haters, he played a beautiful knock in the 2nd match.. this is for ketan and kunj – bitches ur ass has been shutt and shutt out in style.. though india lost, but a superb effort from yuvi and dhoni in the 2nd match…

  59. Harish says:

    Guys.. dont blame… dhoni… when India was winning we said dhoni… hu ha hu haa… now when india is loosing we are blaming dhoni… its not gentelman comment… it happens in a Game…. one looses and one wines… It cannot happen that every time.. India only should win…. even other country people want there team to win…
    sooo be spotive….and chear the team and Game…

  60. plese dont blame to yusuf pathan when he not beat the runs beacause there no one to score high total and no bolwer are in form to take wicket in Indian team.