Lawson rocked India with four early wickets

West Indies had the final say in a controversial one-day series against India with an emphatic 135-run win in the deciding match in Vijayawada.

In a series dogged by crowd trouble, the visitors triumphed 4-3 thanks to stunning performances from centurion Marlon Samuels and emerging young paceman Jermaine Lawson.

Samuels hit 108 not out off just 75 balls - his first one-day century - as West Indies racked up 315 for six after being sent in to bat.

In reply, India were bowled out for 180 with 20-year-old Lawson picking up four for 57 in just his third one-day appearance.

West Indies legend Courtney Walsh predicted a "a star or two could be born" in the team's bowling ranks on this tour of India.

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Walsh, the leading Test wicket-taker of all time with 519 scalps, said: "I think long-term Lawson could prove to be a complete fast bowler."

Lawson went some way to justifying that high praise with a powerful display.

The right-arm opener snuffed out any chance India had of hauling in their opponents' huge total, single-handedly reducing the hosts to 67 for four early on.

Established stars Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid all fell victim in a spell that marked Jamaican Lawson as a pace star of the future.

Only Yuvraj Singh offered any resistance, hitting an unbeaten 68 off 69 balls to save India total embarrassment.

India's stand-in skipper Dravid gained instant success having put the tourists into bat, taking two wickets in the first six overs.

But he ended up regretting his decision as a third-wicket partnership between Wavell Hinds and Ramnaresh Sarwan made 116.

Mongia's stumps are crashed by Lawson

And then Samuels plundered runs relentlessly en route to his century, hitting 11 fours and five sixes along the way.

Opener Hinds' 58 came from 69 deliveries after partner Chris Gayle was caught of Javagal Srinath with eight runs on the board.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul followed soon afterwards, one of two victims for Agit Agarakar.

But Samuels took the game away from India, playing an instrumental role in avenging West Indies' Test series loss to India earlier on the tour.

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Sanjay Bangar, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Javagal Srinath, Sarandeep Singh.

West Indies: Carl Hooper (captain), Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ricardo Powell, Ridley Jacobs, Vasbert Drakes, Jermaine Lawson, Corey Collymore.

Umpires: Asoka De Silve and Arani Jayaprakash. Third umpire: K. Hariharan.

Match referee: Mike Procter.