One-day international, Kingston
West Indies (198-9) beat India (197) by one run Bravo returned for the final over after an expensive earlier spell |
Dwayne Bravo bowled out Yuvraj Singh with two balls left to give the West Indies a one-run win over India in the second one-day international.
Ramnaresh Sarwan's 98 helped the West Indies to 198-9 but despite India's openers going cheaply, Yuvraj looked to be guiding them towards victory.
But when Chris Gayle had Harbhajan Singh caught and bowled in the second last over, it set up a dramatic finale.
Yuvraj was bowled for 93 and India were all out for 197 with two balls left.
 | God has smiled on us... We have to come down from that height |
It was a remarkable scoreline considering the West Indies had been 1-2 in the early stages, with Gayle out for a duck and Runako Morton for one.
Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul pushed the score to 43-4 before Sarwan and Marlon Samuels steadied the ship with a partnership of 60, which ended when Samuels was caught out for 19.
Sarwan hit seven fours and one six on the way towards what looked like it could be his third one-day century, but he fell just short.
Ian Bradshaw pegged back India's reply with the early wickets of Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag.
 Sarwan's lone stand for the Windies ultimately proved vital |
Apart from Yuvraj, Suresh Raina (27) was the only Indian player to get past 20, and their fifth-wicket partnership of 64 revived a faltering innings, before Raina was caught out off the bowling of Marlon Samuels.
Mahendra Dhoni then played on and Ajit Agarkar was impressively caught and bowled by Bradshaw as India slipped to 134-7.
Ramesh Powar then teamed up with Yuvraj to add 43, but he was caught at long off with India needing 22 runs from 22 balls for victory.
When Harbhajan was caught and bowled by Gayle, Yuvraj and last man Munaf Patel needed 12 from 11 balls to win it.
Two boundaries off successive balls seemed to have clinched it for India and Yuvraj was on strike with India needing just two to win from the last three balls.
But Bravo bowled a dot ball and then a brilliant slow yorker which clipped Yuvraj's leg stump to seal victory.
The result ended a record sequence for India of 17 international one-day victories in succession when chasing a target.