Seamers help West Indies level series

Jun 28, 2009

West Indies made immediate inroads after being asked to field, Jerome Taylor dismissing Dinesh Karthik in the first over•AFP

Rampaul struck again two balls later, snaring Rohit Sharma to rattle the Indian top order•AFP

Dwayne Bravo's introduction into the attack yielded the wicket of Yusuf Pathan for a duck•Associated Press

MS Dhoni held firm amid all the wickets but the top and the middle orders had capitulated to pace after a contrasting effort in the series opener•Associated Press

India's hopes of a challenge were dented by Chris Gayle, who scored a quickfire half-century•AFP

...and Ramnaresh Sarwan followed soon after, stumped for 15•Associated Press

Gautam Gambhir was the next to go, nicking one to the keeper off Ravi Rampaul•Associated Press

Yuvraj Singh launched a recovery, racing away to 35, and looked dangerous•Associated Press

Rampaul then removed the struggling Ravindra Jadeja to leave India tottering at 70 for 6•AFP

However, Dhoni found excellent support in RP Singh, who made a valuable 23 in a ninth-wicket stand of 101 which saved India's blushes•Associated Press

Gayle and Runako Morton's 101-run opening stand sealed India's fate•Associated Press

But Runako Morton completed the formalities with a solid, unbeaten 85 to help his team level the series with an eight-wicket win•AFP

But when he edged a catch to Denesh Ramdin off Jerome Taylor while attempting a square cut, India's hopes were dashed•AFP

Rampaul finished with career-best figures of 4 for 37, capping off his spell with the wicket of Praveen Kumar•AFP

Dhoni was eventually out for 95, and India were bowled out for 188, a respectable score after they were in danger of being dismissed for under 100•AFP

Gayle fell for 64...•AFP