Ind vs WI 4th ODI Score: India look to continue winning

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Published on: Jun 13, 2011

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Having the five-match series already in the bag, Team India will look to continue its winning streak when they take on the West Indies in the fourth one day international at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here on Monday.

Having the five-match series already in the bag, Team India will look to continue its winning streak when they take on the West Indies in the fourth one day international at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here on Monday.

Though the visitors had few hiccups in Saturday's game, they still had enough fire power to dismantle the West Indies and go 3-0 up in the series.

Rain permitting, India will look at trying few more young faces in Monday's game. One of the success stories in the recently concluded IPL season four, Bengal’s hard-hitting batsman Manoj Tiwary, can be tried up in the batting order. He could replace Shikhar Dhawan, who despite hitting a fifty in the first ODI, looked a bit rusty.

Parthiv Patel, who looked in better touch than his opening partner Dhawan, can make way for the other glovesman on the tour - Wriddhiman Saha. And as the Windies bowlers had a little impact on the young Indian batting line up, it can be tweaked depending upon the weather condition and the situation of the match.

Subramaniam Badrinath can be asked to open the innings with Tiwary, and Saha can bat lower down the order. As far as bowling is concerned, either Praveen Kumar or Munaf Patel can be rested and Ishant Sharma or R Vinay Kumar can be drafted in the playing eleven.

It will be difficult to ask Amit Mishra to make way for R Ashwin as the former is in sublime form. Mishra looked in ominous form by picking up seven wickets in the first three games.

Harbhajan Singh may be asked to rest while giving Ashwin a chance to fox the opposition batsmen with his variety of spin.

West Indies, on the other hand, have tried and tested whatever they had on their disposal. The best thing the home team's management can do is to include Darren Bravo, the classical left-hander to their eleven. In the previous encounter, they had only one left-hander in their batting order, and that too, Devendra Bishoo, who could have batted at number eleven had he got a chance.

And though their bowling attack - with the inclusion of speedster Kemar Roach and all-rounder Andre Russel - looked a shade better in the previous game, it still lacks precision and accuracy. Bishoo, the young leg-spinner, looked by far the best bowler the home team has fielded so far in the tournament.

And the blitzkrieg - 92 off 64 balls - played by Russell on Saturday could have come as a breath of fresh air for the home side.

India should take the last two matches as an opportunity to use the untested players of the squad while trying to maintain the winning momentum.

West Indies will have to play out of their skin to stop the young Indian juggernaut.

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