India thump WI

Marlon Samuels's second century of the series went in vain as India beat a disinterested West Indies by 59 runs in Dharamsala yesterday. Chasing India's target of 330, the visitors were bundled out for 271. Samuels scored a 106-ball 112 and received support from Andre Russel who hammered a 23-ball 46.
However, the off-field issues troubling the West Indies seemed to have had gotten the better of them as they crashed to a defeat.
Notching up a sublime century, Virat Kohli on Friday reassured that he is back in form to help India post 330 for six.
Kohli (127) along with Suresh Raina (71) and opener Ajinkya Rahane (68) made batting look easy on a pitch that was expected to favour fast bowlers. It was Kohli's first hundred across formats since February, following which he experienced the first lean patch of his career.
The West Indies pace attack was decent but overall the unit put up a lacklustre effort on the field after captain Dwayne Bravo decided to field.
It would anyway have been too much to expect from the team, which knew before the match that it won't be playing the remainder of the series including the next ODI in Kolkata, a T20 International and three Test matches.
The unwanted news of a pullout however had not reached the crowd, who cheered vociferously for every run scored by the Indians.
Openers Shikhar Dhawan (38) and Rahane laid the foundation for a big score with a 70-run stand. The West Indies players expectedly found it tough to give their 100 percent to the game and the hosts took full advantage of that.
The fielding team dropped catches with regularity, giving a life each to Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (6) and Ravindra Jadeja (2). Tayor proved to be their most expensive bowler, leaking 77 runs in nine overs.

SCORES IN BRIEF
INDIA: 330 for 6 (Kohli 127, Raina 71, Rahane 68; Benn 1-30)
WEST INDIES: 271 (Samuels 112, Bhuvneshwar 2-25, Akshar 2-26)
Result: India won by 59 runs