AHMEDABAD, December 13: The Calypso had being playing for too long but today the mood changed - it was time for some Hindustani classic fare. After turners Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Gyanendra Pandey exposed the visitor's age-old spin phobia to reduce them to 184 for eight, Amay Khurasia (68, 6x4) and Sadagopan Ramesh (52, 3x4) demystified their age-old pace strength. The Blackout scare turned out to be a hoax as the hosts composed a six-wicket win in the second one-dayer here on Sunday to keep the hosts alive in the series.The sight of two attacking left-handers against quality pace bowling was the only highlight on an otherwise dull day. Khurasia dethroned King by striking three fours in his fifth over while Ramesh showed scant respect to the `not-like-old' Ian Bishop. The two put up 116 partnership in 138 balls which made rest of chase a formality.
Scoreboard
West Indies A: A Griffith run out 57; K Semple c and b Kanitkar 27; W Hinde c Kanitkar b Pandey 18; N McGarrell lbw Pandey 0; R Smith b Kanitkar 19; C Gayle b Chopra 25; R Sarwan lbw Ganesh 0; I Bishop c V Pratap b Kanitkar 11; M Nagamooto not out 4; R King not out 2; Extras (lb-9, w-6,nb-6): 21; Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs): 184Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-110, 3-111, 4-119, 5-154, 6-155, 7-174, 8-179Bowling: D Ganesh 10-0-37-1, R S Sodhi 8-0-22-0, V Pratap 2-0-12-0, G Pandey 10-0-24-2, H Kanitkar 10-0-35-3, N Chopra 10-0-45-1.
India A: D Gandhi b R King 5; S Ramesh c Phillips b King 52; Khurasia b Nagamutto 68; Kanitkar not out 35; Gavaskar c Griffith b King 0; Karim not out 19; Extras: (3lb, 2w, 1nb) 6; Total (for 4 wkts, 47.1 overs): 185.Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-126, 3-136, 4-136.
Bowling: Reon King 10-0-48-3, Ian Bishop 9-0-43-0, K Semple 10-0-33-0, N McGarrell 9.1-1-30-0, C Gayle 3-0-10-0, M Nagamutto 6-0-18-1.
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