World Cup 2015: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni guides India to four wicket win over West Indies

Till the time Kohli was at the crease, he looked compact most of the times although there were a few good deliveries from both Taylor and Kemar Roach which had him in some sort of bother. But it was a well disguised short ball from Andre Russell that brought about his end going for an ugly-looking pull-shot. He was off balance and also eyes were not on the ball as it went straight to the fielder at deep fine leg. Kohli's departure at the end of 15th over created more pressure on Rahane, who was completely out of sorts today as he even failed to cash in on free-hits. He was finally out fishing a Roach delivery to Ramdin behind the stumps. He asked for a 'review’ but umpire Nigel Llong's decision was upheld and his miserable stay of 34 balls ended.

Suresh Raina (22) and skipper Dhoni – the two most capped ODI players in this team got together and looked like getting things back on track when Raina flashed at a rising delivery from Dwayne Smith to give Ramdin his third catch of the day. Ravindra Jadeja's discomfort against fast and rising deliveries is well known and it wasn’t any better on the day as he also fell prey to the pull-shot being caught in the deep. Dhoni played a patient knock and was ready to wait for the loose deliveries as he knew that the target was always in reach. He ran well between the wickets and got a six when he slashed hard at Russell delivery.

With Ravichandran Ashwin for company, the invaluable 51 runs added for the seventh wicket sealed the match in favour of India. Earlier, Indian bowling unit again showed consistency as they bundled out West Indies for a paltry 182 in 44.2 overs. A fit-again Mohammed Shami (3/35 in 8 overs), coming back after a match's rest, was the best of the lot as he troubled the batsman with both pace and bounce. He bowled a deadly first-spell where he took both Dwayne Smith and Chris Gayle out of the equation, to seize the momentum in favour of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and co.

He was complemented well by the quartet of Umesh Yadav (2/42 in 10 overs), Mohit Sharma (1/35), Ravichandran Ashwin (1/38) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/27) as West Indies looked no better than minnows UAE during the entire duration of their innings. Young captain Jason Holder (57) did play his heart out as his gutsy half-century provided some respect to his team's total. He added 51 runs for the ninth wicket with Jerome Taylor (11) as West Indies managed to cross the 175-run mark after being 124 for eight at one stage.