After being thrashed in the Test matches, the West Indians, and even the Indian fans for that matter, would have hoped for a better contest in the one-dayers.
West Indies’ insipid performance on their tour of India continued in the ODI Series as well. The visitors got a sound trashing by the defending World Champions who smashed the West Indian target of 212 with 88 balls to spare!
It took just a little over two hours for India to wipe out West Indies on Day 3 to wrap up an innings victory in the Mumbai Test. Sachin Tendulkar’s last day in International Cricket came to a quick end with the West Indians surrendering their remaining 7 wickets in a hurry.
West Indies slipped to a sorry 43 for 3 by stumps in just 12.2 overs. The writing is on the wall for a second consecutive innings defeat inside three days for the tourists. Windies have a long way to go make India bat again with a huge deficit of 270 runs to clear.
The crowd at Wankhede was in for a big disappointment in the morning when MS Dhoni had won the toss and opted to bowl first as the expectation was that Tendulkar wouldn’t get to bat on Day 1.