India beat West Indies by six wickets in first one-day international
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Rohit Sharma impressed with the bat as he began his reign as India's full-time ODI captain
First one-day international, Ahmedabad |
West Indies 176 (43.5 overs): Holder 57, Allen 27; Chahal 4-49 |
India 178-4 (28 overs): Sharma 60, S Yadav 34; Joseph 2-45 |
India won by six wickets |
India beat West Indies by six wickets after bowling the tourists out for 176 in the first one-day international.
West Indies slumped to 79-7 before Jason Holder made 57 to drag his side up to a respectable total in Ahmedabad.
Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar shared seven wickets in what was India's 1,000th ODI.
In reply, new skipper Rohit Sharma top-scored with 60 after sharing an 84-run opening stand with Ishan Kishan as India cruised home in the 28th over.
Former captain Holder reached the landmark of 2,000 ODI runs during his half-century before being dismissed by Prasidh Krishna.
The second game of the three-match series will take place on Wednesday at the same venue.
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