Badrinath, Rohit lead India to decent 159 for six

Port of Spain (Trinidad), June 4 (PTI) India recovered
from a top-order collapse, triggered by Darren Sammy's four
wicket haul, to post a competitive 159 for six against the
West Indies in the tour-opening Twenty20 international match
here Saturday.
Sammy had shocked the visitors with four wickets inside
the first nine overs before top-scorer S Badrinath (43), Rohit
Sharma (26), Yusuf Pathan (15 ) and Harbhajan Singh (15)
brought up the rear to underline the depth of the tourists
batting.
Sammy once had three wickets off a mere eight balls as
Indians advanced their score by only eight runs and lost Virat
Kohli (14), Parthiv Patel ( 26) and Suresh Raina (2) to be 56
for four in the ninth over.
Kohli had smashed two sumptuous fours off fast bowler
Andre Fletcher and was slipping into top gear when Sammy
deceived him with a slow off-break which he lofted into the
covers.
Sammy was on a hat-trick when Patel slashed the very next
delivery to point after making a promising 26 off 20 balls
with two fours and a six.
Raina survived the hat-trick ball at the start of Sammy’s
next over but he too tried to force the issue all too soon and
was caught well by the mid-on fielder running backwards.