India vs West Indies, 1st ODI: Centurions Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma help India crush Windies by 8 wickets

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India cruised to victory with 47 balls to spare as the hosts made a positive start to the five-match ODI series against the touring West Indies team. Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on 152 and completed the chase with Ambati Rayudu, who scored 22 not out. The highlight of the chase was the record 246-run partnership between Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli (140 off 107 balls).
Overs 42.1: India 326/2 - Rohit Sharma (152* off 117 balls) finished off the run chase with a six
Overs 42: India 320/2 - India need just three more to win the match.Rohit Sharma 146* and Ambati Rayudu 22*
Overs 39.5: India 302/2 - Ambati Rayudu (18*) brought up 300 for the home side with a massive six. India need 21 more to win
Overs 38: India 289/2 - Rohit Sharma 130* and Ambati Rayudu 8* taking India closer to the big target. Hosts need 34 more to win in 12 overs.
Overs 35: India 267/2, need 56 more to win in 90 balls
Overs 33: India 256/2 - OUT! Devendra Bishoo scalps Virat Kohli
Devendra Bishoo got the prize wicket of India skipper, who was out stumped after scoring 140 off just 107 balls. India are on cruise mode as Kohli and Rohit Sharma added a massive 246 runs for the second wicket. Kohli hit as many as 21 fours to go with two sixes during his masterclass.
Overs 32: India 248/1 - HUNDRED for Rohit Sharma off 84 balls, his 20th in ODIs
R0hit Sharma smacked five sixes and ten fours to reach the milestone. It's one-way traffic in Guwahati
Overs 30: India 220/1 - The two India run machines have brought down the required rate to just 5.15. It's a total annihilation!
Overs 28.5: India 213/1 - 200-run partnership between Virat Kohli 121* and Rohit Sharma 83*
Overs 26.5: India 182/1 - HUNDRED for Virat Kohli off 88 balls, his 36th in ODIs
India skipper hit 16 fours to reach the landmark. It was 22nd hundred for Kohli in India run chases and 14th as captain. He now has most centuries against West Indies - five tons.
Overs 24.1: India 163/1 - 150-run partnership between Virat Kohli 94* and Rohit Sharma 60* as India cruise in chase
Overs 22.4: India 150/1 - Virat Kohli 88* and Rohit Sharma 55*
Overs 21.3: India 143/1 - FIFTY for Rohit Sharma off 51 balls, his 37th in ODIs
Rohit Sharma smacked three sixes and three fours for the milestone
Overs 20: India 127/1 - Virat Kohli 84* and Rohit Sharma 36* are making sure that India remain on track of the run chase and not fall behind the required run-rate much. The hosts need 196 more in the next 30 overs to win the contest.
Overs 17.4: India 110/1 - Hundred-run partnership between Virat Kohli 70* and Rohit Sharma 33* for the second wicket
Overs 15.1: India 100/1 - Hundred came up for India with Virat Kohli 63* and Rohit Sharma 30* in the middle
Overs 14: India 93/1 - Virat Kohli 59* and Rohit Sharma 27* leading the run chase comfortably
Another Virat Kohli century on the card in India run chase tonight?

Overs 10.2: India 75/1 - FIFTY for Virat Kohli off 35 balls, his 49th in ODIs
India skipper hit as many as 10 fours for his fifty
Overs 9: India 62/1 - Fifty-run partnership between Virat Kohli 38* and Rohit Sharma 18*
Overs 7.3: India 52/1 - 50 came up for India. Virat Kohli 32* and Rohit Sharma 14*
Overs 6: India 41/1 - Big over for India. Virat Kohli 22* and Rohit Sharma 14* smacked 18 runs off Oshane Thomas in the over
Overs 5: India 23/1 - Virat Kohli 11* and Rohit Sharma 8* trying to stabalise the run chase in the middle
Overs 2: India 10/1 - OUT! Thomas strikes early to dismiss Dhawan (4)
Debutant Oshane Thomas struck in his first over itself as the fast bowler forced Shikhar Dhawan to drag the ball into his middle stump. Early blow for India
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan began the India run chase. Kemar Roach with the ball for the Windies
Overs 50: West Indies 322/8 - India need 323 to win the series opener
After a brilliant century by Shimron Hetmyer - 106 off 78 balls, Devendra Bishoo 22* and Kemar Roach 26* added an unbeaten 44 runs to take the score over 300-run mark. Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of India bowling attack, returning with figures of 3/41 in 10 overs. Opener Kieran Powell (51 off 39) also contributed handsomely with a quick-fire fifty.
Overs 48.4: West Indies 303/8 - 300 came up for West Indies. Devendra Bishoo 16* and Kemar Roach 15*
Overs 46: West Indies 287/8: Good over from Umesh Yadav, gave away just three singles in it.
* Good day with the ball for Yuzvendra Chahal - 3 for 41 in 10 overs
Overs 43.2: West Indies 278/8 - OUT! Chahal cleans up Holder for 38
Yuzvendra Chahal ended Windies skipper Jason Holder's good knock on 38, off 42 balls. Holder hit five boundaries, but his wicket will hamper the big finish the visitors must be hoping.
Overs 43: West Indies 277/7 - Jason Holder 38* and Devendra Bishoo 7* in the middle. 300 on the card?
Overs 41: West Indies 263/7 - Ravindra Jadeja first to complete his quota of 10 overs, returned with figures of 2/66
Overs 39.3: West Indies 252/7 - OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal dismisses Ashley Nurse (2)
Another bowling change, another wicket for India. Chahal trapped Nurse leg before for his second wicket of the match
Overs 38.4: West Indies 248/6 - OUT! Ravindra Jadeja strikes to dismiss Shimron Hetmyer
Shimron Hetmyer's brilliant innings ended soon after reaching the three-figure mark, finding Rishabh Pant near the boundary ropes. Hetmyer scored 106 off 78 balls and added quick sixty runs for the sixth wicket with captain Jason Holder.
Overs 37.5: West Indies 245/5 - HUNDRED for Hetmyer off 74 balls, his 3rd in ODIs
Shimron Hetmyer hit six sixes and equal numbers of fours to reach the landmark. Hetmyer also became the joint-fastest to 500 runs for West Indies in 13 innings.
Overs 37.3: West Indies 239/5 - Shimron Hetmyer, playing on 98*, is taking some medical attention in the middle for what looks like pain in his right shoulder.
Overs 35: West Indies 219/5 - Shimron Hetmyer 90* and Jason Holder 7* lead the charge as Windies look for a big total
Overs 32: West Indies 200/5 - Shimron Hetmyer 76* and Jason Holder 2* brought up 200 for the visitors with another big over, 10 runs off Umesh Yadav.
Overs 30.3: West Indies 188/5 - OUT! Jadeja cleans up Powell for 22
Another bowling change by Virat Kohli gave immediate result. Ravindra Jadeja clean bowled Rovman Powell to break the 74-run fifth wicket partnership. Powell hit four boundaries in his 23-ball innings.
Overs 30: West Indies 183/4 - Another big over for the visitors. 11 runs came off Umesh Yadav over. Shimron Hetmyer 61* and Rovman Powell 22*
Overs 27.4: West Indies 164/4 - Fifty-run partnership between Shimron Hetmyer 51* and Rovman Powell 17*
Overs 26.4: West Indies 158/4 - FIFTY for Shimron Hetmyer off 41 balls, his 2nd in ODIs.
Hetmyer hit three sixes and two fours to reach the milestone.
Overs 25: West Indies 150/4 - 150 came up for West Indies. Shimron Hetmyer 46* & Rovman Powell 8*
Overs 24: West Indies 143/4 - Shimron Hetmyer (41*) and Rovman Powell (6*) smacked 17 runs off Mohammed Shami as the duo smashed two fours and a six in the over.
Overs 21.4: West Indies 114/4 - OUT! Shami scalps Hope for his second wicket
Mohammed Shami came back to the attack and gave India their fourth breakthrough. Shai Hope, after a vigilant 32 off 51 balls, became second victim of India pacer. West Indies lost three wickets in fairly quick succession.
Overs 21: West Indies 112/3 - Shimron Hetmyer hit a six off Ravindra Jadeja as the Windies scored 10 in the over
Overs 19.4: West Indies 101/3 - Hundred came up for the visitors. Shai Hope 29* and Shimron Hetmyer 8*
Overs 15.3: West Indies 86/3 - OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal dismisses Marlon Samuels for a duck
Windies lost another wicket in quick time. Marlon Samuels, playing his 200th one-day international, out leg before wicket to Chahal. The batsman thought of going for a review but took too long to decide and umpire says the time was over for DRS. The post wicket review showed that it would have been a wasted review if Windies had taken it.
Overs 14.5: West Indies 84/2 - OUT! Khaleel Ahmed gets rid of Kieran Powell (51)
Kieran Powell miscued one to find Shikhar Dhawan at long-on boundary. Powell hit two sixes and six fours during his quick-fire 39-ball 51 knock and added 65 runs for the second wicket with Shai Hope.
Overs 13.1: West Indies 80/1 - FIFTY for Kieran Powell off 36 balls
Powell's 9th ODI half-century included two sixes and six fours as he lead the Windies innings with wicket-keeper batsman Shai Hope.
Overs 11.2: West Indies 69/1 - Fifty-run stand between Kieran Powell 41* and Shai Hope 17* for the second wicket
* Virat Kohli brings in a spinner - Yuzvendra Chahal replaces Umesh Yadav to bowl the 12th over.
Overs 10: West Indies 59/1 - End of first Powerplay. Kieran Powell lead Windies revival after the early wicket of debutabt Hemraj
Overs 9: West Indies 51/1 - Fifty came up for West Indies. Kieran Powell 33* and Shai Hope 8* scored 10 off Khaleel Ahmed's first over.
* Khaleel Ahmed came in to bowl his first over, the 9th of the innings. West Indies 41/1
Overs 7: West Indies 36/1 - SIX! Kieran Powell (24*) smacked Mohd Shami over long-off for first maximum of the match
Overs 4.3: West Indies 19/1 - OUT! Shami cleans up Hemraj for 9
Mohammed Shami gave India an early breakthrough as he clean bowled debutant Channdrapaul Hemraj in the fifth over. Hemraj had hit Shami for back-to-back fours in the bowler's previous over.
Overs 3: West Indies 13/0 - Debutant Chandrapaul Hemraj ended the over with back-to-back fours off Mohd Shami
Pant receives his ODI cap from Dhoni

Over 1:West Indies 4/0 - Kieran Powell started with a boundary off the first ball.
Here we go...Kieran Powell and debutant Chandrapaul Hemraj start the Windies innings. Mohammed Shami with the ball for India
TOSS | India won the toss and opted to bowl first against West Indies
TEAM NEWS: Rishabh Pant makes his ODI debut today. And for the visitors, Oshane Thomas and Chandrapaul Hemraj making their debuts
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal
Windies (Playing XI): Kieran Powell, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marlon Samuels, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder(c), Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas