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. India have won the first match of the series by eight wickets in Guwahati. Chasing a target of 323 runs, India made 326 in 42.1 overs, losing two wickets. Rohit Sharma made a superb 152 off 117 balls and remained not out.
Captain Virat Kohli who made 140 off 107 balls was declared Man of the Match. Earlier, put into bat, West Indies scored 322 runs in the stipulated 50 overs, losing eight wickets. Shimron Hetmyer scored a fine 106 off 78 balls. The second one-dayer will be played in Visakhapatnam on the 24th of this month.