<p>Opener Rohit Sharma hit a composed half-century as India reached 160 for four after 40 overs against hosts West Indies in the second match of the Celkon Mobile Cup Tri-Series here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (13 batting) and Suresh Raina (31 batting) were at the crease with the final 10 overs of the Indian innings still left.<br /><br />Sharma wasted yet another opportunity as he scored a well-compiled 60 off 89 balls after India were put into bat on a slow track by West Indies' stand-in captain Kieron Pollard.<br /><br />Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik didn't make significant contribution although Karthik was engaged in a half-century stand with Sharma. Darren Sammy had a decent outing with the ball as he took two for 41 from his 10 overs.<br /><br />'Man of the moment' Dhawan pulled Best and then hit a crisp cover drive off Roach to get couple of boundaries.<br /><br />Sharma, whose performance has been much better since he started opening the innings started off with a six off Best -- a slash that flew over third man.<br /><br />However Roach had the last laugh when Dhawan (10) failed to check his uppish drive which the bowler caught on the second attempt.<br /><br />Virat Kohli (11, 21 balls) struggled to get going on a slow pitch before he tried an expansive drive off Sammy but Chris Gayle standing wide of first slip took a fantastic one-handed catch diving to his right. <br /><br />For Karthik, it was a big struggle to rotate strike as Sammy was in the middle of a good spell where he kept things tight. With the ball not coming onto the bat, the two batsmen proceeded on a sedate note during the initial phase.<br /><br />It was one such occasion when Sharma was prepared to play the waiting game as he got the occasional boundary. One such shot was a lofted drive over extra cover off Best.<br />The 50 partnership for the third wicket came off 88 balls and just when it looked like that Karthik was getting a hang of the track, he offered a simple return catch to Marlon Samuels to end a 59-run stand. Karthik took 56 balls to score 23 with three hits to the fence.<br /><br />Sharma, however carried on without much fuss. A deft cut past backward point off Sunil Narine was sheer class and he completed his 16th half-century in limited overs format off 77 balls with a double as the 100 of the team came in the 27th over.<br /><br />Just when the Mumbaikar was looking good for a big score, he frittered away yet again trying to hoick a length delivery from Sammy only to be holed out at long-off boundary. Rohit faced 89 balls for his 60 hitting four boundaries and a six.</p>
<p>Opener Rohit Sharma hit a composed half-century as India reached 160 for four after 40 overs against hosts West Indies in the second match of the Celkon Mobile Cup Tri-Series here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (13 batting) and Suresh Raina (31 batting) were at the crease with the final 10 overs of the Indian innings still left.<br /><br />Sharma wasted yet another opportunity as he scored a well-compiled 60 off 89 balls after India were put into bat on a slow track by West Indies' stand-in captain Kieron Pollard.<br /><br />Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik didn't make significant contribution although Karthik was engaged in a half-century stand with Sharma. Darren Sammy had a decent outing with the ball as he took two for 41 from his 10 overs.<br /><br />'Man of the moment' Dhawan pulled Best and then hit a crisp cover drive off Roach to get couple of boundaries.<br /><br />Sharma, whose performance has been much better since he started opening the innings started off with a six off Best -- a slash that flew over third man.<br /><br />However Roach had the last laugh when Dhawan (10) failed to check his uppish drive which the bowler caught on the second attempt.<br /><br />Virat Kohli (11, 21 balls) struggled to get going on a slow pitch before he tried an expansive drive off Sammy but Chris Gayle standing wide of first slip took a fantastic one-handed catch diving to his right. <br /><br />For Karthik, it was a big struggle to rotate strike as Sammy was in the middle of a good spell where he kept things tight. With the ball not coming onto the bat, the two batsmen proceeded on a sedate note during the initial phase.<br /><br />It was one such occasion when Sharma was prepared to play the waiting game as he got the occasional boundary. One such shot was a lofted drive over extra cover off Best.<br />The 50 partnership for the third wicket came off 88 balls and just when it looked like that Karthik was getting a hang of the track, he offered a simple return catch to Marlon Samuels to end a 59-run stand. Karthik took 56 balls to score 23 with three hits to the fence.<br /><br />Sharma, however carried on without much fuss. A deft cut past backward point off Sunil Narine was sheer class and he completed his 16th half-century in limited overs format off 77 balls with a double as the 100 of the team came in the 27th over.<br /><br />Just when the Mumbaikar was looking good for a big score, he frittered away yet again trying to hoick a length delivery from Sammy only to be holed out at long-off boundary. Rohit faced 89 balls for his 60 hitting four boundaries and a six.</p>