West indies V India Only T20 Match 2011@ Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Team India made a winning return to international cricket, in their first outing since the World Cup win in April 2011 as they won against the West Indies in the tour-opening Twenty20 international match by 16 runs.

West Indies started cautiously in pursuit of their target, but apart from a 41-run knock from Darren Bravo and a late six-hitting cameo from Chris Barnwell, no West Indian batsman threatened to take the game away from the visitors.

Earlier, India recovered from a top-order collapse, triggered by Darren Sammy's four wicket haul, to post a competitive 159 for six.

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.

India had lost its first wicket to Sammy as well who was surprised by a lifting delivery and could only guide it to the wicketkeeper with the side of his blade.

It was a bad stroke made to look worse by India's makeshift opener as he stood his ground, contesting the appeal, till the umpire had to give him the marching orders.

India got a lucky break when middle-order bat Badrinath was caught at short extra-cover off Ravi Rampaul, returning for his second spell, only for third umpire to rule that he had overstepped the bowling crease in his delivery.

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