New Delhi, Nov 27: Shikhar Dhawan blasted his way to career-best 119 to help India register a convincing five wickets victory in the third and last ODI at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.
Dhawan hammered twenty fours during his match-winning 95-ball knock to guide India to 2-1 series victory over the Caribbean side.
Dhawan slammed his fifth ODI century and Yuvraj Singh hit his 51st ODI fifty to lead the Indian run chase.
Sunil Narine finally struck to dismiss Yuvraj and give West Indies some sigh of relief. Yuvraj had tough time negotiating the mystery spinner before he was caught by the skipper Dwayne Bravo at first slip.
Dhawan reached his hundred off 73 balls soon after Yuvraj hit some form by reaching his fifty off 68 balls.
The 50-run stand between Dhawan and Yuvraj came off 62 balls but once both the southpaws gained their confidence at the crease, they notched up their 100-run partnership off 102 balls.
Ravi Rampaul took his 100th ODI wicket when he had Virat Kohli caught behind by Johnson Charles.
Kohli looked to leave an incoming delivery but was late in withdrawing his bat and the ball brushed off the bat and went into the hands of Charles behind the stumps.
Rampaul gave the West Indies an early breakthrough when he had Rohit Sharma caught by captain Dwayne Bravo at first slip.
The breakthrough came in the fifth over when Rampaul bowled a delivery just outside off and though it didn't move much, it was enough to induce the edge off Sharma's bat.
Earlier, Darren Bravo and Darren Sammy hit some big shots in the slog overs to help the West Indies put up a competitive 263/5.
Bravo notched up his 15th ODI fifty off 53 balls.
Bravo and Sammy remained not out on 51 and 37 respectively and their unbeaten 67-run stand for the sixth wicket came in just 49 deliveries.
The West Indies crossed the 250-run mark only thanks to Bravo and Sammy who plundered the Indian bowlers in the slog overs rattling up their 50-run stand off just 40 balls.
The West Indies lost their fifth wicket when Mohammed Shami had their captain Dwayne Bravo caught by Ravichandran Ashwin in the covers.
The West Indies lost their fourth wicket when Ravindra Jadeja had Lendl Simmons caught behind by captain MS Dhoni.
Ravichandran Ashwin struck in the first over of the batting powerplay when he clean bowled Marlon Samuels with a superb off-spinner that just clipped the bails off the stumps.
The dismissal took Samuels and the umpires so much by surprise that the third umpire was asked to make the call.
Samuels hit a six and 7 fours in his 93-ball 71.
Ashwin had opener Kieran Powell caught by Shikhar Dhawan at short fine-leg.
Powell went for a sweep shot but instead got a top edge and Dhawan took a simple catch.
Powell added 117 runs with Marlon Samuels for the second wicket to lay the platform for a formidable score.
Powell and Samuels brought up their 100-run stand off 135 balls.
Samuels got to his 23rd ODI fifty off 73 balls while Powell reached his 5th ODI half-century off 66 balls.
The partnership between Powell and Samuels came after the early dismissal of opener Johnson Charles.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave Indian an early breakthrough when he clean bowled Charles with a fine inswinger in the fifth over of the match.
Kumar brought the ball to come in a long way with the angle from good length, Charles went for the drive but the ball went through the big gap to uproot the leg stump.
The breakthrough came after Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl.
Both India and the West Indies are unchanged from the last match.
It will be two-paced wicket and the colour of the pitch is changing since morning. First few overs it will be tough but as the day progresses, it will be good for batting.
Teams:
India: MS Dhoni (Capt.), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami.
West Indies: Dwayne Bravo (Capt.), Kieran Powell, Johnson Charles, Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Veerasammy Permaul.
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