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Jul 6, 2009: India won the ODI series against West Indies 2-1 after the fourth and final match was abandoned due to rains on Sunday.

 

Captain M S Dhoni was adjudged Man of the Series for scoring a maximum 182 runs in the tournament.

 

In the final ODI, Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl.

 

Ishant Sharma made the intentions of the team clear when he picked up Chris Gayle on the second bowl. Gayle was caught behind by Dhoni.

 

However, rains proved to be a spoilsport and the match had to be abandoned after seven overs were bowled.

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Background

Indian team for four-ODI series against West Indies that begins on June 26: M S Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, M Vijay, S Badrinath, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, R P Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar and Ashish Nehra

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