India beat West Indies by 34 runs to win the fifth and final cricket one-day match and recorded an emphatic 4-1 series triumph in Chennai on 11 December 2011. Electing to bat, India scored 267 runs with the loss of six wickets in the stipulated overs. Manoj Tiwary 104 and Virat Kohli 80 were the top scorers for India. In reply, West Indies reached as close as 233 in 44.1 overs. K. Pollard 119 and A Russel 53 were top scorers for West Indies.
Darren Sammy was the captain of West Indies while Virender Sehwag was the captain of Indian side for this series. Gautam Gambhir was the stand–in captain for the last one–dayer. India’s Manoj Tiwary was declared Man of The Match and Indian batsman Rohit Sharma got Man of the Series Award.
Manoj Tiwary and K. Pollard scored their international one day career’s first centuries in this match. India and West Indies played this five-oneday match series from 29 November 2011 to 11 December 2011.
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