5 of India’s biggest ICC Champions Trophy victories

#4 India vs West Indies, Johannesburg 2009 (Won by 7 wickets)

India bowlers rose to the occasion against West Indies

A clinical performance by India in the 12th match of the 2009 edition of Champions Trophy saw them beating the Caribbean side by 7 wickets and 107 balls to spare. Winning the toss, Indian skipper MS Dhoni chose to field first. His bowlers didn’t disappoint him as they bowled out West Indies for a paltry 129 runs inside 36 overs.

Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra picked up 3 wickets each. Harbhajan Singh also bowled well as he picked up a couple of wickets. Amit Mishra also chipped in with a wicket. However, the real surprise package was MS Dhoni who picked up his first and only ODI wicket.

Chasing the total, India got off to a troubled start having lost two early wickets for just 12 runs. However, Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli steadied things with a 92-run stand for the third wicket. Virat Kohli finished things off with an unbeaten 79 as India chased down the total with 7 wickets and 107 balls remaining. Kohli was also adjudged the ‘Man of the Match’ for his swashbuckling knock.