5 worst defeats for Rahul Dravid in ODIs

#2 Against West Indies – 2006 (2nd ODI)

Yuvraj Singh batted beautifully to take India close.

India started off 2006 very well. Series wins against Pakistan (4-1) and England (5-1) were excellent performances. They also started their Caribbean tour with a win in the first ODI. The second one was a thriller.

India who were chasing very well opted to field after winning the toss. The bowlers responded superbly as they kept the Windies batsmen in check as the hosts could manage only 198/9 in their 50 overs. And that too on the back of a fighting and unbeaten 98 from Ramnaresh Sarwan. Irfan Pathan took 3/45 and Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar took two wickets each.

India, in reply, were rocked early as they were reduced to 60/4. This score soon turned into 134/7 and the game started slipping away. But Yuvraj Singh battled hard and batted beautifully to take India close. Even after wickets fell all around him, he showed great maturity to reduce the equation to 11 off the final over (with one wicket in hand).

Munaf Patel did well to take a single off the first delivery of the final over (which was bowled by Bravo). Yuvraj then struck two boundaries and suddenly India seemed favourites. But Bravo dished out a slow yorker on the fourth ball of the 50th over to dismiss Yuvraj Singh and win the game for West Indies.

After the heart-breaking loss, India never managed to make a comeback as they lost the series 4-1.