India vs West Indies: ODI innings

India and West Indies will be facing each other in a five-match series starting October 21, which will mark the eighth series between the two sides in India. But before we get there, CricketCountry is one of the most exciting individual performances of these two teams against one another in India

1. Chris Gayle – 140 at Vadodara in 2002

It was because it was announced that Chris Gayle announced himself to the world. ODIs, and with the raised at 2-2 after the first four games, Gayle powered by his team to a five- wicket win at Baroda. India's top three – Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman had fired them for 212, but a middle order collapse resulted in India ending up on 290 for 8. In reply, Gayle stick to the experienced Javagal Srinath and debutant Balaji – who conceded 44 off four overs. The Harbhajan Singh, the winner of the Sixth World Championship Ricardo Powell and Captain Carl Hooper saw the team through seven balls to spare. Gayle finished the series with 455 runs

2. Rahul Dravid – 109 * at Ahmedabad in 2002

In the previous game too, Gayle had continued his annihilation of India with a second century of the series, but the fourth ODI at Ahmedabad got to be known for one of Rahul Dravid's finest knock across all formats. Back in the day, chasing a 300-plus target successfully was rare, and doing the Natwest Final Trophy, India did it again; only this time, it was Dravid taking the honors with a magnificent unbeaten 109 that sealed a sensational win. Gayle's 100, aided by an unbeaten 99 from Ramnaresh Sarwan had been fired the Indies West to 324, and India's ounce was reduced to 231, a chance looked slim. But from there, with 94 needed off 75, he has a huge turnaround with Sanjay Bangar, who is 57 out of 41 with five fours and two sixes. Dravid, who had added 103 with Laxman (66) fought tiredness and cramps and put on an unbeaten 94 with Bangar to get India home with 14 balls to spare to the series

3. Sachin Tendulkar – 100 * at Vizag in 2007

2006 was a rough year for battling legend Sachin Tendulkar. The Indies in Kuala Lumpur, Tendulkar struggled for the remainder of the year. Runs had dried up and his form was a concern with the World Cup scheduled the year after. India faced West Indies in a four-match ODI series to warm up for cricket's extravaganza and with matters tied at 2-2, Tendulkar fired India to a series win with a 76-ball century.

Tendulkar took India to 341, along with half-centuries from Ganguly and Dravid. Coming at the fall of Ganguly's wicket, Tendulkar reached the last ball of the innings, and during the final pbadage of play, along with MS Dhoni (40 * off 20) tonked 75 from 39 balls. He was thrown twice, on 85 and 91 but it was the slice of luck Tendulkar needed to regain form. A slog sweep for six off Marlon Samuels that went sailing over the stadium was the highlight of the innings. West Indies were bowled out with Samuels (55) and Denesh Ramdin (40) putting up valuable contributions.

4. Marlon Samuels – 103 at Vijaywada in 2002

Samuels broke a million Indian hearts in the final game of the series. In the deciding game, Samuels scored a brutal 108 off 75 balls to win the match for West Indies as India collapsed to a 135-run loss. We have a flat surface in Vijaywada, in the absence of Ganguly, Dravid put West Indies into the bat, and despite getting the danger Gayle out, India were at the receiving end of Samuels' bullish innings. He was supported by Wavell Hinds (58) and Sarwan (83) as West Indies piled up 315 for 6. The Indian bowlers who had done well, their figures were spoiled by Samuels, who scored 11 boundaries and five hits over the ropes. In reply, there would be no repeat of the fourth ODI this time around. Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag and Dinesh Mongia all fell to leave India at 67 for 4, and despite a fighting 68 from Yuvraj Singh, the last six batsmen could only muster 40 runs

5. Virender Sehwag – 219 at Indore in 2011

Ouldron cricket's maiden double-century, Sehwag became the second cricketer to get there in India completed a 3-0 sweep of West Indies in 2011 with a 153-run win in Indore. Unlike Tendulkar, Sehwag reached the landmark in the 44th over, which meant that he had six overs to as many as he could. Unfortunately, just 19 runs later, their total ODI total of 418 for 5. Sehwag's 149-ball knock contained 25 boundaries and seven sixes

It was also Sehwag's first century as India's captain. He and Gautam Gambhir added 176 for the opening wicket. He brought up his century but ran Gambhir out the next ball. Visibly upset, Sehwag went on to punish the West Indies. Kemar Roach conceded 88 from his 10 overs, Andre Russell 63 off seven. In reply, Ramdin was shown fighting with a run-a-ball 96 West Indies goal struggled against Ravindra Jadeja and the part-time spin of the Rohit Sharma, who picked up 3 for 43.