India vs West Indies 4th ODI: Rohit, Rayudu tons propel hosts to mammoth total at CCI

Rohit Sharma scored a scintillating 162 off 137 and Ambati Rayudu got an 81-ball 100 as India piled on 377 runs batting first against West Indies in the fourth ODI on Monday.

Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first on a sun-soaked day at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai. The hosts, though, were pegged back with opener Shikhar Dhawan (38) and skipper Kohli (16) walking back to the hut by the 17th over. Kohli, in pursuit of an astonishing fourth consecutive ODI ton, got out caught-behind to Kemar Roach after chasing one outside off.

Rohit kept things steady at one end and got together with Rayudu to build a partnership of 211 runs for the third wicket. The Indian vice-captain, who's just one behind Kohli in terms of ODI hundreds hit this year, smacked 20 boundaries and four enormous sixes in his knock.

Under-fire Mahendra Singh Doni struggled to get going again and managed just 25 runs from 15 balls. Windies skipper Jason Holder tried as many as seven different bowlers, but none of them could post half-decent figures.

India went in with two changes for the fourth ODI against the Windies - Rishabh Pant and Yuzvendra Chahal made way for Kedar Jadhav and Ravindra Jadeja. The visitors made one change to their playing XI too - Obed McCoy made way for Keemo Paul.

Going into Monday's game, the five-match series was tied at 1-1 after the West Indies notched up a comfortable victory in the third ODI in Pune on Saturday.

Playing XIs

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, K Khaleel Ahmed, Jasprit Bumrah.

West Indies: Kieran Powell, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope (wk), Marlon Samuels, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder (c), Fabian Allen, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Keemo Paul.

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