
Mahendra Singh Dhoni served early warning to the bowlers in the Caribbean with a swashbuckling knock in India’s tour opening practice match against Jamaica XI at Jarrett Park here.
Dhoni smashed four fours and three sixes in his 45 from 23 balls as the Indians notched up 289/7 before bowling out the hosts for 173 in 45 overs.
Openers Virender Sehwag (33) and Rahul Dravid (31) had put on 65 for the first wicket followed by Suresh raina (50) and Mohammad Kaif (49) who built on the solid platform. Indians bowled in a methodical manner without quite hitting top gear but it still seemed enough for a hapless bunch of local cricketers. Munaf Patel bagged three wickets while Harbhajan Singh got two.


