West Indies v India 3rd ODI



Friday 3rd July 2009 14:30 BST
Sky Sports 3 (14:25-22:30)

With the series level at one a piece the two sides arrive in St Lucia looking to ensure that they come away from the series with, at the very minimum, a share of the spoils. A hard fought victory for India in the first ODI was followed by an uncharacteristic Indian performance which led to a thumping defeat as the Windies levelled things up.

In terms of India's batting line-up, as I stated in the first ODI preview, there is more than enough talent within the ranks to set or chase big totals. Of course in an ideal world they would love to have Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina around but as such they would be a much

Beausejour Stadium St Lucia

shorter price and you would have to re-assess whether it is value or not.

The West Indies are a very capable chasing side and this is something you should always be aware of when the toss occurs. However as was proved at Kingston in the opener, if you put up a big enough score you can still beat them batting first.

The average first innings score at the Beausejour stadium is 245 and the team batting first has won seven out of sixteen of the ODI's on the ground. This doesn't exactly give you an exact indication of what you should do if/when you win the toss because you still need to assess conditions on the day.

I reckon that India are still a good bet to get back on top in the series and price them as 1.66 favourites so with the 1.97 available on Betfair you should take full advantage.
 
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Crafty Stan