5 best encounters between West Indies and India in the Caribbean

#1 Sabina Park, Kingston: 18th May, 2006

Rahul Dravid hit 105 and added 123 with Mohammad Kaif

Chris Gayle set alight Sabina Park with a sparkling 123 after rain took away five overs from each innings. Decorated with 18 fours and a six, Gayle gave West Indies the early momentum by attacking the bowlers from the outset.

Neither pace nor spin was spared by the hungry Jamaican as he bludgeoned the bowling with aggression. After Gayle’s, however, the middle-order could only carve out 29 runs from the final five overs to leave the score at 251/6.

Surprisingly, skipper Rahul Dravid was in an attacking mood himself, but India were jostling at 86/3 in the 18th over. Mohammad Kaif joined him to string together as many runs as Gayle had alone scored, and Dravid slowly got going again. He picked up slower balls well and dispatched two sixes, one of them on one knee off Marlon Samuels.

Dravid completed his hundred off 99 deliveries but fell for 105 with India some distance away. MS Dhoni arrived at the crease and went after a boundary-laden cameo of 18 and a settled Kaif calmly reached fifty. Down to 3 required off 2, Kaif cleanly caressed a cover drive for four to end on 66*, as India won by five wickets with only a ball remaining.