NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma said he didn't expect the Kensington Oval surface to deteriorate as much as it did, but justified his decision to play ODI specialists ahead of him and Virat Kohli in the first match on Thursday.
India defeated the West Indies by five wickets in a game in which spinners from both teams claimed ten of the fifteen wickets that fell on a rank turner with a lot of bounce and carry.