India win ODI Series against West Indies 2-1, as Rain washes out 4th ODI

St. Lucia: The much-awaited 4th and final ODI between India and West Indies, was washed out because of heavy rain. With this, India won the four-match ODI series 2-1. It was a heartbreaking story for Chris Gayle and his team, as they wanted to give India a tough fight in the final encounter. It was India's fifth straight ODI series victory and third in 2009.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who led India from the front in this series, was declared "Man of the Series". He gave the credit to his entire team and described Yuvraj Singh as the backbone of Indian batting line up.

Earlier, India won the toss and elected to field first. Ishant Sharma removed dangerous Chris Gayle for a duck on the second ball of the match. West Indies batsmen were under pressure and could reach just 27/1 in 7.3 over, when rain stopped play.

India won the ODI series in West Indies after a gap of 7 years. Last time in 2002, they had won the five-match series 2-1 under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly. In 2006, they were routed 1-4 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid.