Ton-up Tiwary lifts India to 267-6

Manoj Tiwary smashed 104 as India recovered from a shaky start to post 267-6 in the fifth and final one-dayer against the West Indies in Chennai on Sunday. The 26-year-old from Bengal, making his first appearance in the series, registered a maiden one-day century after India had lost two wickets in the first over of the innings. Tiwary put on 83 for the third wicket with stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir and 117 for the fourth with Virat Kohli before retiring hurt in the 38th over due to cramp. Kohli went on to make 80 off 85 balls. India, enjoying a decisive 3-1 lead in the series, rested three players, including skipper Virender Sehwag, who had compiled a world record one-day score of 219 in the previous match in Indore. Sehwag, Ravichandran Ashwin and Vinay Kumar, who leave for Australia on Monday for the Test series starting later this month, made way for Tiwary, Irfan Pathan and Ajinkya Rahane. The right-handed Tiwary, who had scored only 61 runs in five previous one-day internationals, seized his opportunity, hitting 10 boundaries and a six in his 126-ball knock. Tiwary prevented a hat-trick when he came to the crease in the first over after Kemar Roach had trapped Rahane leg-before with his second delivery and bowled Parthiv Patel with his third. India managed just 26 runs in the last five overs for the loss of three wickets, including the run-out of Pathan off the final delivery.