India captain Sourav Ganguly lauded debutant fast bowler Tinu Yohannan for setting up a seven-wicket win over West Indies in the third one-day international at Bridgetown, Barbados. Yohannan finished with 3 for 33 off 10 overs in his first one-dayer to help India restrict West Indies to a modest 186. India then scored 187 for 3 to win with 31 deliveries to spare, with Dinesh Mongia making an impressive 74. Both Yohannan and Mongia played their first big match in nearly two months, as they could not find a place in the Test team.

"Tinu bowled very well in this match," said Ganguly. "He didn't play a lot of cricket in the last two months and it was good to see him keep a tight line and length. The pitch had a bit of carry in the morning and he bowled a very good line." Yohannan, 23, had played just one game on the Caribbean tour, taking 3 for 84 in a three-day match against Busta XI at St Lucia last month.

Ganguly said fielding also was one of the reasons for India's victory. "Young players lifted the fielding standards of the team in this game, but we've to do it consistently."

Indian coach John Wright echoed the captain's sentiments, saying he had not seen his team field so well this year. "We're getting fitter as a group," said Wright. "It's the best fielding side we've put out inside this year. Yuvraj and Kaif were outstanding. The guys have worked very hard on the tour."

Man-of-the-Match Mongia said he was pleased with his first big knock outside the country. "I'm happy with my first big score outside India and I'd like to win more matches for my team," said Mongia, who smashed an unbeaten 159 in his last one-dayer at home against Zimbabwe.

West Indies captain Carl Hooper blamed the batting for his team's dismal performance. "We just didn't bat well," he said. "It was certainly not the 180-odd pitch. It was a good wicket and we should have scored around 250. We then could have tried to defend that total."

"The first three batsmen got themselves out," said Hooper. "It was very disappointing to lose Sarwan at a crucial stage as we had just started putting up a partnership. Nobody after Sarwan managed to hang around."

"We were just kind of flat after making 186," said Hooper. "I don't know whether it's because of coming from the high of the Test-series win. We had a couple of days off and guys put their legs up, so perhaps we lost a bit of momentum. But this is something we've got to learn from."

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