Led byVirender Sahwg's record 219, India's batsmen piled up 418 for five - the country's highest score in one-day matches - in the fourth One Day International in Indore, and clinched the five-match series with an emphatic 153 run win, as an under pressure West Indies folded for 265.

By the time West Indian captain Darren Sammy dropped an easy catch from the Indian captain off the bowling of hard-working Ravi Rampaul, the batsman had already scored 170 runs. The fielding lapse allowed Sehwag to set a new record for the highest individual score in 50-over cricket, surpassing teammate Sachin Tendulakar's record of 200 runs. Sehwag's previous best was 175.

Sehwag's innings consisted of 25 fours and seven sixes. As the innings progressed he gained greater control over placing and choice of shots. Several of them were played with an angled bat that was deliberately used to slice the ball to penetrate the gaps in the field. These shots will be watched again and again by cricket lovers all over the world for years to come.

After winning the toss, Sehwag decided to bat first on a batting friendly Holkar Stadium pitch. And it was evident from the very beginning that he had a point to prove, having managed just 46 runs in the previous three matches.

While Sehwag began to play his shots in his characteristic style right from the start, his opening partner Gautam Gambhir took a little time to regain his fluency. But the running between the wickets between the two did not reflect the spontaneity that spectators have seen so often. Eventually, Gambhir was run out due to confusion between the two.

By then though, the two had put together 176 for the opening stand. Suresh Raina continued the momentum with a fluent 44-ball 55, and added 140 with Sahwag for the second wicket. The two partnerships essentially took the match away from West India

In contrast to the pervious match, the West Indian bowling looked pale in this encounter as compared to the three previous matches. The easy pitch and the small ground in any case offered very little margin for error.

However, Kemar Roach and Ravi Rampaul put in a great effort and were rewarded in the latter part of the Indian innings.

The West Indian response never really got off the ground because the wickets kept falling except right at the end when the only interest in the match was to see if Dinesh Ramdin could get to his century. That did not happen, as he was caught on the penultimate ball of the innings still four runs short. Earlier, Simmons (36 off 36 balls), Marlon Samuels (33) and Andre Russel (29) made good starts but could not covert them to big score. Pollard did not fire in the match and Powell was run out at an early stage of the innings.

Debutant leg spinner Rahul Sharma caused the main damage scalping three wickets for 43 runs in ten overs. The other spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Raina, Ajay Jadeja and Rohit Sharma were also among the wickets as they the pacemen failed to make an impact.

The Indian fielding was superb and it was impressive to see the commitment even though the total looked invincible from the start.