West Indies captain Brian Lara (left) and teammates Ramnaresh Sarwan (right) and Runako Morton (12th man) walk off the field after rain stopped play in their One-Day match against India in Kuala Lumpur Thursday. Lara was 27 not out, and Sarwan 37 not out, when the match was called off, and the regional side declared winners by the Duckworth/Lewis system. (AP Picture)

KUALA LUMPUR – West Indies skipper Brian Lara said that his team did not mind the manner in which the victory over India was achieved in the second game of the DLF Cup at the Kinrara Academy Oval.

"I'm sure India would have loved for the game to finish, in our position we didn't mind what happened," Lara said at the post-game media conference after rain ended play with the Windies on 141 for 2 chasing India's 309 for 5 and needing to be 112 for 2 in 20 overs to win the game.

"I still think it was well poised even though we were batting well, still 30 overs to go in excess of 160 runs to get, it was still a very good match, unfortunately it was spoilt by rain but for us the points are very important," the 37-year-old captain said after his team prevailed by 29 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis calculations.

"India had the runs on the board, any team would love to have the runs on the board but I thought that the way how Chris (Gayle) and (Ramnaresh) Sarwan set up the game we had to continue in the same vain and in saying that the job still had to be done," the incomparable left-hander told journalists.

Asked about the pitch which produced variable bounce as a result of a pronounced ridge on a good length at one end, Lara said it was the only blemish.

"I think it was a very good pitch other than that ridge, I think that spoilt it, of course, but taking that into consideration (Sachin) Tendulkar played a magnificent innings," Lara said in tribute to Tendulkar's 141 not out as he marshaled his team to 309 for 5.

"It showed how much of a genius he is, we just had to watch him and appreciate him, it was a very special innings by him," Lara continued as he paid tribute to his fellow batting genius and the Man-Of-The-Match.

SCOREBOARD:

Zimbabwe

T. Duffin c Kallis b Ntini 3

V. Sibanda c Pollock b Nel 51

C. Chibhabha c Peterson b Kallis 37

H. Masakadza c Duminy b Kallis 32

B. Taylor c Gibbs b Nel 9

S. Matsikenyeri b Langeveldt 11

E. Chigumbura not out 26

P. Utseya c Boucher b Langeveldt 14

T. Mupariwa not out 2

Extras (lb-4 nb-2 w-10) 16

Total (for 7 wickets, 50 overs) 201

Fall of wickets: 1-21 2-76 3-137 4-140 5-158 6-158 7-179.

Did not bat: E. Rainsford, A. Ireland

Bowling: Pollock 10-029-1, Ntini 10-3-29-1, Nel 9-0-39-2, Langeveldt 10-0-49-2, Peterson 5-0-35-0, Kallis 6-1-16-2.

South Africa

L. Bosman b Rainsford 5

B. Dippenaar not out 85

H. Gibbs c Chibhabha b Mupariwa 2

J. Kallis c Taylor b Ireland 4

J. Duminy st Taylor b Matsikenyeri 60

M. Boucher b Rainsford 8

S. Pollock not out 16

Extras (b-1 lb-1 nb-3 w-17) 22

Total (for 5 wickets, 43.5 overs) 202

Fall of wickets: 1-13 2-23 3-33 4-154 5-175

Did not bat: R. Peterson, C. Langeveldt, A. Nel, M. Ntini

Bowling: Rainsford10-1-29-2, Mupariwa, 9-0-43-1, Ireland10-0-52-1, Utseya 6-0-37-0, Chibhabha 6-0-023-0, Matsikenyeri 2-0-10-1, Masakadza0.5-0-6-0.

Result: South Africa won by 5 wickets. (Reuters) (AP)