Kuala Lumpur, Sep 14 (IANS) Rains played spoilsport in the DLF Cup triangular ODI series here Thursday as India lost its opening match to the West Indies by 29 runs after the Duckworth Lewis rule was enforced, even after scoring 309 for five wickets with Sachin Tendulkar hitting an unbeaten 141.

Chasing a victory target of 310, the West Indies were 141 for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs when rain interrupted play for the second time in the day-night encounter at the Kinrara Oval Academy here.

But with more rains and the given ground conditions, play could not continue and the fate of the match had to be decided by the Duckworth Lewis system.

Tendulkar was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Opener Chris Gayle was on a rampage as he made a quick-fire 45 off 35 deliveries. His partner Shivnarine Chanderpaul was out for just six runs when Munaf Patel caught him at deep fine leg while attempting a hook off Rudra Pratap Singh.

Gayle, who hit Irfan Pathan for 17 runs in the third over, was surprised by a rising delivery from Patel in the 14th over and edged it to wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

After Gayle departed, the flow of runs still continued as captain Brian Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan hammered the erratic India bowlers.

The pitch, which posed problems for the India batsmen with its uneven bounce, seemed to ease down later as the ball came easily.

But in the 20th over with Lara unbeaten on 37 and Sarwan 27 not out, rains came.

Earlier opting to bat first, Tendulkar and captain Rahul Dravid gave India a rollicking start with a 75-run partnership.

After being dropped on five by wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh, there was no stopping for the batting maestro and he didn't show any sign of discomfort while scoring his 40th ODI ton. His innings lasted 148 deliveries and was studded with 13 fours and five sixes.

Dravid and Tendulkar were cruising along smoothly with the 50 coming up in seven overs. But the partnership was broken when Dwayne Smith got rid of the Indian captain by trapping him leg before the wicket.

Irfan Pathan, promoted up the order, then made a breezy 64 (4x6, 6x2) off 68 balls and was engaged in a 125-run stand for the second wicket with Tendulkar.

Pathan was well set for a deserving century but threw his wicket trying to make room and hit Gayle, but instead dragged it onto his stumps.

Virender Sehwag (9) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2), who then followed, did not trouble the scorers much as the duo were bowled by Jerome Taylor after the ball kept low on both the occasions.

Suresh Raina then chipped in with 34 runs off 29. The left-hander was out when he tried to pull Taylor and was caught by Smith.

While wickets fell at one end, Tendulkar kept the other end going by hitting odd boundaries. He hit a six off Taylor in the 49th over to bring the 300 of the innings in style. Mohammed Kaif remained unbeaten on one.

SCORECARD

Second one-day international, DLF Cup triangular series, India vs West Indies, Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur (day/night), Sep 14

India:
Rahul Dravid LBW Smith 26
Sachin Tendulkar not out 141
Irfan Pathan b Gayle 64
Virender Sehwag b Taylor 9
Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Taylor 2
Suresh Raina c Smith b Taylor 34
Mohammed Kaif not out 1
Extras: (lb 13, w 9, nb 9) 32
Total: (for five wickets in 50 overs) 309

Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Dravid, 14.1 overs), 2-200 (Pathan, 35.3), 3-223 (Sehwag, 38.3), 4-227 (Dhoni, 40.4), 5-295 (Raina, 48.5)

Bowling:
Taylor 10-1-64-3 (2nb, 2w),
Edwards 6-0-44-0 (2nb 3w),
Bradshaw 10-0-44-0 (1w),
Smith 7-0-43-1 (1w),
Gayle 10-0-46-1 (1nb 1w),
Bravo 7-0-54-0

West Indies

Chris Gayle c Dhoni b Patel 45
Shivnarine Chanderpaul c Patel b Singh 6
Ramnaresh Sarwan not out 37
Brian Lara not out 27
Extras: (lb-8, w-14, nb-4) 26
Total: (for two wickets in 20 overs) 141

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Chanderpaul, 4.2 overs), 2-98 (Gayle, 13.1)

Bowling
Pathan 2-0-22-0, (2nb, 1w)
Ajit Agarkar 5-0-24-0 (3w)
Rudra Pratap Singh 4-0-39-1 (2w)
Munaf Patel 5-0-18-1 (2nb, 1w)
Harbhajan Singh 4-0-30-0 (3w)

Toss: India
Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Mark Benson (England)
TV umpire: Anthony Hill (New Zealand)
Match referee: Chris Broad (England