new delhi suresh raina hit a sparkling 62 while virat kohli returned to form with his first halfcentury in eight months as india posted a competitive 263 for seven against the west indies in the second cricket oneday international on sunday raina carried his splendid t20 form into the match and kohli regained his lost touch at his home ground as the two players added 105 runs for the fourth wicket after a sedate start by india skipper mahendra singh dhoni also contributed in indias total with his unbeaten 51 off 40 balls in his trademark style dhoni hit a six and a four off paceman jerome taylor to complete his 56th halfcentury in the last over of the innings ravindra jadeja 6 failed but bhuvneshwar kumar 18 added some quick runs raina batted like as if an artist was on work and struck the ball elegantly effortlessly his drives late cuts and one insideout six off paceman ravi rampaul were a treat to watch after india elected to bat rainas assuring presence at one end not only pulled india out of the slump but it also gave kohli a chance to arrest his slide as the delhi lad could play freely without having to worry about runrate kohli struggled in the entire england tour where he could score only one fifty and that too at the tourending t20 match while raina scored at a good pace kohli was patient in his approach going for singles and hitting the odd boundary in between the stand was broken when raina miscued a shot off jerome taylor and the edge flew to kieron pollard at midoff rainas 62 came off 60 balls with five fours and two sixes kohlis 62run knock was his first odi fifty since scoring a century against bangladesh in february this year his knock came off 78 balls with five shots to the fence before the two joined hands india were struggling at 74 for three inside 20 overs as the visitors strangled the indian batting with some courageous effort especially their pace duo of rampaul and taylor taylor was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as he took three wickets for 54 runs at the start rampaul struggled with his line but generated some good pace which troubled the indians taylor provided the visitors breakthrough going through the gates of shikhar dhawan 1 who played across the line and missed it completely to see his stumps shattered rayudu was sent ahead of kohli and the baroda batsmen started off in tremendous fashion with two boundaries off rampaul he guided one to third man and then drove the ball elegantly through covers however the windies bowlers kept the indians in tight leash as rampaul and taylor bowled well in tandem rampaul was excellent with his pace while taylor was terrific with his line and length the boundaries were far and few as the first 10 overs fetched india only 37 runs darren sammy then dismissed rahane