IND vs WI: India received the rain-affected third ODI in opposition to West Indies by 119 runs. For India, Shubman Gill was near his century however was disadvantaged of his first worldwide century of his profession by simply two runs resulting from rain. However, his unbeaten 98 after which a effective efficiency by the bowlers helped India thrash West Indies by 119 runs below the Duckworth-Lewis technique within the rain-hit third and last ODI right here to scrub sweep the sequence 3-0. Team India, led by Shikhar Dhawan, managed to win the three-match ODI sequence in opposition to the West Indies for the primary time at his dwelling.

India’s twelfth consecutive sequence win in opposition to West Indies

This was the twelfth consecutive sequence win of the Indian crew in opposition to the Caribbean crew. India has now turn into the nation with probably the most variety of consecutive bilateral ODI sequence wins in opposition to a single crew. In this case, he broke the file of 11 consecutive ODI sequence in opposition to Zimbabwe of Pakistan. West Indies have misplaced 4 of their final 5 bilateral ODI sequence 0-3. During this, India twice whereas Pakistan and Bangladesh as soon as cleaned it.

Shubman missed a century by two runs

In the match performed in Port of Spain, India received the toss and elected to bat and scored 225 runs in 36 overs on the again of Shubman Gill’s unbeaten knock of 98 runs in a rain-hit match. After this, resulting from rain interruption, the overs of the match was reduce and West Indies had been set a goal of 257 runs in 35 overs for victory. In reply, the complete West Indies crew was lowered to 137 runs in 26 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal took 4 wickets for India, whereas Shardul and Siraj obtained two wickets every.

Indian bowlers dominated

Talking in regards to the match, after the completion of 24 overs of India’s innings, the match was stopped for the primary time resulting from rain and the match was lowered to 40 overs. For the second time, after the completion of 36 overs of the Indian innings, rain got here and the visiting crew’s innings was ended right here on a rating of 225 runs for 3 wickets. West Indies then obtained the goal of 257 runs in 35 overs below the Duckworth-Lewis technique. Gill performed an unbeaten 98 off 98 balls with the assistance of two sixes and 7 fours. He shared 113 for the primary wicket with skipper Shikhar Dhawan (58) and 86 runs for the second wicket with Shreyas Iyer (44). In response, the West Indies crew was lowered to 137 runs in 26 overs in entrance of the sharp bowling of two wickets every from Yuzvendra Chahal (4 for 17), Mohammad Siraj and Shardul Thakur.

West Indies misplaced their final 5 wickets for simply 18 runs

West Indies misplaced their final 5 wickets for simply 18 runs. For the crew, solely Brendan King (42) and captain Nicholas Pooran (42) had been capable of bat whereas their 4 batsmen didn’t open the account. Chasing the goal, West Indies had a poor begin and so they misplaced the wickets of Kyle Myers (00) and Shemar Brooks (00) within the second over itself, whereas the crew’s account of runs was not even open. After Siraj bowled Myers on his very first ball, Brooks was dismissed lbw on the third ball. Hope, after scoring 22 runs off 33 balls, missed Chahal’s try to play the ball ahead and was stumped by wicketkeeper Sanju Samson. King tried to ease the strain on the well-known Krishna with three consecutive fours however was bowled after lacking a straight supply from Axar. After this, Pooran took the entrance and hit fours and sixes in successive deliveries of Deepak Hooda. West Indies’ century of runs was accomplished within the 18th over. Kesey Carty, after batting very sluggish, scored 5 runs and performed Thakur’s ball on the wickets. Pooran additionally then caught Dhawan off Krishna’s supply, which dealt a giant blow to the hopes of West Indies’ victory. Thakur gave West Indies the seventh blow within the subsequent over by getting Akeel Hossain (01) caught by Dhawan. Chahal additionally obtained Keemo Paul after which Hayden Walsh Jr (10) caught by Dhawan at slips. He gave India victory by getting Jaden Seals (00) caught by Gill.

Second century partnership between Dhawan and Gill

Earlier, Dhawan received the toss and determined to bat first and together with Gill obtained the crew off to a fantastic begin. Dhawan opened the account with a 4 off Jason Holder whereas Gill opened his innings with a 4 off Jaden Seals. Both the openers confirmed warning to start with and accomplished the half-century of the crew’s runs within the twelfth over. Gill hit the primary six of the innings off Hayden Walsh (2 for 57), whereas Dhawan additionally hit the spinner for a 4. He accomplished his half-century in 62 balls with two runs off Keemo Paul. India’s century of runs was accomplished within the twentieth over. This was Gill and Dhawan’s second century partnership within the sequence. Gill additionally accomplished his half-century in 60 balls with a run off Seals. Dhawan, nonetheless, waved the ball within the air attempting to play a giant shot on Hayden Walsh’s googly and West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran made no mistake within the catch at mid-wicket. He hit seven fours in his innings of 74 balls. Dhawan additionally grew to become the twenty second batsman on the planet to finish 1000 runs in opposition to the West Indies throughout this innings.

Shreyas Iyer misses half century

When the match resumed, Gill and Iyer hit sixes in Walsh’s first over itself. Gill hit two consecutive fours on Seals whereas Iyer noticed the supply of Holder and Akil Hossain (1 for 43) for the boundary. Iyer, nonetheless, returned to the pavilion by catching Paul at lengthy on off Hussain. He confronted 34 balls and hit 4 fours and a six. Suryakumar Yadav grew to become Walsh’s second sufferer after scoring eight runs in six balls. After a while it rained once more and the Indian innings needed to finish there.

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