Jason Holder was the next batter to arrive on the crease. At this point, half of Windies line up was back in the hut at 103. Shardul Thakur broke the 29-run stand between the duo, bowling out Carty for just five runs off 17 balls. The duo took the hosts to the 100-run mark at end of 18 overs, with Pooran being the aggressor. Pooran’s game became more attacking, smashing Deepak Hooda for a four and a six and Axar for a four as well.

He had scored 42 off 37 balls before he was trapped leg before wicket by the bowler. It was spinner Axar Patel who gave India their fourth wicket, removing King, who was looking threatening. The 12th over was bowled by pacer Prasidh Krishna and it turned out to be expensive, with Pooran-King smashing four boundaries in it collectively. Hope-King added 47 runs to their stand before the former was stumped by wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson for 22 off 33 balls on the delivery by spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.Īt the end of 10 overs, West Indies was 48/3, with King (24*) and Pooran (1*).Ĭaptain Nicholas Pooran was next up on the crease. King was the aggressor during the partnership. They both maintained solid running between the wickets. Chahal (4/17), Siraj (2/14) and Thakur (2/17) were extremely economic with the ball and delivered timely blows to their opponent.Ĭhasing 257, West Indies got off a nightmarish start, losing opener Kyle Mayers and Shamarh Brooks in the second over to pacer Mohammed Siraj.įollowing this, opener Shai Hope and Brandon King resumed the chase for the hosts. The hosts fell prey to a world-class bowling attack with their careless shot selection. Setting a target of 257 in 35 overs after the match was hit by rain, Windies batters never looked as if they were in the game as Indian bowlers feasted on them.

India can walk away with a lot of positives after this match as their batting was great, lead from the front by openers Shikhar Dhawan (58) and Shubman Gill (98*). Following this, both the teams will be squaring off for the five-match T20I series, starting from Friday. India has completed a clean sweep of 3-0 over the hosts. Very excited with our T20 team, looking forward to the game on Friday,” he added. The guys are getting more confident with every game. The bowlers bowled well in the powerplay, they didn’t get wickets, but that’s fine. “We gained a lot in this series after coming from Guyana.

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