India vs West Indies 3rd ODI Highlights: India Won Series



Without Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, India posted a magnificent 351 for 5 thanks to half-centuries from Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, and Hardik Pandya.

After Shai Hope chose to bat, Kishan and Gill provided India a quick start of 143 in 19.4 overs. Both openers were pleased with the way the ball landed on the bat, which was not the case in the first two ODIs at Bridgetown. Kishan enjoyed his good fortune as well. He was dropped by Keacy Carty on 9, and escaped a run-out chance on 63, but his upbeat attitude allowed him to end with 77 off 64 balls despite not always seeming in command. It was his third half-century in as many series contests.

 Kyle Mayers caused Kishan problems early on. Mayers beat his outside edge twice in three overs while bowling around the wicket with the new ball. Kishan replied by dancing down the course and hitting him for two fours in a row.

 Kyle Mayers caused Kishan problems early on. Mayers beat his outside edge twice in three overs while bowling around the wicket with the new ball. Kishan replied by dancing down the course and hitting him for two fours in a row.

 By the conclusion of the tenth over, Gill and Kishan had led India to 73 for no loss. Gill concentrated on playing risk-free cricket when the pitch limits were loosened. Kishan, on the other hand, persisted in his pursuit of shots. He started by hitting Joseph a six and a four, then hammered Motie down the line. Another six, this time off Romario Shepherd, put him to 49 from 39 balls, and he reached his half-century in four balls.

 Yannic Cariah ended the opening stand as he stumped Kishan for 77 off 64 balls. Kishan tried to utilise his feet, but the legspinner defeated him in the flight and the turn.

 Samson went for the kill right away, hitting three sixes in his first 13 balls. He was particularly harsh on Cariah, taking him for 28 runs off just ten balls. Despite Motie's efforts to keep him quiet, surrendering only four runs in 12 deliveries, Samson stormed to fifty in 39 balls.

 Samson and Gill combined 69 runs in 8.5 overs, with the latter providing 18 runs off 12 deliveries. The stand was broken shortly after Samson's fifty when he failed to clear mid-off against Shepherd. His dismissal significantly slowed India's scoring rate: Samson was out in the 32nd over, and India scored only 23 runs in the next eight overs.

 During this period, India also lost Gill. He was on track for a century when he was dismissed for 85 off 92 balls when a length delivery from Motie got trapped in the pitch, resulting in an easy catch at short midwicket.

 Suryakumar Yadav, batting at No. 6, demonstrated his T20 fluency. He made 35 from 30 balls, including sixes on each side of the wicket behind the square. Hardik also smashed a couple lusty punches at the conclusion of the innings to finish unblemished. He took a late acceleration. He was on 11 off 22 at one point. He scored nearly two runs every ball over the following 30 balls to conclude with 70 runs not out off 52.

Gill, Kishan, Samson, and Hardik produced fifty-plus runs to set up a difficult chase before the spinners finished off the West Indies for 151 runs.

 India defeated the West Indies by 200 runs in the series finale at Tarouba. They have now won 13 straight one-day international series against the West Indies, dating back to 2006.

 West Indies were never seen again after that. With three early wickets, Mukesh Kumar derailed their pursuit. And when Shardul Thakur added two more in his subsequent overs, they were reduced to 50 for 6. Alzarri Joseph and Gudakesh Motie's 59-run ninth-wicket partnership just postponed the inevitable.

 The West Indies chase never got off to a good start, with Mukesh getting Brandon King to edge one behind in the first over. Mayers was chopping one onto his stumps and Hope was nicking one to first slip as the seamer peppered the decent length outside off. West Indies were reduced to 17 for 3 as a result of those strikes.

 Jaydev Unadkat, who was playing his first ODI in nearly ten years, took only five balls to incision. Carty edged one to the right of the first slip, where Gill made a low grab. Shimron Hetmyer and Shepherd were easily defeated by Thakur.

 West Indies' lower order struggled against Kuldeep Yadav's variations, much like it did in the first ODI. Joseph and Motie held off the Indian bowlers for over 10 overs till Thakur bounced Joseph. Thakur completed the formalities by rattling Seales' stumps in his following over.


India 351 for 5 (Gill 85, Kishan 77, Pandya 70*, Samson 51, Shepherd 2-73) beat West Indies 151 (Motie 38*, Thakur 4-37, Mukesh 3-30) by 200 runs