Ahmedabad: Team India defeated West Indies by 96 runs in the third ODI. With this, the team took a clean sweep in the ODI series (India vs West Indies) 3-0. Playing first in the match, India had scored 265 runs. Shreyas Iyer, playing the first match of the series, played brilliant innings of 80 runs off 111 balls. Apart from this, Rishabh Pant also scored 56 runs. In response, the West Indies team returned to the pavilion after scoring just 169 runs in 37.1 overs. Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets while making a spectacular comeback. This was Rohit Sharma’s first series after becoming the new captain of ODI. He started off with a win.
Chasing the target, the West Indies team could not start well in the third consecutive match. The team lost 3 wickets for 25 runs. Opener batsman Shai Hope became the victim of Mohammad Siraj by scoring just 5 runs. After this, fast bowler Deepak Chahar, who landed for the first time in the series, gave 2 big blows to the opposing team. After this Darren Bravo scored 19 runs and got out on the ball of famous Krishna.
7 wickets lost for 82 runs
No batsman of the West Indies team could play and the score was 82 for 7 wickets. Nicholas Pooran, who was captaining in place of Kieron Pollard, became the victim of Kuldeep Yadav by scoring 34 runs. Odeon Smith scored an aggressive 36 off 18 balls to take the team’s score beyond 120 runs. He hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. After this, Alzarri Joseph also saved the team from a big defeat by scoring 29 runs. Mohammad Siraj and the famous Krishna took 3-3 wickets for India. Apart from this, Deepak Chahar also got 2 wickets.
Iyer and Pant hit half-centuries
Earlier, captain Rohit Sharma had won the toss and decided to bat. The team made 4 changes in the match. However, the team could not start well and lost 3 big wickets for 42 runs. Rohit 13, Shikhar Dhawan 10, and Virat Kohli could not even open the account. Kohli flopped throughout the series.
Then Shreyas Iyer (80) and Rishabh Pant (56), playing the first match after recovering from Corona, took over the team by adding 110 runs for the fourth wicket. Iyer faced 111 balls. Hit 9 fours. While Pant faced 54 balls. Hit 6 fours and a six. After this, Deepak Chahar (38) and Washington Sundar (33) played brilliant innings to take the score beyond 250. Chahar faced 38 balls. Hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Fast bowler Jason Holder took 4 wickets for 34 runs for West Indies. Alzarri Joseph and Hayden Walsh Jr took 2 wickets each.
