Ahmedabad: Team India has made a great start in the ODI series. India defeated West Indies by 6 wickets in the first match (India vs West Indies). Captain Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 60 runs. At the same time, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took 4 wickets. Playing first West Indies could score only 176 runs. In reply, India achieved the target for 4 wickets in 28 overs. This was India’s 1000th match of ODI. That is, the team has won this important match. This was Rohit’s first match after becoming the new captain of ODI. He also started with a half-century.
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave a good start to the Indian team chasing the target. Both added 84 runs for the first wicket in 13.1 overs. Rohit got out after scoring 60 runs off 51 balls. Hit 10 fours and a six. After this, Virat Kohli hit 2 fours in the first 2 balls. But he could not take the innings forward. He was dismissed by Alzarri Joseph after scoring 8 runs.
Ishan Kishan played a decent innings
Young batsman Ishan Kishan played a decent inning. He scored 28 runs off 36 balls. Hit 2 fours and a six. He was dismissed by left-arm spinner Akil Hossain. After this Rishabh Pant was run out in an unfortunate manner. He scored 11 runs in 9 balls. India’s score was reduced to 116 for 4 wickets. So the match became exciting.
Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav won
Deepak Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav, making their ODI debut after the fall of 4 wickets, made an unbeaten half-century partnership and confirmed the team’s victory. Hooda remained unbeaten on 26 off 32 balls. Hit 2 fours. Suryakumar, on the other hand, returned unbeaten on 34 off 36 balls. Hit 5 fours. Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph took 2 wickets for West Indies. The second match of the series will be played on 9 February.
Earlier, for India, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took 4 wickets for 49 runs in 9.5 overs and off-spinner Washington Sundar took 3 wickets for 30 runs in 9 overs. Due to this, the Windies team could not make a big score. The team lost 7 wickets for 79 runs. Allen made 29 off 43 balls and Jason Holder made 57 off 71 balls to take the score past 170 runs. The team was reduced to 176 runs in 43.5 overs. Captain Kieran Pollard could not even open the account. Famous Krishna got 2 wickets.
