Group India was scientific within the third and last ODI match towards West Indies performed on the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Regardless of rain enjoying its half, the Males in Blue got here out robust and went on to clinch the competition by a giant margin of 119 (D/L technique) runs to bag the three-match ODI collection.
Indian bowlers have been distinctive in defending a revised goal of 257 runs with Mohammed Siraj giving an ideal begin to the guests after grabbing two wickets in an over adopted by some wonderful bowling efficiency by Axar Patel (one wicket), Prasidh Krishna (one wicket), Yuzvendra Chahal (4 wickets) and Shardul Thakur (two wickets).
The spin duo of Chahal and Axar was wonderful with the ball as they choked the stream of runs and gave nothing away. In the meantime, India’s wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson, who shouldn’t be identified for talking an excessive amount of, was heard advising Axar to bowl on the stumps in the course of the third over of the innings.
Axar bowled a supply exterior the off-stump, giving room to Shai Hope to free his arms and play a drive, which was stopped within the cowl area. Samson was then heard as saying, “Chal Bapu abhi gilli pe wapas aa jaa (Come on Axar, now get again to bowling on the stumps).” Axar virtually ended up getting a wicket on the subsequent ball when Hope edged it to the slips, nonetheless, the ball didn’t carry to Shikhar Dhawan.
Speaking extra concerning the match, Group India received the toss and determined to have a bat first. Skipper Dhawan and Shubman Gill gave a strong begin to their group and batter Shreyas Iyer contributed too. Gill (98*) missed his well-deserved century by simply two runs due to a rain interruption.
In reply, West Indies have been bundled out for simply 137/10 because the guests received the match by 119 runs. Gill was adjudged because the Participant of the Match and Participant of the Sequence for his wonderful batting antics all through the ODI collection. Each groups will now tackle one another in a five-match T20I collection ranging from July 29.
