Highlight
- Shubman Gill has been adjudged Player of the Series
- India will now play 5 match T20 series against West Indies
Team India suffered a 3-0 loss to West Indies in the series and have shown that they are effective even when their senior players are not included. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, and others. Team India Leadership Shikhar Dhawan The series was already sealed. India were leading 2-0 in the three-match ODI series and were eyeing a world record, a rare feat that no other Indian team has been able to achieve, no matter how impressive.
Captain Shikhar Dhawan had won the toss and elected to bat in the dead rubber, a game that meant more to West Indies than India. Shikhar Dhawan starts the innings Shubman Gill And both patiently scored half-centuries without giving much chances to the Caribbean team. Dhawan was dismissed by Hayden Walsh Jr., but Gill kept going. Rain was delayed as the match was reduced to 40 overs. When the game resumed, Iyer and Gill attacked West Indies and they went on to score 300 runs in 40 overs which would have been extremely difficult for the hosts. To give relief to West Indies, it rained once again and the umpires called off the Indian innings. As a result, Gill who was on 98* did not get any further chance to score his maiden ODI century.
The DLS system was implemented and West Indies were asked to chase down 257 runs in 35 overs. The hosts fell under pressure and none of their team batsmen could face the Indian bowling. Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran scored 42-42 runs. opener, Shai Hope Batting on 22, he could not contribute much as he was a victim of Chahal’s spin. A total of 7 West Indies batsmen scored runs in one digit, which did not help the team.
With a 3-0 win over West Indies on their home soil, the Shikhar Dhawan-led side created history. Dhawan is the only Indian captain to clean sweep West Indies in his backyard. Many positives can be taken from this win and some of them will be beneficial when India take on West Indies in the 5-match T20I series.
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India XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (w), Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahalifamous krishna
West Indies XI: Shai Hope (wk), Brandon King, Kisey Carty, Shamrah Brooks, Nicholas Pooran (c), Kyle Meyers, Jason HolderKeemo Paul, Akil Hossein, Hayden Walsh, Jaden Seal