Indian sailors fired in unison after Suryakumar Yadav’s combative fifty as the hosts headed for a 17-run series win over the West Indies in the third and final T20I in Kolkata on Sunday. After Deepak Chahar limped off the field after failing to complete the third over due to a hamstring injury, Harshal Patel (3/22), Venkatesh Iyer (2/23 from 2.1 overs) and Shardul Thakur (2/33) performed their duties impressive to defend India’s 184/5. Wicket-keeper batter Nicholas Pooran continued his fine form hitting a third straight fifty (61 off 47 balls; 8×4, 1×6), but it wasn’t enough as the West Indies scored just 167 for nine.
For Rohit, it was his third consecutive clean sweep as a full-time skipper, having previously beaten New Zealand (0-3) in T20Is and the West Indies (0-3) in ODIs. The win also tied their 2020 record of nine consecutive wins at the trot.
For the West Indies, this was their third consecutive defeat in the bilateral series away from home — 0-2 against New Zealand in 2020-21 and 0-3 against Pakistan in 2021-22 — capping off a forgettable stay in India that lost six games at the trot (including three in the ODI leg).
Though forward pacer Avesh Khan (4-0-42-0) struggled with his line, Chahar made it to India early on when he caught both openers – Kayle Mayers (6) and Shai Hope (8) – in the space of 11 deliveries. in the power play.
Chahar swung the ball both ways and also cleverly changed his pace to trick the Windies openers and gave the first break in the fifth ball after India successfully judged it to sack Mayers.
In his next over, he took the outside edge of Hope with an outswinger peach and looked on fire before sustaining an injury and limping off the field without completing his over.
In Chahar’s absence, Harshal performed it to display his brilliant cricketing spirit while executing his slower one to perfection to become the Commander in Chief.
Previously, Suryakumar Yadav unleashed his raw power towards a 31-ball 65, and was well supported by all-rounder Venkatesh (35 not out on 19) as India posted a challenging 184 for five after hitting the bat.
Suryakumar crushed seven sixes and one boundary in an exceptional display of power-hitting before taking his career best T20 score in the final episode.
Pace bowling all-rounder Venkatesh hit four fours and two sixes on the other side as the duo put together 91 runs from 37 balls for the fourth wicket to help India recover from a mini-middle order collapse.
The revamped Team India lost three wickets for 55 runs in the middle overs, including skipper Rohit Sharma, who batted at number four, who struggled with 98/4 in 15 overs.
Surya drove to his fourth T20-fifty in just 27 balls with a huge inside-out six over Romario Sheperd covers in the final, while India emerged in style and crushed 86 runs in the last five overs.
It was a new Indian batting order shown with Ishan Kishan opening the battle with Ruturaj Gaikwad while Shreyas Iyer batted at number 3, skipper Rohit dropped him the order at number 4 in the absence of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant who had rested .
Having been given a chance following his debut in the Sri Lanka series in July last year, the Maharashtra ‘run machine’ Ruturaj impressed during his brief stay in the fold, timed the ball to perfection before stepping out as he was out. his comfort zone.
The most expensive purchase on the mega sale IPL 2022 Ishan, who had two unforgettable trips in the first two T20Is, started firing at Shepherd with three limits in four balls in the fourth over.
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The duo of Shreyas and Ishan, who had racked up over fifty in just 32 balls, failed to convert their starts and got out in the space of seven.
The Windies spin duo of Hayden Walsh Junior (4-0-30-1) and Roston Chase (4-0-23-1) threw brilliantly in the middle overs.
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