Firstly the bowlers and then the captain himself put West Indies their 1st win after 10 ODI matches against India. India won the 1st ODI and with this win West Indies makes it 1-1. The 3rd and the last one will be the deciding one for the series.
West Indies won and they elected to bowl first. India rested their two main players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Hardik Pandya was the captain for the Indian Team. He also wanted to bat first but things didn’t work according to him.
Indian openers, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan gave a good start to the team and put 90 runs for the 1st wicket. Shubman was the first man who departed. Motie got him. Gill tries a lofted shot but Joseph the tall man holds the ball easily. Gill made 34 runs. (90-1). In the next over, the other opener Kishan couldn’t stand much and after completing his 50 in the previous over, Shepard got him in the next over. He made 55 runs in 55 balls. (95-2).
In his next over, Shepard got Axar. The Indian skipper tried to experiment by sending Axar in the upper position but it didn’t work well. Axar made only 1 run. (97-3). Then the captain, Pandya himself didn’t score much and got dismissed by Seales. Pandya scored only 7 runs. (113-4).
Then in the next over first ball, Cariah gets the wicket of Samson but when the drizzles start. Samson also couldn’t contribute much and made only 9 runs. (113-5). Next man was Jadeja who got trapped by Shepherd and departed after making 10 runs. (146-6). Suryakumar yadav was looking good but wasn’t able to convert his innings to a big one. Motie dismissed him. Surya made 24 runs. (148-7).
Thakur played a couple of beautiful shots but still he also couldn’t score much. Alzarri Joseph gets him off. Thakur scored 16 runs. (167-8). In that same over, Joseph gets another one and it was Umran Malik. He got out on a golden duck. (167-9). Last man was Mukesh Kumar who was dismissed by Motie. Kumar made 6 runs. India got all out on 181 runs with 9 overs to spare. (181-10). Kuldeep Yadav remains not out on 8 runs.
For the 1st wicket India scored 90 runs but the remaining 9 wickets fell in just 91 runs. Motie and Shepherd both got 3 wickets each. Alzarri Joseph gets 2 wickets. Seales and Cariah both settled with 1 wicket.
West Indies also started well, King and Mayers contributed 53 runs for the 1st wicket. Just after completing 50+ partnership, in the next delivery Thakur gets the wicket of Mayers. Mayers shows his destruction after making 36 runs in 28 balls which includes 4 fours and 2 sixes. (53-1). In that same over, Thakur gets the other opener, King. Before departure King made 1000 ODI runs in international cricket. (54-2).
Again Thakur strikes and takes the wicket of Athanaze. He made only 6 runs. (72-3). Then Hetmyer was the next man out. And Kuldeep Yadav did the work. His googly again helps him. Hetmyer goes after making 9 runs. (91-4).
Then afterwards Hope and Carty played brilliantly and got over the benchmark. Hope played a brilliant captaincy knock of 63 runs in 80 balls which includes 2 fours and 2 sixes. Carty on the other hand supported his skipper pretty well and made 48 valuable runs. West Indies achieved the target by 6 wickets and 13 overs remaining.
Thakur gets 3 wickets while Kuldeep gets 1 wicket.
Shai Hope, Awarded Player of the Match & West Indies Captain,
“I am happy, when I get a fifty, when I get a hundred and when the team wins. You have to find ways to score quickly on that wicket, especially against a quality bowling attack like India. Very satisfied. We got one win, got to win the next game to take the series. The guys are going to come hard again. We keep speaking about the attitude, and today we displayed that. We need to replicate that and need to be more consistent with the bat and ball.
….Complete performance I must say. The surface was challenging. The bowlers and batters did well. We want to be on the winning side and if we tick all the boxes, I am pretty sure we can achieve that.”
Hardik Pandya, India Captain,
“We didn’t bat in the way we were supposed to. The wicket got much better than the first innings. Disappointing, but got to learn many more things. The way the openers batted, the way Kishan batted, it’s important for Indian cricket. Thakur kept our hopes alive. Hope batted well, they held their nerves and got over the line. I have to bowl more overs to get ready for the World Cup. Being a turtle at the moment, noy a rabbit.
….I Hope everything goes well during the World Cup. They will be tested. We will be tested now that the series stands 1-1. The next game will be exciting for the viewers as well as the players.”