Pooran and Powell destructive batting and Shepherd last over wins the match for West Indies. Caribbeans now lead the 5 match series by 1-0. They scored 149/6 in 20 overs in response to this India scored 145/9 in 20 overs. West Indies lost the test series by 1-0 and ODI by 2-1.
Firstly West Indies won the toss and they opted to bat first. India got their first breakthrough in the 5th over, when Chahal dismissed Mayers in his first over. Mayers went for 1 run. (29-1). In that same over, Chahal took his 2nd wicket by dismissing Brandon King. Brandon King made 28 runs. (30-2).
Then Kuldeep gets his 1st in the morning by getting the wicket of Charles in his 1st over. Charles only contributed with 3 runs. (58-3). Then the hard hitter who single handedly won the final match for the MI New York, Nicholas Pooran who departed after contributing 41 runs. Captain Pandya gets his wicket. (96-4).
After that a valuable partnership was built between Hetmyer and Powell. For the 5th wicket they put together 38 runs. Hetmyer was struggling to put the balls in the gap and Arshdeep Singh took the advantage and got his wicket. Hetmyer scored only 10 runs in 12 balls. (134-5). In that same over, he gets the destructive Powell. Powell played brilliantly and scored 48 runs in 32 balls which includes 3 fours and 3 sixes. (138-6).
Shepherd and Holder remain not out at the end. Holder scored 6 runs while Shepherd scored 4 runs. West Indies scored 149 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Arshdeep and Chahal got 2 wickets each while Pandya and Kuldeep got 1 wicket each.
India got a very poor start when they lost Shubman Gill in the 3rd over. Gill was beaten by the spin and Akeal Hossain did the damage. Pooran easily uprooted the stumps. Gill made only 3 runs. (5-1). Then the man of the series in the ODI, Ishan Kishan dismissed by Obed McCoy in the 5th over. Kishan only contributed 6 runs. (28-2).
Suryakumar Yadav was the next man dismissed. He was looking in good form but wasn’t able to convert his innings to a big one. Hetmyer took a fabulous catch in Holder’s over. Surya made 21 runs. (67-3). Debutant Tilak Varma played some good shots and was looking in great touch but unfortunately he missed his half century and scored 39 runs in 22 balls. (77-4).
Then Pandya misses a slower delivery by Holder, and the ball touches the ball directly. Pandya made 19 runs. (113-5). In the same over, again a slower delivery bowled by Holder, but this time Samson tried to take a run but with Mayers direct throw he got run out. Samson scored 12 runs only. (113-6).
Then Axar was the next man who got out. Obed McCoy gets the credit for the wicket. Axar made 13 runs. (129-7). In the last over, Kuldeep tries to hit the ball and comes down the crease but Shepherd bowls a yorker and Kuldeep misses and the ball touches the wicket. Kuldeep made 3 runs. (140-8). Arshdeep hit a couple of boundaries but it was still less than the demand. In that same over he got run out by Hetmyer. He made 12 runs. (144-9). Chahal and Mukesh Kumar both remain unbeaten on 1 runs.
McCoy, Holder and Shepherd got 2 wickets each. Hosein got 1 wicket.
Jason Holder (West Indies), Awarded Player of the Match,
“The amount of cricket I’ve been playing is a lot. I try to refresh, I think it was needed. I was happy just I stuck with my plans. I wanted to make them work hard for their runs, didn’t want to give easy runs. In the 16th over, was the turning point as the game was getting close. The guys stuck together, total team effort. the conditions played in the favour of the bowlers. We got early wickets, which is very important.”