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3rd ODI: India defeat West Indies by 96 runs, white-wash the ODI series

Ahmedabad: Rohit Sharma-led Team India won the three-match ODI series against West Indies by 3-0. The hosts defeated the Windies by 96 runs in the third game on Friday despite a trembling start.

Sharma scored 13 runs in 15 balls before Joseph strangled him in his spell, dispatching him cheaply and getting a breakthrough for the visitors.

Virat Kohli’s poor run in the series continued as he was dismissed caught behind by wicket-keeper Shai Hope for a duck of the second ball of his innings by Joseph as Team India was reduced to 16 for 2 in four overs. Odean Smith was introduced into the attack and the pacer struck in his first over dismissing Shikhar Dhawan caught in the first slip by Jason Holder for 10 of 26 balls to leave India tottering at 42 for 3 at the end of the first 10 overs of powerplay.

India scratched their way to the 50-run mark in the 13th over. The hosts desperately needed a partnership and Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant did just that as the duo settled themselves in and started scoring runs at a brisk pace.

The duo struck fifty partnership and also took the team’s total beyond the triple-figure mark. Shreyas Iyer notched up his ninth ODI half-century. Pant too kept the scoreboard moving and he also reached his fifty. It was Pant’s fifth half-century in ODIs. The duo of Iyer and Pant raised the hopes for the hosts after top-order stumbled for low score. Hayden Walsh did the tedious task of removing the pair.

Deepak Chahar walked in to bat with Washington Sundar at the other end, and Deepak once again showed why he is so useful with the bat as he batted brilliantly to take India to the 200-run mark. Deepak struck four boundaries and two sixes as he and Sundar put on 53 runs for the seventh wicket.

The crucial partnership was broken by Jason Holder caught behind by keeper Hope who took his third catch of the match. Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav took India’s total beyond the 250-run mark. Holder got his second wicket of the match and keeper Shai Hope took his fourth catch of the match as Kuldeep was dismissed caught behind for 5. Few hits from Washington Sundar took India beyond the 260-run mark but the southpaw was dismissed by Holder for 33. Holder ended up with a haul of four wickets, dismissing Mohammed Siraj for four as India were bowled out for 265 in 50 overs.

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