The series of white ball cricket comes to an end with clinical performance by team India.
This time toss was won by West Indies and they elected to bat first. There were many interruptions between the games for rain and atlast the overs are reduced to 35. They get a blasting start as the made 114 for no loss in 1st 10 overs. Gayle scored 72 runs in 42 balls including 8 fours and 5 sixes and Evin Lewis 43 of just 29 balls including 5 boundaries and 3 maximum. After their wickets, wickets are falling in regular interval and and their score after 35 overs is 240. In this innings Pooran made 30 runs of 16 balls including 1 four and 3 maximum.
Now India have to chase 254 runs in 35 overs. They didn’t get the ideal start as Rohit Sharma was run out by Fabien Allen. There was a small partnership between Shikaar Dhawan and Indian Skipper before Dhawan fell to Fabien Allen on a run a ball 36 includes 5 boundaries. Then Rishabh Pant came and gone in golden duck.
There come Shreyas Iyer who scored 65 runs of 41 balls including 3 boundaries and 5 maximum. He and Virat made a match winning partnership of 120 runs in 95 deliveries and Virat too made his 43rd ODI century in just 95 balls and help India to seal the series. Jadav too played a small knock.
The last match heros Virat and shreyas was also the heros of the 3rd ODI.
May be this one will be the last ODI for the Universe Boss.
Brief scores: West Indies 240/7 in 35 overs (Chris Gayle 72; Khaleel Ahmed 3-68) lost to India 256/4 in 32.3 overs (Virat Kohli 114*, Shreyas Iyer 65) by six wickets by DLS method.
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