- Vishwajit Sawant
WI vs IND: West Indies and India were taking on each other in the fifth T20 match on Sunday, August 7. Moreover, that game was being played at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.
India were recently playing West Indies in the fourth t20i. They are now playing the fifth match just a day after. India won against West Indies in the third T20 match on Tuesday. Rohit Sharma won the toss and he decided to bowl first at Warner Park in Basseterre.
West Indies had a steady start with a 57 runs partnership for the first wicket. But things fell apart in the second stage of the first inning. West Indies put up 164 runs with a loss of five wickets.
The men in blue didn’t face many issues in chasing down the total. They were always in control and chased down the total in 18th over. India won the third match by seven wickets.
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Kyle Mayers was the lone fighter for West Indies in the third match. He went on to score 73 runs from 50 balls with a strike rate of 146.00.
Suryakumar Yadav went on to win the man of the match award against West Indies in the third T20. He scored 76 runs from 44 balls with a strike rate of 172.73.
The men in blue won the toss and they decided to bat first. They played quite well to post 187 runs with a loss of seven runs. But Indian batsmen could have done well in the last stages.
Kuldeep Yadav went on to bowl a fantastic googly bowl to dismiss Dominic Drakes. The West Indies international was completely clueless as the bowl spun towards the stumps.
West Indies: Shamarh Brooks, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (c), Devon Thomas (wk), Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Keemo Paul, Dominic Drakes, Obed McCoy, Hayden Walsh, Rovman Powell.
India: Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya (c), Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh.
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