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West Indies vs India, 1st ODI at Barbados, Jul 27, 2023,
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Printed on: Jul 28, 2023
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Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav claimed 4/6 whereas Ravindra Jadeja picked up 3/37 as India bulldozed West Indies by 5 wickets in opening one-dayer at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday, July 27
Bowling first after successful the toss, India skittled out West Indies for a paltry 114 in 23 overs. They misplaced 5 wickets within the chase, however received dwelling in 22.5 overs as Ishan Kishan, opening the innings, starred with 52 off 46 balls.
India have been throughout West Indies from the beginning of the sport. Hardik Pandya dismissed Kyle Mayers for two because the batter pulled one to mid-on. Alick Athanaze scored a handsome 22, however grew to become debutant Mukesh Kumar’s first ODI wicket. He reduce the bowler and was caught by a leaping Jadeja at backward level.
Within the subsequent over, Shardul Thakur cleaned up Brandon King (17) with an incoming supply. Shimron Hetmyer (11) missed his scoop and was bowled by Jadeja. The left-arm spinner helped to the scalps of Rovman Powell (4) and Romario Shepherd (0) in his subsequent over, the latter falling to an excellent one-handed catch by Kohli at slip.
Kuldeep then took over. He trapped Dominic Drakes (3) and Yannic Cariah (3) lbw with googlies that the batters utterly didn’t learn. West Indies captain Shai Hope, who top-scored with 43 off 45 was the following to go as he missed an tried reverse-sweep. West Indies’ innings got here to an finish in the identical over as Jayden Seales (0) was caught at leg slip off a improper’un.
Within the chase, India misplaced Shubman Gill for 7 as he fished at a large ball from Seales that was shifting additional away. Suryakumar Yadav was promoted to No. 3. He introduced out his well-known scoop and received a six off Seales. Nonetheless, he was out for 19 to Gudakesh Motie, lacking his sweep.
Pandya was unfortunate as he was run out on the non-striker’s finish after Kishan slammed one again at Cariah. The ball hit the bowler’s hand and went on to disturb the stumps behind him. Kishan himself fell after crossing 50, caught within the deep whereas attempting to go after Motie.
After Thakur (1) steered a catch to second slip off Cariah, Jadeja (16 not out) and Rohit Sharma (12 not) took India to victory with none additional lack of wickets.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
