Tags: India tour of West Indies 2023,
West Indies vs India, fifth T20I at Florida, Aug 13, 2023,
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Revealed on: Aug 14, 2023
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Pacer Romario Shepherd claimed 4/31, whereas Brandon King hammered an unbeaten 85 off 55 as West Indies beat India by eight wickets within the closing T20I in Lauderhill, Florida on Sunday, August 13. With the win, the Windies clinched the five-match sequence 3-2 in emphatic style.
India received the toss and batted first within the recreation, however solely managed to place up 165/9 on the board. Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (5) and Shubman Gill (9) perished to the left-arm spin of Akeal Hosein as India have been two down for 17 inside three overs.
Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma then added 49 runs for the third wicket to present the innings some course. Varma seemed good once more and struck three fours and two sixes, however was out for 27 off 18, falling to an outstanding return catch from Roston Chase. The remainder of the Indian innings was about Suryakumar holding one find yourself for India and wickets falling on the different.
Sanju Samson (13) let one other golden alternative go abegging, nicking one from Shepherd to the keeper. Hardik Pandya (14 off 18) simply couldn’t get going and in addition fell to Shepherd, attempting to interrupt the shackles. Suryakumar’s positive knock ended on 61 off 45 as he missed a supply from Holder and was trapped in entrance of the wicket.
Axar Patel (13), Arshdeep Singh (8) and Kuldeep Yadav (0) did not get going as India huffed and puffed their approach to 165. It was by no means going to be sufficient and proved so. Arshdeep gave India hope by sending again Kyle Mayers (10) with one which was neatly dug into the pitch. Nonetheless, King and Nicholas Pooran (47 off 35) put West Indies in agency management, including 107 for the second wicket.
Pooran struck one 4 and 4 sixes earlier than turning into Varma’s first worldwide scalp. King, nevertheless, carried the innings on his shoulders, slamming 5 fours and 6 sixes in a terrific show of big-hitting, wanting in full command of the chase. Shai Hope (22 not out off 13) launched Jaiswal down the bottom for a most as West Indies received residence with two overs to spare.
Talking after the memorable win, skipper Rovman Powell stated, “It’s troublesome to place phrases. Even adjectives are troublesome to be put right here. There was loads at stake. We sat down and had a gathering final night. The folks in Caribbean have been eager for one thing good. Credit score to the teaching aspect. We may have simply panicked after the loss. Our plans have been good. I’m very large on particular person performances. If one can carry out, the crew will profit. Nicholas Pooran is a giant participant for us, we requested him to come back by for us in at the very least three of the 5 video games and he did.”
–By A Cricket Correspondent
