India WIn it yet another (Shar)match

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Kuldeep Yadav, the player of the series, and Jasprit Bumrah made way for Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar.

The West Indies made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians.

On winning the toss, Carlos Brathwaite, the West Indies’ skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 51, without the loss of a wicket.

The West Indies’ openers scored 50 off half-a-dozen overs (36 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. While Shai Hope’s contribution to the partnership was 24, Shimron Hetmyer’s contribution to it was 22.

Hope, whose 22-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Thirty-seven balls into the match, he was caught by Sundar. Chahal broke the 51-run partnership.

Hetmyer, whose 21-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 26. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Krunal Pandya. Chahal broke the 11-run stand.

Denesh, whose run-a-ball (Ramd)innings included a six, scored 15. Twenty-three balls later, Sundar broke the 32-run stand.

The West Indies scored 100 off 14 overs (84 balls). India had conceded 14 extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While Darren Bravo’s contribution to the partnership was 16, Nicholas Pooran’s contribution to it was 30. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

The West Indies scored 150 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). India had conceded 18 extras at that point.

Pooran’s half-century – which included four boundaries and as many sixes – came off 24 balls.

Bravo, whose 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 43. He was unbeaten, as was Pooran, who eventually scored 53. His 25-ball innings included four boundaries and as many sixes.

India eventually conceded 20 extras. The West Indies scored 181 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs.

The five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Krunal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed were wicketless. They conceded 40, 39, and 37, respectively.

Sundar, who conceded 33, picked up a wicket.

Chahal, who conceded 28, picked up a couple of scalps.

Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, faced half-a-dozen balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Fourteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Carlos Brathwaite. Keemo Paul broke the 13-run stand.

Lokesh Rahul, whose 10-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 17. Thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Ramdin. Oshane Thomas broke the run-a-ball stand.

India scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). The West Indies had conceded an extra at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 36 balls. While the contribution of Shikhar Dhawan, the player of the match, to the partnership was 23, Rishabh Pant’s contribution to it was 25. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

India scored 100 off 11.5 overs (72 balls). The West Indies had conceded three extras at that point.

While Dhawan’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 36 balls, Pant’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 30 balls.

India scored 150 off 15.3 overs (94 balls). The West Indies had conceded four extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 62 balls. While the contributions of both Dhawan and Pant to the partnership was 51 apiece, extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Pant, whose 38-ball innings included five boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 58. Seventy-eight balls after Rahul’s dismissal, Paul broke the 130-run partnership.

Dhawan, whose 62-ball innings included 10 boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 92. Nine balls later, he was caught by Kieron Pollard. Fabian Allen broke the six-run stand.

Manish Pandey, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. He was unbeaten, as was Dinesh Karthik, who didn’t face a ball.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave the West Indies no reason to be in seventh heaven. India, who scored 182 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets.

Khary Pierre bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 13. Pollard bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 29. Brathwaite bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 41.

Allen bowled three overs, conceding 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Thomas, who bowled four overs, conceding 43. Paul, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India led the three-match series 3-0.