India made one change to their playing eleven – Ravindra Jadeja made way for Deepak Hooda.
West Indies made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Odean Smith made way for Dominic Drakes.
On winning the toss, Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, chose to field.
The Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, without the loss of a wicket.
Twenty-three balls (3.5 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling review. Kyle Mayers was the batsman. It was struck down by the West Indian umpire Nigel Duguid.
The West Indies’ openers put on 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point. While Brandon King’s contribution to the partnership was 15, Mayers’ contribution to it was 34.
King, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 20. Forty-four balls into the match, Hardik Pandya broke the 57-run partnership.
Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. The West Indies had scored 65 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Mayers was batting on 40, Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies’ skipper, had scored three.
Mayers’ half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 38 balls.
The West Indies scored 100 off 14.1 overs (85 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 42 balls. While Mayers’ contribution to the partnership was 25, Pooran’s contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Pooran, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-four balls after King’s dismissal, he was caught by Rishabh Pant. Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the 50-run partnership.
Mayers, whose 50-ball innings included eight boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 73. Ten balls later, he was caught by Pant. Bhuvneshwar broke the 21-run stand.
The West Indies scored 150 off 19 overs (114 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Rovman Powell, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 23. Nineteen balls after Mayers’ dismissal, he was caught by Hooda. Arshdeep Singh broke the 34-run stand.
A hundred and eighteen balls (19.4 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling review. Shimron Hetmyer was the batsman. It was struck down by Duguid.
The fifth-wicket pair put on a run. Hetmyer, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of sixes, eventually scored 20. A couple of balls later, Suryakumar Yadav, the player of the match, and Pant ran him out.
The West Indies scored 164 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.
Hooda, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded a run.
Avesh Khan, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 47.
Ravichandran Ashwin, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 26.
Arshdeep and Pandya bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 19.
Bhuvneshwar, who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He picked up two scalps.
The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, without the loss of a wicket.
Ten balls (1.4 overs) into the match, Rohit, who had scored 11 at that point, retired hurt. He had faced five balls, including a boundary and a six, at that point. India had scored 19 without the loss of a wicket at that point.
India’s openers put on 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). While Suryakumar’s contribution to the partnership was 38, Shreyas Iyer’s contribution to it was 13. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Suryakumar’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes – came off 26 balls.
Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 96 without the loss of a wicket at that point. While Suryakumar was batting on 65, Shreyas was batting on 18.
India scored 100 off 10.3 overs (63 balls). The West Indies had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
Sixty-five balls (10.5 overs) into the match, the West Indies sought a bowling review. Suryakumar was the batsman. It was struck down by the West Indian umpire Patrick Gustard.
Shreyas, whose 27-ball (Hose)innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 24. Fifty-nine balls after Rohit retired, he was caught stumped by Devon Thomas. Akeal broke the 85-run partnership.
Suryakumar,
whose 44-ball innings included eight boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored
76. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Alzarri Joseph. Drakes broke the 30-run
stand.
Pant, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 33. He was unbeaten.
Hardik, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Thomas. Jason Holder broke the 14-run stand.
India scored 150 off 17.3 overs (106 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave them no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Hooda, whose innings included a boundary, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbea‘ten’.
India, who scored 165 for the loss of three wickets off 19 overs, won by seven wickets with an over to spare.
Joseph and Obed McCoy bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 34.
Holder, who bowled three overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket, as did Drakes and Hosein, who bowled four overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 28.
India led
the five-match series 2-1.
