New Delhi. Opener Suryakumar Yadav’s flamboyant half-century and his half-century partnership with Shreyas Iyer helped India take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series as they beat West Indies by seven wickets in the third T20 International on Tuesday. West Indies scored 164 for five with a half-century from opener Kyle Myers (73 runs in 50 balls, eight fours, four sixes), in response to which India scored a half-century from Suryakumar (76 runs in 44 balls, eight fours, four sixes) and His second wicket partnership of 85 runs with Shreyas Iyer (24) scored 165 for three with six balls to spare. Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten on 33 off 26 balls.
India achieved the biggest target on this ground and registered victory. Earlier, Myers added 57 for the first wicket with Brandon King (20) and 50 runs for the second wicket with captain Nicholas Pooran (23). Rovman Powell (23) and Shimron Hetmyer (20) also played useful innings for West Indies. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was India’s most successful bowler, taking two wickets for 35 runs. Hardik Pandya, while bowling economical, took one wicket for just 19 runs in four overs. Avesh Khan once again proved to be extremely expensive. He conceded 47 runs in three overs while he did not get any success.
The last two matches of the series will be played in Florida, USA on Saturday and Sunday. Chasing the target, India suffered a setback in the beginning when captain Rohit Sharma, after scoring 11 runs in five balls, retired hurt due to a strain in the back muscles and returned to the pavilion. Suryakumar looked in good rhythm. He hit three fours on Obed McCoy while Ajlari Joseph’s ball was brought to the audience. The right-handed batsman also welcomed Dominic Drakes with two consecutive fours. He along with Iyer took the team’s score to 56 runs in the power play.
Suryakumar hit a four and a six off Jason Holder in successive deliveries and then completed a half-century in just 26 balls with a six off Akeel Hussain. Iyer took India’s score past 100 runs in the 11th over with a four on Drakes but went to the stumps in an attempt to play Akeel Hossain’s ball forward. As soon as Pant came, McCoy hit a four and a six on Hussain.
Suryakumar, however, was caught by Joseph at fine leg off Drakes. India needed 29 runs to win in the last five overs. After scoring six runs, Pandya returned to the pavilion by catching the wicketkeeper off Holder’s ball but Pant along with Deepak Hooda (10 not out) gave India victory.
Earlier India captain Rohit Sharma (Rohit Sharma) Have won the toss and decided to bowl first. West Indies scored 164 for 5 against India with opener Kyle Myers’ half-century. In addition to his 50-ball 73 with eight fours and four sixes, Myers added 57 for the first wicket with Brandon King (20) and 50 for the second wicket with captain Nicholas Pooran (23).
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was India’s most successful bowler, taking two wickets for 35 runs. Hardik Pandya, while bowling economical, took one wicket for just 19 runs in four overs. Avesh Khan once again proved to be extremely expensive. He conceded 47 runs in three overs while he did not get any success. Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. West Indies batsmen once again targeted the charge. In his first and third over of the innings, Myers hit fours and sixes in successive deliveries.
Taking an aggressive approach, Myers also hit two fours on Bhuvneshwar and then welcomed Pandya with a six. Myers, along with Brandon King, took the team’s score to 46 runs in the power play. Myers also hit two fours on Ravichandran Ashwin but Pandya got the 50th T20 International wicket by bowling King (20), who scored a half-century in the second match. In the middle overs between Ashwin and Pandya, he curbed the run-rate but could not stop Myers. Myers completed his half-century in 38 balls with a six on Ashwin.
Myers hit two consecutive fours on Avesh in the 14th over, while captain Nicholas Pooran also saw the ball from the boundary. Pooran (22) completed the team’s century with a six on Bhuvneshwar in the next over, but in the same over he was caught by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. Got caught.
Shimron Hetmyer (20) hit 19 runs in the 19th over with two consecutive sixes on Avesh while Rovman Powell (23) hit Arshdeep for two consecutive fours in the final over. Arshdeep got Powell caught by Hooda while Hetmyer was run out.
Team India’s Playing-11: Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh.
West Indies Playing-11: Kyle Meyers, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Devon Thomas (wk), Rovman Powell, Dominic Drakes, Jason Holder, Akil Hossain, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy.
When will the third match of the 5 T20 match series between India and West Indies be played?
The second T20 match between India and West Indies will be played on Tuesday (August 2).
Where will the third match of the 5 T20 match series between India and West Indies be played?
The third match of the 5 T20 match series between India and West Indies will be played at Warner Park, St Kitts.
When will the third match of the 5 T20 match series between India and West Indies be played?
The third T20 match of the series between India and West Indies will be played from 9.30 pm Indian time. The toss will be at 9 o’clock.
Where to watch the live telecast of the 3rd T20I match between India and West Indies?
You can watch the live telecast of the third T20 match between India and West Indies on DD Sports 1.0.
Where to watch live streaming of 3rd T20I match between India and West Indies?
You can watch the live streaming of the third T20 match between India and West Indies on the Fancode app. Follow our website News18 Hindi for live updates of the match.
