3rd ODI: Clinical India Cruise Past West Indies, Win By 96 Runs To Complete 3-0 Whitewash
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India vs West Indies, 3rd ODI: India were in fantastic form with some talismanic displays by Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Siraj on Friday. The hosts won by 96 tuns to complete a 3-0 clean sweep vs West Indies in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Rohit Sharma's tenure as India ODI captain began with a 3-0 demolition of the West Indies after the impressive hosts put up an all-round performance to win the third game by 96 runs on Friday. Shreyas Iyer's responsible 80 coupled with Rishabh Pant's aggressive 56 powered India to a challenging 265 in the inconsequential fixture. The hosts then shot out their opponents for 169 in 37.1 overs as the visitors continued their dismal batting show. With one eye on the 2023 ODI World Cup, the Indian team management gained plenty of positives from their experiments in the third-match series including the emergence of pacer Prasidh Krishna as the strike bowler. He ended with nine wickets in the series.
Deepak Chahar, who did not play the third ODI, showed promise as a middle-order batter while Suryakumar Yadav showed that he could curb his natural aggressive intent if such a situation arises.
The wrist spinners Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav, who made a return as a pairing, did not bowl together but did well individually.
An ordinary batting performance the West Indies batters also made the Indian bowlers' task easier throughout the series.
The away team was never in the chase and was blown away by another stellar show of fast bowling.
