The 3rd T20I Match of the India tour of West Indies, 2022 played yesterday at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts, in which Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant help India win over West Indies by 7 wickets.
India won the toss and invited West Indies to bat first, West Indies batted first, started the inning very brilliantly, Brandon King and Kyle Mayers came to start the inning and gave very brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 57 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 57 runs in 7.2 over, Brandon King dismissed for 20 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Nicholas Pooran came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 50 runs with Kyle Mayers, the second wicket has gone for 107 runs in 14.4 over, Nicholas Pooran dismissed for 22 runs in 23 balls, next batsman Rovman Powell came to bat, after few moments the third wicket has also gone for 128 runs in 16.2 over, Kyle Mayers dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 73 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 50 balls, followed by Shimron Hetmyer came to bat and played well with Rovman Powell, the fourth wicket has gone for 162 runs in third ball of the final over, Rovman Powell dismissed for 23 runs in just 14 balls, next batsman Devon Thomas came to bat, meanwhile Shimron Hetmyer also dismissed for 20 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Jason Holder came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 1 run with Devon Thomas, and Devon Thomas aslo remians unbeaten without scoring. In this way, West Indies scored 164 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 over and set a target of 165 runs for India.
Indian bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 wickets for 35 runs, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh got 1-1 wicket.
India chasing 165 runs in the second inning achived the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in 19 over and won the match by 7 wickets, India started the inning very strongly, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav came to start the inning, after few moments Rohit Sharma retired hurt for 11 runs in 5 balls, next batsman Shreyas Iyer came to bat and played well with Suryakumar Yadav, the first wicket has gone for 105 runs in 11.3 over, Shreyas dismissed for 24 runs in 27 balls, next batsman Rishabh Pant came to bat and played well with Shuryakumar Yadav, the second wicket has gone for 135 runs 14.3 ovet, Shuryakumar Yadav dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 76 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 44 balls, followed by Hardik Pandya came to bat and he dismissed just for 4 runs as third wicket in 17.2 over, the team score was 149 runs, next batsman Deepak Hooda came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 10 runs with Rishabh Pant, and Rishabh Pant played an unbeaten victory inning of 33 runs in just 26 balls, in this way India chased the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in 19 overs and won the match by 7 wickets to lead the series by 2-1.
West Indies bowlers Dominic Drakes, Jason Holder, and Akeal Hosein got 1-1 wicket.
Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 76 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 44 balls.
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