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West Indies fold for third whitewash in a row

Published:Thursday | July 28, 2022 | 12:11 AM
West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran (left) strikes a four as India wicketkeeper Sanju Samson looks on during the second ODI at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Sunday.
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West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran (left) strikes a four as India wicketkeeper Sanju Samson looks on during the second ODI at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Sunday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):

WEST INDIES failed to rekindle the mettle of the first two games and crumbled to a timid defeat in the final One-Day International (ODI) against India here Wednesday, suffering their third consecutive ODI whitewash and fourth in six series this year.

In pursuit of a revised target of 257 off 35 overs after rain abruptly ended India’s innings at 225 for three off 36 overs, West Indies produced a shambolic run chase and were all out for a meagre 137 off 26 overs, to lose by 119 runs under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern.

Captain Nicholas Pooran and Brandon King both struck 42 while opener Shai Hope got a start with 22 but leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (4-17) scythed through the hosts’ innings with support from seamers Mohammed Siraj (2-14) and Shardul Thakur (2-17).

Man-of-the-Match Shubman Gill had earlier found himself stranded agonisingly short of his maiden ODI hundred in his sixth appearance when the last of two showers abruptly ended the India innings.

The 22-year-old, also adjudged Man-of-the-Series, struck a run-a-ball 98 not out with seven fours and two sixes, while captain Shikhar Dhawan provided support with 58 off 74 deliveries and Shreyas Iyer, 44 off 34 balls.

For West Indies, the defeat proved anticlimactic, especially on the heels of energetic displays in the opening matches when they twice surpassed 300 runs.

“It’s a tough one for us. I felt like we could’ve been on the other side of the series but it didn’t happen for us,” Pooran said afterwards.

“[It] felt like we did a lot of right things in the first two games and, as a team, we want to keep it there. Today, we didn’t show up – everyone saw that. But that’s fine, it happens in games.

“It’s a lot of games in a short space of time as well, but I think we definitely turned up for this series and we tried our best, and I’m happy with the way the guys performed in this series.”

Scores in the match

INDIA: 225 for three off 36 overs (Shubman Gill 98 not out, Shikhar Dhawan 58, Shreyas Iyer 44; Hayden Walsh Jr 2-57)

WEST INDIES: 137 off 26 overs (Brandon King 42, Nicholas Pooran 42; Yuzvendra Chahal 4-17, Mohammed Siraj 2-14, Shardul Thakur 2-17)