Guyana: Riding on Virat Kolhi 59 runs off 45 balls and Rishabh Pant 65 runs off 42 balls, India defeated West Indies by Eight wickets in the final T20I to clinch the three-match series 3-0 here at Providence Stadium on Tuesday.
After opting to filed first, Men in blue's bowler, Deepak Chahar took three wickets and wrecked the West Indies top order. Chahar was well supported by Navdeep Saini who also clinched Two wickets.
However, Kieron Pollard smashed his 3rd T20I fifty and with Rovman Powell shared 66-run stand which helped Windies post a respectable total of 146 runs after a poor start.While chasing a target, India suffered an early blow in the form of Shikhar Dhawan whose poor run in T20Is continued with another failure. Thereafter, KL Rahul played handsomely before being dismissed by Fabian Allen at 20.
After, Kl Rahul dismissal, Virat Kohli played a stupendous 45-ball 59-run knock when India lost early wickets. He hit 6 fours in his inning.Later, Rishabh Pant, didnt make any mistakes as compare to previous matches, played a sensible 42-ball 65-run knock, laced with four boundaries and same number of sixes to guide his team towards seven wickets victory over West Indies. He shared 106-run stand with captain Kohli. For West Indies, Oshane Thomas took Two wickets, while Fabian Allen claimed One wicket.(UNI)
