Shreyas Iyer roared again to kind with a stroke-filled 64 whereas the spinners picked up all the ten wickets as India recorded one more one-sided 88-run victory over West Indies to wrap up the five-match T20 International sequence by a complete 4 -1 margin right here.
It was Iyer’s half-century and helpful contributions from Deepak Hooda (38 off 25 balls) and stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya’s (28 off 16 balls) cameo that propelled India to 188 for 7 in 20 overs after being put in to bat.
Then, Pandya handed the brand new ball to Axar Patel (3-1-15-3), who shortly eliminated makeshift opener Jason Holder (0), Shamarah Brooks (13) and Devon Thomas (10) with three arm balls on a monitor the place balls stopped and gripped off the floor.
West Indies had been all out for 100 runs inside 16 overs as one of the lopsided T20I bilateral sequence got here to an finish regardless that India will not be complaining having ticked a lot of the containers.
India’s Shreyas Iyer hits a six through the fifth and ultimate T20 cricket match towards the West Indies, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Lauderhill, Fla. AP/PTI(AP08_07_2022_000389B)
Once Kuldeep Yadav (4-1-12-3) caught rival skipper Nicholas Pooran (3) plumb in-front with a flighted supply, there was no approach that the West Indies may have made a comeback on a monitor which wasn’t straightforward for batting.
It began getting slower with the passage of time and regardless of Shimron Hetmyer’s (56 off 35 balls) resistance, it was by no means going to be sufficient because the Caribbean batting line-up by no means had the wherewithal to deal with the standard of Indian spinners.
Ravi Bishnoi (2.4-0-16-4) additionally received into the act and snapped his share of wickets as India’s spin troika various their lengths and tempo with ease to maintain the Windies batters on tenterhooks.
But the day belonged to Iyer, who was capable of launch the strain piling upon him with a blistering knock because the Indian crew, even with out its common top-order, scored above par on a slowish monitor.
Stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya performed a pleasant little cameo to beef up the rating ultimately with 18 runs coming off the penultimate over bowled by Jason Holder. Due to lightning within the neighborhood of the stadium, the match was halted for quarter-hour after 14.3 overs, when India had been properly positioned at 135 for 3.
India bowler Axar Patel, proper, celebrates with a teammate after bowling out West Indies’ Jason Holder, centre, through the fifth and ultimate T20 cricket match, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Lauderhill, Fla. AP/PTI(AP08_07_2022_000415B)
Having failed within the first three video games and dropped from the fourth, not solely did Iyer carry out admirably in an unfamiliar place as an opener but in addition received his little ‘battle inside battle’ with Deepak Hooda, who was equally spectacular throughout his keep on the crease .
The Iyer-Hooda pair added 76 runs in solely 7.1 overs and their partnership was nothing wanting breathtaking with as many as 4 sixes (two every) hit between them other than a flurry of fours.
The innings performed a day earlier than the Asia Cup crew choice will definitely go away Iyer in a much better thoughts area though he’s definitely going to overlook out within the first XI berth when all of the ‘large boys’ flip up.
The bulk of his eight fours and two sixes had been all sweetly timed strokes.
Ishan Kishan (11 off 13 balls) didn’t make it depend and alternatives can be uncommon within the subsequent two months for the pint-sized Jharkhand dasher.
Iyer teed off towards Dominic Drakes with a few boundaries whereas Hooda performed a cute little ramp shot over the keeper off Keemo Paul.
It was the eighth over bowled by Odean Smith the place Iyer launched into the bowler with back-to-back sixes — a slash over level and a lofted drive over additional cowl.
Off the primary supply by leg-spinner Hayden Walsh’s very subsequent over, Hooda hit a picturesque inside-out six over additional cowl.
However, the shot of the Indian innings was Hooda’s lofted drive over Obed McCoy’s head for a most.
In truth, the Baroda man can be trifle upset as he confirmed proper intent whereas making an attempt to deposit a Walsh half-tracker into cow nook however it was the string winds blowing from the wrong way that grew to become his undoing.
Iyer departed quickly after whereas making an attempt to pull a low huge full-toss from Jason Holder however ultimately solely managing to supply a easy return catch.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
