Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer Star as India beat West Indies 17 times in 3rd T20I, 3-0 Series Sweep

The Indian seafarers opened fire in unison after the belligerence of fifty-year-old Suryakumar Yadav as the home team approached a won 17 games with all wins across the West Indies in The third and final T20I in Kolkata on Sunday. After Deepak Chahar had to limp off the field because he could not complete the third round due to a hamstring injury, Harshal Patel (3/22), Venkatesh Iyer (2/3 from 2.1 laps) and Shardul Thakur (2/33 laps) ) performed its duty impressively to protect India’s 184/5. Goalkeeper Nicholas Pooran continued his superb form with his third shot in a row fifty (61 of 47; 8×4, 1×6) but it wasn’t enough as the West Indies picked up just 167 of the ripe ones.

For Rohit, it was his third consecutive clean as a full-time captain, having previously beaten New Zealand (0-3) in the T20Is and the West Indies (0-3) in the ODIs. This win also matches their 2020 record of nine consecutive wins.

As for the West Indies, it was their third consecutive bilateral series of defeats away – 0-2 against New Zealand in 2020-21 and 0-3 against Pakistan 2021-22 – as they capped a India forgets to lose six games on the trot (including all three in the ODI leg).

Although top team player Avesh Khan (4-0-42-0) struggled with his lane, Chahar penetrated India early on eliminating both openers – Kayle Mayers (6) and Shai Hope (8) – in the space of 11 delivery inside powerplay.

Chahar swung the ball both ways and also changed the pace smartly to fool the Windies’ openers and deliver his first breakthrough on the fifth ball after India successfully replayed to get rid of the Mayers .

On his next substitution, he crossed Hope’s outside line with a runner’s peach and looked fiery before he picked up an injury and limped off without completing a shot. hit his own.

In Chahar’s absence, Harshal stepped up to it to show off his creative mind as he executed his slower ones to perfection to become superintendent of destruction.

Before that, Suryakumar Yadav showed off his brute strength on his way to 31-65, and was well assisted by the almighty Venkatesh (35 no 19) as India posted an 184-five challenge after defeated.

Suryakumar smashed seven six and one side in a show of exceptional power before claiming the best T20 of his career on his final serve.

All-round bowler Pace Venkatesh smashed four fours and two sixs at the other end as the duo made 91 runs from 37 balls for the fourth to help India recover from the collapse of the order. small middle class.

The eliminated team India lost three points in 55 runs in the middle lap including that of captain Rohit Sharma, who beat in fourth place, to a difficult 98/4 run in 15 rounds.

Surya went to her fourth T20 50 in just 27 balls with a massive six-time inside-out that pre-empted Romario Sheperd in the final as India advanced in smashing style 86 runs in five laps final match.

It was a new Indian batting order on display with Ishan Kishan opening with Ruturaj Gaikwad, while Shreyas Iyer hit the man in 3rd, and captain Rohit brought him down to 4th. in the absence of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant, who were resting.

Given the opportunity after making his debut in the Sri Lanka series last July, the ‘running machine’ Maharashtra Ruturaj impressed during his short stay on the pitch and tuned the ball to perfection before heading out while Play outside your safe zone.

The most expensive buy at the IPL 2022 major auction Ishan, who made two forgettable starts in the first two T20Is, started against Shepherd with three touchdowns on four balls in the fourth inning.

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Acquiring more than 50 balls in just 32, the Shreyas and Ishan duo failed to convert their starts and went out within the distance of seven balls.

The Windies spin duo Hayden Walsh Junior (4-0-30-1) and Roston Chase (4-0-23-1) played brilliantly in the middle.