Chasing a target of 224 runs, the West Indies team began on a disappointing note. The team managed to score 209/7 in their stipulated 20 overs
India defeated West Indies by 14 runs, lead series 2-1: India defeated West Indies by 14 runs in the third T20I in the 5 match series. The match was played in the Holkar Stadium, Indore on Sunday. india is leading the series with 2-1.
West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl first. Under Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy India’s batting seemed to be dominating. Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant innings of 69 runs in just 30 balls. He lost his wicket on springer’s ball. Ishan Kishan contributed 37 runs, Tilak Varma 28 runs, Nitish Reddy 21 runs and Axar Patel 20 runs.
Chasing a target of 224 runs, the West Indies team began on a disappointing note. The team managed to score 209/7 in their stipulated 20 overs. Shimron Hetmyer was the top scorer with 43 runs, while Kamil Pooran scored 42. India’s Arshdeep Singh took three wickets while Naman Dheer managed to take 2 crucial wickets. Arshdeep Singh was adjudged Player of the Match. For the West Indies, Roston Chase, Shamar Joseph and Shamar Springer took two wickets each.
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Earlier, India had defeated the West Indies by eight wickets in the opening T20 International in Lucknow. In the second match on Friday, the West Indies beat India by six wickets in Ranchi to level the series. With last night’s victory, India now lead the five-match series 2-1. The fourth match of the series will be played the day after tomorrow at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
