- By Himanshu Badola
- Mon, 14 Aug 2023 07:18 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Brandon King wasted no time after Nicholas Pooran's dismissal as he started smashing the ball and took his team to a famous eight-wicket victory.
West Indies managed to clinch the five-match series 3-2 with a splendid performance in the decider after the visitors had made a comeback with two consecutive wins to make it 2-2.
King and Pooran looked in sublime touch as they punished the Indian bowlers and smashed them all over the park. The duo stitched a 107-run partnership for the second wicket before Pooran fell prey to Tilak Varma who picked up his maiden international wicket.
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The damage was done indeed as it took a few minutes after his departure for the hosts to pick up the victory.
Arshdeep Singh had given a much-needed early breakthrough to Hardik Pandya's side as he got the better of dangerous Kyle Mayers in the second over of the innings.
Later, it was all King-Pooran show who shared 10 sixes together with the former remaining unbeaten on 85.
Earlier, Hardik opted to bat first after winning the toss before the star openers were sent back to the pavilion very quickly by Akeal Hosein. The spinner first dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal in the very first over of the match followed by Shubman Gill's wicket in his next go with the ball.
Suryakumar Yadav once again was the star performer for the Men in Blue as he smashed yet another T20I half-century and was looked set to take his team to a promising total.
His 61-run inning included four boundaries and three sixes before he was trapped in front of stumps by Jason Holder.
Post Suryakumar's dismissal, the visitors struggled to get going and were restricted to 165/9 in their 20 overs.
Romario Shepherd had an impressive outing with the ball, picking up four wickets for just 31 runs in his four overs as his tally included the wickets of Sanju Samson and skipper Hardik Pandya.
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Hosein and Holder showed great support as the duo took a couple of wickets each with Roston Chase managing to get a scalp as well.
The hosts successfully got something out of the all-format tour with a stunning series win in the shortest format, having already lost the Test and ODI series.