Suryakumar Yadav's gritty half-century 76 following India's decent bowling effort helped India comfortably defeat West Indies in the 3rd T20I match of the 5-match series. With this victory, India have taken a lead of 2-1 in this 5-match series with 2 more matches to go!
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Toss Update: India won the toss and opted to field first.
After being sent into bat first, West Indies posted a score of 164 on the board losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Kyle Mayers (73 off 50) scored his second half-century in this format of the game to help the home team get to a respectable total. Hardik Pandya (1/19) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0/26) were economical with the ball while Bhuvi bagged 2 wickets from his 4 overs.
Considering the performances from both the teams in the 2nd T20I at the same venue, this was a match-winning total! However, Indian batters were superb on the other side of the innings break! India, chasing 165 runs to win, got to the target losing 3 wickets in 19 overs.
The only bad news for India in this match was their full-time captain Rohit Sharma retiring hurt after retiring hurt with a back spasm. With the next match of this series slated to be played on Saturday, he might recover in time to lead India in that match!
Match result: India defeated West Indies by a margin of 7 wickets.
Suryakumar Yadav has been adjudged as the Player of the Match for his crucial contribution of 76 runs off 44 deliveries with 8 fours and 4 sixes. This is the 4th such award for Surya in this format and first outside India. Overall, this is SKY's 6th 50+ score in T20I format for India.
Brief Scores: India: 165-3 in 19 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 76, Akeal Hosein 1-28) defeated West Indies: 164-5 in 20 overs (Kyle Mayers 73, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2-35) by a margin of 7 wickets with 6 balls to spare
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