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Windies tour of India 2018/19: Third T20I – Stats Review
By Sandy - Nov 12, 2018 12:28 am
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India completed the whitewash (won by 3-0) in the three-match home T20I series against Windies after securing a last-ball victory in the third and final T20I of the series at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai) on Sunday night.

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Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant

Windies skipper Carlos Brathwaite decided to bat first after winning the toss. Windies managed to score 181/3 at the end of 20 overs. In reply, India reached the target on the very last ball after losing four wickets (182/4 in 20 overs) as they won by six wickets.

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Brief Score: Windies – 181/3 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 53*, Darren Bravo 43*; Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28)

India – 182/4 in 20 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 92, Rishabh Pant 58; Keemo Paul 2/32)

Result – India won by 6 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

i) Windies openers Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer put a 51-run partnership for the opening wicket.

  • First 50+ opening partnership in T20I cricket for Windies on the Indian soil. Their previous highest was the 39-run opening partnership between Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher against Sri Lanka at Bengaluru on March 20, 2016.

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ii) Windies batsman Nicholas Pooran completed his half-century in just 24 balls.

  • The joint second fastest T20I half-century by a Windies batsman against India.

Top three fastest T20I half-centuries by the Windies batsmen against India
 

iii) Windies batsmen Darren Bravo and Nicholas Pooran provided an unbroken 87-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

  • Windies’ highest T20I partnership for the fourth wicket. Their previous record was an unbroken 80-run partnership between Lendl Simmons and Andre Russell against India at Mumbai on March 31, 2016.
Nicholas Pooran and Darren Bravo

 

iv) Indian batsmen Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant put a 130-run partnership for the third wicket.

  • India’s highest T20I partnership for any wicket against Windies. Their previous record was the 123-run partnership for the opening wicket at Lucknow on November 6, 2018.
  • India’s second highest T20I partnership for the third wicket against any team. The record is the 134-run partnership between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina against Australia at Adelaide on January 26, 2016.
Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant

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v) India successfully chased down the 182-run target.

  • India’s highest successful T20I chase against Windies. Their previous record was chasing 130 runs (130/3 in 19.4 overs) at Dhaka on March 23, 2014.