Team India has suffered a demoralizing loss by 8 wickets against the West Indies at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. The West Indies skipper, Kieron Pollard decided to bowl first after winning the toss. For the men in blue, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant Pant scored the fifties, but it wasn’t enough as the century from Shimron Hetmyer snatched the victory from the hosts.
Earlier in the game, India lost the lost their ever-reliable top-3 of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and KL Rahul before the 20-over mark. The Windies fast bowler, Sheldon Cottrell removed Rahul and Kohli for a single-digit score in the seventh over. While Rahul, who opened for Indian in place of an injured Shikhar Dhawan, departed for just six runs, Kohli was dismissed for four runs.
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Rohit then stitched a fifty-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer before Alazrri Joseph had him caught at midwicket. Sharma departed for 36 as India stood for 80 for three in 18.1 overs. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer then batted cautiously against Windies attack, adding 114 runs for the 4th wicket as the latter got out to Joseph in the 37th over after scoring 70 off 88 balls.
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Pant also got out in the 40th over of Pollard after scoring 71 off just 69 balls. After his dismissal, Jadeja and Kedar Jadhav added 59 runs for the 6th wicket, as the latter was dismissed by Keemo Paul in the 48th over. However, the drama was created after the dismissal of Jadeja in the same over. India lost two wickets in the final over as well only managed to reach a total of 287/8 in their quota of 50 overs.
During the chase, the visitors lost their opener, Sunil Ambris in the 5th over itself, but after that, nothing went away in India’s favor. Shai Hope and Hetmyer (139 in 106 balls) started their innings quite cautiously as they scored just around 40 in the first 10 overs, but the southpaw went berserk after reaching the 50-run mark.
Hetmyer and Hope went on to add as many as 218 runs for the second wicket before the southpaw getting out to Mohammed Shami in the 39th over. However, he had got a lifeline in the 35th over. However, Nicholas Pooran (29*) and Hope (102*) made sure the Windies don’t have any further dents and they chased down the total with more than two overs to spare.
Brief Score:
West Indies – 291/2 in 47.5 overs (S Hetmyer: 139, S Hope: 102*; D Chahar: 1/48) defeated India – 288/8 in 50 overs (R Pant: 71; K Paul: 2/40, A Joseph:2/45) y 8 wickets and 13 balls to spare
Here is how Twitterati reacted to India’s loss:
An ODI game in Chennai and not a single wicket to spinners. Who would’ve thought? Top stuff from Hetmeyer and Hope. Radically Different ways of succeeding on the same surface. A knockout series for India now. #IndvWI
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 15, 2019
Hetmeyer has added a few hundred thousand dollars to his Auction Price on the 19th. Audition has gone pretty well thus far. #IndvWI #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 15, 2019
Well played young man! Any hundred against India in India in any format means you are a quality player. #INDvWI #INDvsWESTIND pic.twitter.com/G0KlYbhby5
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) December 15, 2019
What a stunning innings it was from Shimron Hetmyer, one of the best played by an overseas batsman in India in recent times and Shai Hope complimented him so beautifully and this is a really well deserved win for WI. #IndvWI pic.twitter.com/zeP5TdKqrk
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 15, 2019
Congratulations @windiescricket for winning the game at our @CskIPLTeam den.. team india will bounce back in the next game @BCCI #Greatcricket 👍✅ and crowd always to good in chennai 🤗
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 15, 2019
Very controlled 5th Odi century from Shimron Hetmyer. He has paced this innings with such calm body language and assured shot selection; it has the feel of a player who has gone up another step in his maturity👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
— Ian bishop (@irbishi) December 15, 2019
This partnership between #hetmayer #hope is looking dangerous… my pick will be kuldeep yadav to break it #INDvsWI
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) December 15, 2019
Absolutely top innings from Hetmyer. His ability has never been in doubt, it was organising an innings that was. And he has done that very well today.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 15, 2019
Slow pitch & Tough condition , But He never think about that , He delivered like a Champion 🔥
Shimron Hetmyer 👏@ChennaiIPL note pannunga leo 🦁💛 Except Raina there is no Left Handed Top order batsman in our team. Useful player. Seriously Talented WI-ian👌#INDvWI
— Kanish Rana (@KanishRana3) December 15, 2019
From Team selection to Bowling changes and field placement everything goes wrong.
No Plan B when game will not going on your way. Nothing different plan to take wicket in the middle.#IndvWI
— Rohit Sharma FC (@ImRoFC) December 15, 2019
Shai Hope should be playing the ODIs in 1980s or 1990s. Slow but good to have someone saving wickets on the other end.
His last 4 innings.
102* off 151
109* off 145
43 off 77
77* off 133Hetmyer was Brilliant 🔥 #INDvWI #INDvsWESTIND
— Faris FRz (@faris_frz) December 15, 2019
India are now the team that has conceded most number of dual hundreds in an ODI.
Teams conceding 2 hundreds in an ODI most times
19 – INDIA
18 – SRI LANKA
15 – ZIMBABWE#INDvWI #WIvIND— Abhishek Kumar (@abhik2593) December 15, 2019
WI have thumped India on the back of a magnificent 100 from Hetmyer dominating the Indian bowling which is rare to see and also Hope anchoring the chase so well.India batters have done well but the bowlers and fielders have been a big let down today. #INDvWI
— Nadeem Pasha (@nadeempasha5597) December 15, 2019
