Team India and the West Indies will lock horns in the third and final ODI at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday but before the series decider they faced off in a different sport. The Indian all-rounder, Shivam Dube and his West Indies counterpart, Jason Holder were seen playing Table Tennis against each other with the likes of Shreyas Iyer watching the matchup between the two from the sidelines.
West Indies Cricket shared the video of the match between Dube and Holder playing Table Tennis on their official Instagram account. Here is the video of the same:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6S5N9qH9yv/?utm_source=ig_embed
The game on Sunday clash will be the final match of the West Indies tour of India. The three-match ODI series is currently been leveled at 1-1 as the hosts registered a comprehensive win in the second match to draw level.
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The men in blue were outplayed and had lost the opening ODI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai by eight wickets but bounced back in style, handing the visitors a 107-run defeat at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on December 18.
Rohit Sharma was the star of the show, blasting 159 runs off just 138 balls, including 17 fours and five sixes. The veteran Indian opener, who brought up his 28th ODI century and 7th of the year, put on 227 runs for the opening wicket with his partner KL Rahul, who made 102, as India amassed 387/5 while batting first.
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In reply, the West Indies got bundled out for 280 in 43.3 overs with Kuldeep Yadav taking a hat-trick — his second in ODIs. Mohammed Shami too bowled well, picking up three wickets while Ravindra Jadeja took two. India will miss the services of Deepak Chahar, who was ruled out of the final ODI due to a back injury. Young pacer Navdeep Saini replaced him in the squad but it remains to be seen if he will get a look-in.