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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.