Huge win by 119 runs; India swept the series against West Indies

India swept the ODI series against West Indies. India won the third ODI too. India won by 119 runs in the match at Port of Spain. Success goal was determined by Duckworth-Lewis law

India won the toss and elected to bat. Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill got off to a cracking start for India. Both of them added 113 runs for the first wicket. In the meantime, the rain stopped the fun. Dhawan was the first to get out after scoring 58 runs. Gill raised the scoreboard with the later credit. Shreyas got out after scoring 44 runs off 34 balls

Suryakumar Yadav fell for eight runs. After that, Theia Sanju Samson stood with 6 runs and Shubman Gill with 98 runs and by the time 36 overs were completed, the rain came again. India at this time was 225 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. With this, the Indian innings was decided to end. The target was re-set at 257 in 35 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule.

In reply, Windies were all out for 137 runs in 26 overs. Only Brandon King and skipper Nicholas Pooran, who scored 42 runs each, could hold on. For India, Chahal took four wickets, Mohammad Siraj and Shardul Thakur took two each and Axar Patel and Physhat Krishna took a wicket each.

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