3rd ODI highlights: Shardul's 17-run helps India beat Windies in a thriller

Virat Kohli anchored a tricky chase before Shardul Thakur played the most defining cameo of his short career to power India to a series-winning four-wicket victory

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India's skipper Virat Kohli and West Indies bowler having a chat as batsman KL Rahul looks on, during the first T20 cricket match against West Indies, at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Photo: PTI

Virat Kohli anchored a tricky chase before Shardul Thakur played the most defining cameo of his short career to power India to a series-winning four-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third ODI at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Sunday. India's top three — Rohit Sharma (63), K L Rahul (77) and Kohli (85) -- fired in unison in a 316-run chase but it got slippery in the end when the Indian captain left the scene with 30 required off 23 balls. It was then that Thakur, in the company of a composed Ravindra Jadeja (39 not out), smashed 17 runs off six balls with the help of a six and four off Sheldon Cottrell to seal the issue in his team's favour with eight balls to spare. This was India's 10th successive series win over the West Indies.

India vs West Indies 3rd ODI full scorecard

Displaying panache and patience in equal measure, Kohli made 85 off 81 balls, but got out to an innocuous Keemo Paul delivery with India someway off the target.

But Thakur had other ideas.

Set a challenging target of 316 in the series-decider, India were cruising at 122 for no loss when they lost Rohit was dismissed for a run-a-ball 63 in the 22nd over.

Rahul (77 off 89 balls) and Shreyas Iyer fell for the addition of 21 runs, and the task became tricky when Rishabh Pant was bowled by Paul.

At that stage, India were 201 in the 35th over but Kohli steadied the ship and took India closer to the target. However, for a change, he could not finish the job.

In the last five years this is the first time Kohli has got out in the 80s or 90s in an ODI chase.

Earlier, skipper Kieron Pollard saved his best and, along with a savage Nicholas Pooran, helped the West Indies post 315 for five.

The Windies left it late with Nicholas Pooran (89) and skipper Kieron Pollard (74 not out off 51 balls) taking the Indian attack into smithereens stitching together a stand of 135 run from 98 balls.

The Indian bowling attack that looked steady during the first 40 overs, knocked 118 in the last 10 overs to get past 300-run target.

The Windies skipper smashed seven sixes and three fours en route to his unbeaten knock while Pooran stepped it up, hitting three sixes and 10 fours in his knock from 64 balls.

Drafted into the side in place of injured Deepak Chahar, the lanky 27-year-old from Delhi grabbed his maiden ODI wicket when he dismissed the in-form Shimron Hetmyer (37), who looked desperate to break free after the Windies were tied down to less than four runs an over midway into their innings.

Coming into the side on the back of a five-for in the Ranji Trophy, Saini impressed with his pace and bounce as he also cleaned up Roston Chase (38) with a yorker for his second wicket in successive overs in a fine second spell of 3-0-10-2.

In fact, Saini would have taken another had Ravindra Jadeja not dropped a diving catch of Evin Lewis in the point when the left-handed opener was on 14.

Promoted ahead of Hetmyer in a surprise decision, Chase was middling the ball and looked to anchor the Windies innings but those two dismissals pegged the visitors back as they looked to recover from a sedate start.

Saini finished with 2 for 58 faltering at the death, while his senior partner Mohammed Shami took the prized-scalp of Shai Hope, eight runs short of a third successive fifty-plus score, en route to his 1/66 which included two maiden overs.

With scores of 102 not out, 78, and 42 in the ongoing series, Hope finished the year with 1345 runs but only to miss out by four runs from breaking Brian Lara's record of accumulating the most ODI runs by a Windies player in a calendar year.

In pursuit of a 10th successive ODI bilateral win against the Windies, Indian skipper Virat Kohli had everything going in favour of him right from the toss as he pressed the visitors in keeping in mind of the dew-laden conditions.

Shardul Thakur (1/66) and Kuldeep Yadav (0/67) were taken to cleaners by Pollard-Pooran duo during the back end of the innings, to provide that much-needed momentum.

In fact the left-arm chinaman missed his 100th ODI wicket after Rishabh Pant dropped Chase on duck, as the youngster's wicketkeeping once again proved to be an eyesore.

Early on, it was a complete un-Windies like show from the visitors and it took them 41 overs to reach the 200-mark, even as they had enough wickets in hand on a flat batting deck.

It was more about Indian execution and what seemed a flawed planning from their counterparts who chose to hold back an in-form Hetmyer, bolstered by his million-dollar deal from Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2020

Here are the playing 11 of both the teams:

India playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini

West Indies playing 11: Evin Lewis, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Khary Pierre, Sheldon Cottrell

9:40 PM

India win by 4 wickets and clinch series 2-1

9:39 PM

Over 48.3; India win

India: 316/6 (48.3)

Ball 5: NO BALL and India win

Ball 4: DOT

Ball 3: Jadeja drives towards deep extra cover for a couple of runs.

Ball 2: A short delivery and Jadeja glances towards fine leg for FOUR

Ball 1: Jadeja drives towards mid-off for no run.

9:33 PM

Over 48; India need 7 runs in 12 balls

Over Summary: Wd 0 1 Wd 6 4 1 1 ; India: 309-6

Sheldon Cottrell continues

Ball 6: Jadeja pulls towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Ball 5: Shardul Thakur hits towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Ball 4: A half volley and Shardul Thakur hits towards cow corner for FOUR

Ball 3: Another short delivery and Shardul Thakur gets a top edge over fine leg for SIX.

Ball 3: A short delivery and Shardul goes for a hoick, WIDE called for height.

Ball 2: Jadeja glances towards short fine leg for a single.

Ball 1: DOT

Ball 1: WIDE down the leg side

9:28 PM

Over 47

Over Summary: W 4 1 1 1 1 ; India: 294-6

Keemo Paul [8.0-0-44-2] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Jadeja clips towards deep backward square leg for a single.

Ball 5: Shardul Thakur drags towards long-on for a single.

Ball 4: Jadeja punches down the long-off for a single.

Ball 3: Shardul Thakur steers down to third man for a single.

Ball 2: A full delivery outside off and Shardul Thakur drives through extra cover for FOUR

Ball 1: Kohli gets an inside edge onto stumps, GONE, a very big wicket. Kohli b Keemo Paul 85(81) [4s-9]

9:20 PM

Over 46; India need 30 runs in 24 balls

Over Summary: 0 4 1 1 1 1 ; India: 286-5

Cottrell continues

Ball 6: Kohli flicks towards square leg for a single.

Ball 5: A single for Jadeja towards backward square leg.

Ball 4: Kohli works towards leg side for a single.

Ball 3: A short delivery and Jadeja pulls towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Ball 2: A full and width outside off, Jadeja hits over extra cover for FOUR.

Ball 1: A short delivery and Jadeja leaves it to the keeper.

9:15 PM

Over 45; India need 38 runs in 30 balls

Over Summary: 0 1 1 1 4 1 ; India: 278-5

Jason Holder [9.0-0-55-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Jadeja collects a single wide of mid-off.

Ball 5: Jadeja pulls the short delivery towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR

Ball 4: Kohli pulls the short delivery towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Ball 3: Jadeja comes down the wicket and hits towards mid-off without any timing for a single

Ball 2: Kohli drives towards long-on for a single.

Ball 1: Kohli tries to drive on the rise, goes between bat and pads.

9:09 PM

Over 44; India need 46 runs in 36 balls

Over Summary: 1 1 1 2 1 1 ; India: 270-5

Sheldon Cottrell [7.0-1-44-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Kohli guides towards third man for a single.

Ball 5: A single for Jadeja towards third man.

Ball 4: Jadeja works towards mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Ball 3: Kohli flicks towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Ball 2: Jadeja flicks towards deep square leg for a single.

Ball 1: Kohli collects a single down the ground

9:06 PM

Over 43; India need 53 runs in 42 balls

Over Summary: 0 1 4 0 4 1 ; India: 263-5

Khary Pierre [6.0-0-36-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: A single for Kohli towards short third man

Ball 5: Kohli hits towards cow corner for FOUR

Ball 4: DOT

Ball 3: Kohli guides towards third man boundary for FOUR

Ball 2: A single for Jadeja towards square leg

Ball 1: DOT

9:01 PM

Over 42; India need 63 runs in 48 balls

Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 1 1 ; India: 253-5

Jason Holder [8.0-0-50-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Jadeja works towards backward square leg for a single.

Ball 5: Kohli dabs towards leg side for a single.

Ball 4: DOT

Ball 3: Jadeja pushes down the ground for a single.

Ball 2: Kohli works on leg side with soft hand, a single taken

Ball 1: Jadeja steers down to third man for a single

8:56 PM

Over 41; India need 68 runs in 54 balls

Over Summary: 1 5Wd 1 1 1 1 1 ; India: 248-5

Cottrell continues

Ball 6: Jadeja clips towards deep square leg for a single

Ball 5: Kohli dabs towards third man for a single.

Ball 4: Jadeja punches down the ground for a single.

Ball 3: Kohli dabs towards point region for a single.

Ball 2: A single for Jadeja

Ball 2: FIVE WIDES

Ball 1: A single for Kohli

8:52 PM

Over 40

Over Summary: 0 1 1 1 1 1 ; India: 237-5

Alzarri Joseph continues

Ball 6: Kohli steers down to third man for a single.

Ball 5: Jadeja clips towards deep square leg for a single.

Ball 4: A single for Kohli

Ball 3: A single for jadeja

Ball 2: A single for Kohli

Ball 1: DOT

8:47 PM

Over 39; CRR: 5.95 REQ: 7.64

Over Summary: 4 1 1 1 W 4 ; India: 232-5

Sheldon Cottrell [5.0-1-22-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Jadeja gloves the short delivery to fine leg boundary for FOUR

Ravindra Jadeja, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Ball 5: Cottrell castles Jadhav. Kedar Jadhav b Cottrell 9(10) [4s-1]

Ball 4: A single for Kohli

Ball 3: Kedar Jadhav runs down to third man for a single

Ball 2: A single for Kohli towards sweeper cover.

Ball 1: Kohli flicks towards deep backward square leg for FOUR

8:43 PM

Over 38;

Over Summary: 0 1 Wd 4 1 4 0 ; India: 221-4

Alzarri Joseph [6.0-0-37-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: DOT

Ball 5: jadhav steers down to third man and a horrible fielding effort give Jadhav FOUR

Ball 4: A single for Kohli

Ball 3: Ball om the pads and Kohli clips towards deep backward square leg for FOUR

Ball 3: WIDE down the leg side

Ball 2: A single for Jadhav towards square leg

Ball 1: DOT

8:37 PM

Over 37; CRR: 5.68 REQ: 8.15

Over Summary: 2 0 1 1 0 0 ; India: 210-4

Keemo Paul continues

Ball 6: DOT

Ball 5: DOT

Ball 4: A single for Jadhav

Ball 3: A single for Kohli

Ball 2: DOT

Ball 1: Kohli collects a couple of runs

8:32 PM

Over 36; India need 110 runs in 84 balls

Over Summary: 1 0 1 1 1 1 ; India: 206-4

Holder continues

Ball 6: Kohli dabs towards gully for a life threatening single, a direct hit. Replays show Kedar Jadhav was in.

Ball 5: Kedar Jadhav dabs towards third man for a single.

Ball 4: Kohli flicks towards deep square leg for a single.

Ball 3: A single for Jadhav towards mid-on.

Ball 2: DOT

Ball 1: Kohli collects a single towards square leg

Kedar Jadhav, right handed bat, comes to the crease

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First Published: Dec 22 2019 | 10:57 AM IST