Collectively, West Indies have been a shambles, their batting specifically. Yet once more, their prime order was in give-away mode, enjoying with the gaiety of leisure cricket. 169 all out, chasing 266 for victory, accomplished a 3-0 ODI collection sweep for India. Under lights at Motera, the hosts barely broke a sweat. Commentating for the host broadcaster, Ian Bishop referred to as for establishing a High-Performance Centre within the Caribbean.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 11, 2022
The West Indies bowling was good and a few particular person beneficial properties have been their solely takeaway from this defeat. Alzarri Joseph and Odean Smith enhanced their reputations forward of the Indian Premier League public sale.
Joseph went unsold final 12 months. In all chance, it could be completely different this time. Smith (36, 18 balls) added his batting pyrotechnics to his bowling, laying into Kuldeep Yadav and possibly upsetting the chinaman bowler’s public sale prospects a bit. But within the context of the third ODI, which India gained by 96 runs, it was simply delaying the inevitable.
The hosts, too, suffered a top-order collapse, however that was largely all the way down to the wonderful Joseph (2/54), bending his again on a bouncy and a little bit two-paced pitch. Virat Kohli fell prey to a mushy dismissal, caught down the leg-side, one thing that occurs throughout a lean patch. Kohli is having an elongated one, and he had a rueful smile after getting out for a duck.
Rohit Sharma, who had began off with a rasping sq. lower in opposition to Kemar Roach off the primary ball of the match, was Joseph’s first scalp. The India captain went for a canopy drive with out shifting his toes and inside-edged a fullish supply on to the stumps. Kohli’s wicket a few balls later gave Joseph a double-wicket maiden. It was the second time within the collection that he dismissed Sharma and Kohli in the identical over.
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The returning Shikhar Dhawan departed in Smith’s first over, failing to deal with the additional bounce and India have been 42/3 within the tenth over. KL Rahul sat out of this recreation owing to a niggle and Shreyas Iyer got here at No. 4 after recovering from Covid. He had Rishabh Pant for firm to resurrect India’s innings. Both scored half-centuries, in contrasting kinds, and added 110 runs for the fourth wicket. If Pant’s knock was silken, Iyer’s was a tad laboured. But the latter step by step grew into the sport.
Pant’s batting in a approach defines the Orwellian ‘doublethink’, which concurrently accepts accountability and irresponsibility. He is able to chic in addition to messy stuff. Nobody is aware of which Pant would flip up. On Friday, it was the previous, with all his grace and big selection of pictures. The left-hander gave himself time, didn’t err in shot choice and made batting look simple. He was the one batsman who appeared comfy proper from the start.
Making it look simple
Pant charged down the monitor solely when Fabian Allen lured him with flight. The ball went a number of rows again over the long-on boundary. From thereon, he was having a stroll within the park. Dancing all the way down to Kemar Roach and flat-batting a supply from the tempo bowler for 4 confirmed his audacity. A 47-ball fifty was one of the best piece of batting on the day. It promised much more, however Pant misjudged the size of a Hayden Walsh supply and was caught behind for 56.
Iyer was taking the sport deep, trying set for a giant one. His dismissal on 80 got here in opposition to the run of play. He went inside-out and tried to clear long-off with out attending to the pitch of a Walsh supply, giving the leg-spinner his second wicket.
Deepak Chahar scored a invaluable run-a-ball 38. He had singlehandedly taken India very near victory within the third ODI in South Africa. The staff administration had most well-liked Shardul Thakur over him within the first two matches right here. Given a possibility, the swing-bowling all-rounder put in one other fantastic efficiency; two wickets on prime of his batting contribution.
Once India had put up 265, they have been in command. West Indies had bowled greater than three further overs – 18 wides and a no-ball.
The munificence of the West Indies prime order made the hosts’ job simple. A Mohammed Siraj nip-backer struck Shai Hope above the knee-roll. But the opener selected to stroll, when a evaluation would have overturned the on-field umpire’s LBW determination because the ball was heading over the stumps.
Brandon King causally poked at a Chahar outswinger and was caught by Suryakumar Yadav at second slip. Shamarh Brooks softly sliced one other Chahar supply to Iyer at level and Darren Bravo went for an expansive drive, enjoying away from his physique, in opposition to Prasidh Krishna, when Sharma had stored a second slip. Kohli gleefully accepted the catch. At 68/4, the vacationers have been down. When Prasidh fantastically arrange Jason Holder and did him in with further bounce, they have been out.
Kuldeep returned to the fold as Yuzvendra Chahal’s substitute after a seven-month surgery-forced hiatus. Sharma introduced him on when there was little or no strain and the spinner accounted for Fabian Allen and Nicholas Pooran. But beneath the pump in opposition to Smith, he appeared clueless.
A few dropped catches, each off Siraj’s bowling, didn’t go down nicely with the India captain. Sharma made his displeasure identified.
