Big win in maximum city
Mumbai, December 11
KL Rahul was determined, Rohit Sharma elegance personified and Virat Kohli at his brutal best in India’s series-winning 67-run victory over the West Indies in the third T20 International here today.
The ‘Maximum City’ witnessed the maximum entertainment as Rahul (91 off 56 balls), Rohit (71 off 34 balls) and captain Kohli (70 not out off 29 balls) contributed in a total of 240/3.
An asking rate of 12 from the start would be Herculean for any team and West Indies in the end managed only 173/8 with Mohammed Shami (2/25 in 4 overs) enjoying a good outing in his first game of the series.
With a cushion of runs on the board, Deepak Chahar (2/20 in 4 overs) was also steady, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/41 in 4 overs) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/45) also got wickets even though they were a bit expensive.
West Indies were never in contention and Keiron Pollard’s (68 off 39 balls) five sixes in familiar surroundings was nothing more than consolation for the visitors.
There were 16 sixes that lit up the Mumbai skyline in India’s innings, with Rohit hitting five, Rahul four and surprising everyone, ‘boundary man’ Kohli had seven of them in all. — PTI
Scoreboard
India
Runs Balls 4s 6s
R Sharma c Walsh b Williams 71 34 6 5
KL Rahul c Pooran b Cottrell 91 56 9 4
R Pant c Holder b Pollard 0 2 0 0
V Kohli not out 70 29 4 7
S Iyer not out 0 0 0 0
Extras: (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 4) 8
Total: (3 wickets; 20 overs) 240
FOW: 1-135, 2-138, 3-233
Bowling O M R W
Sheldon Cottrell 4 0 40 1
Jason Holder 4 0 54 0
Khary Pierre 2 0 35 0
Kesrick Williams 4 0 37 1
Hayden Walsh 4 0 38 0
Kieron Pollard 2 0 33 1
West Indies
Runs Balls 4s 6s
L Simmons c Iyer b Shami 7 11 1 0
B King c Rahul b Kumar 5 4 1 0
S Hetmyer c Rahul b Yadav 41 24 1 5
N Pooran c Dube b Chahar 0 1 0 0
K Pollard c sub (Jadeja) b Kumar 68 39 5 6
J Holder c sub (Pandey) b Yadav 8 5 1 0
H Walsh b Shami 11 13 1 0
K Pierre c sub (Jadeja) b Chahar 6 12 0 0
K Williams not out 13 7 1 1
S Cottrell not out 4 4 1 0
Extras: (lb 5, w 5) 10
Total: (8 wickets, 20 overs) 173
FOW: 1-12, 2-17, 3-17, 4-91, 5-103, 6-141, 7-152, 8-169
Bowling O M R W
Deepak Chahar 4 0 20 2
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 41 2
Mohammed Shami 4 0 25 2
Shivam Dube 3 0 32 0
Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 45 2
Washington Sundar 1 0 5 0
Player of the Match: Rahul | Player of the Series: Kohli
