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India ended the West Indies tour with a 88-run win in Florida. India lost only one match in this tour, they whitewashed West Indies in ODI series and won the T20I series by 4-1. 1st innings: Hardik Pandya captained India in this match and chose to bat first after winning the toss. India went with a new opening pair, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan. Kishan scored only 11 but Shreyas performed brilliantly and made outstanding 64. Deepak Hooda and Hardik Pandya played quick knocks and helped India to set a good target of 189. Odean Smith took three wickets however, other bowlers were not impressive at all.  2nd innings: While chasing, 5 West Indian batsmen went on duck and they got all out on just 100 runs in 16th over. Pooran was the only impressive batter from the team, he made 56 in 35 deliveries. Ravi Bishnoi took 4 wickets in 2.4 overs whereas Axar Patel got 3 in 3 overs with one maiden and he won the man of the match award. Arshdeep Singh became player of t...

India defeated West Indies in 4th T20I and won the series as they are leading the 5-match T20I series by 3-1. The final T20I will be played today at the same venue. 1st innings: Nicholas Pooran won the toss and asked India to bat first but their bowlers did not enjoy bowling as Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav gave quick start to India. India scored 65 in powerplay, however they also lost their openers. Rohit made 33 in just 16 balls whereas Suryakumar got out on 24 in 14 deliveries. Pant was the top scorer with 44 runs in 31 balls, Samson scored impressive 30 before the brilliant ending by Axar Patel. Obed McCoy was too expensive, he gave 66 runs in 4 overs. 2nd innings: While chasing, the Caribbean team was never in the game. Only Pooran and Powell scored over 20 and they got all out on 132 in 20th over. Avesh Khan came back in form and took 2 wickets by giving just 17 runs in his 4 overs. Arshdeep Singh also grabbed three and was the most economical bowler i...

India won the 3rd T20I by 7 wickets and with this win, now tourists are leading the 5-match T20I series by 2-1, which means that West Indies would have to win the remaining two matches to win the series. Rohit Sharma got injured in this match but in the presentation, he said that it should be okay and he is likely to recover from the injury before the next T20I. 1st innings: Rohit Sharma asked West Indies to bat first after winning the toss, which was proved to be right decision. West Indies did not lose any early wicket but their start was slow. The openers made 50-run stand but in 10 overs, they scored only 65. Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran played with low strike rate which later became costly for them. The impressive 73 by Mayers and the quick knocks of Powell and Hetmyer helped West Indies to reach at 164 in 20 overs. Hardik Pandya(a wicket and only 19 runs in 4 overs) was impressive again whereas Avesh Khan(gave 47 runs in 3 overs) was expensive again. 2nd innings: ...

Today, India will play the 2nd T20I of the 5-match T20 series against the Caribbean team. India dominated West Indies in the last one and if India win this match, then they will need only one victory in 3 matches to clinch the series. The match will take place in Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts. In the last match, Caribbean bowlers were not good enough and their batting was poor too. The bowlers have to improve their lengths and batters need a big improvement to win the game. The top players of the side like Pooran and Holder, need to fire up.  Indian batting was good as Rohit Sharma hit fifty and Karthik ended the things really well but other batters need to score more. India bowling was unbelievable and therefore, they are unlikely to make any change in the playing 11.