India Clean Sweep West Indies T20 Series
Responding
to the total of 146 West Indies by six, Pant remains top scorer with 65runs
undefeated and Kohli contributed 59-runs. Both batsmen took the away match with
an association of 106runs on the third wicket that secured tourists a clean
sweep as standard and assigned World T20 holders to their sixth consecutive
loss in the T20 format.
Pant
sealed the victory in style with six laps over the head of the bowler and
Skipper Carlos Brathwaite at the start of the match final, as India finished
150-3. However, even though they batted, there was never any doubt that the
"Man of the Party" award would go to Deepak Chahar, who put the West
Indies in the back foot with a couple of early punches at the start of the
match. And he ended with the excellent figures of 3-4 in three overs.
One
of the three changes in the Indian team after sealed the series with wins in
both games over the weekend at Central Broward Stadium in Florida, Chahar's
shrewd and precise rhythm variations proved beyond the home hitters. You can
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Virat Kohli said:
We
wanted to try some players here, but the priority was always to win the game.
Deepak's ability is really up to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and he is lethal with the
new ball.
Kieron Pollard
Kieron
Pollard again held the innings scoring 58runs. Pollard dominated a 66-run
partnership with Nicholas Pooran (17) for the fourth wicket after they fell to
14 to three in just the fourth. Chahar struck in his first time when he had
emerging starter Sunil Narine well-trapped by Navdeep Saini before eliminating
the other opening hitter, Evin Lewis, and local hero Shimron Hetmyer, both
before.
The
fast-paced Saini bowler- player Saini, a man of the match in his international
debut in the show's first match on Saturday, broke the productive partnership
between Pollard and Pooran when he caught the younger teammate. The West Indies
encouraged in defense of that average total when player Oshane Thomas and the
Spbien Allen spinner combined to eliminate both openers on 27 runs on the
scoreboard in the fifth over.
But
Pant coupled Kohli and the pair secure their team's situation and then
clinically worked in a winning position before the captain fell with victory in
sight. However, he simply delayed the
inevitable and the fourth six of his 42-ball shot from Pant, also stroked four
fours, formalized the result, which always seemed likely once he and Kohli got
going.
Carlos Brathwaite said
We
didn't get off to a good start with the bat again. I'm not sure why the higher
order isn't firing, but we've made some changes to the team and we'll have to
look for better performances in the future.
