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Commentary
A clinical effort from Team India helped them complete a rare double clean sweep as they defeated West Indies by 17 runs in the third and inconsequential T20I at Eden Gardens.
With this win, the Rohit Sharma-led side climbed at the top of ICC T20I Rankings for teams.
It was Team India's ninth consecutive T20I win.
Rohit Sharma continues his unbeaten run as India captain in the shortest format with nine back-to-back wins.
Chasing a target of 185, Kieron Pollard and his band could only muster 167/9 in the stipulated 20 overs.
Despite losing in-form pacer Deepak Chahar due to injury in the powerplay and dew making it tough for the bowlers in the second innings, Indian bowlers did exceedingly well as they kept picking up wickets at regular intervals.
Earlier in the day, Suryakumar Yadav unleashed his beast mode yet again as he went on slamming his career's highest T20I total and guided Team India to 184/5 in the 20 overs.
Suryakumar - who slammed his fourth T20I fifty - scored 65 off 31 balls showcased his 360-degree skills in the slog overs.
Along with Venkatesh Iyer, SKY forged a brilliant 91 run partnership for the 5th wicket. The duo changed the course of the match for India and carried the momentum at the end of the innings for their team.
SKY, Venky, Harshal and Ravi Bishnoi were the biggest positives for India from this series. Harshal was the pick of the bowlers for India with three wickets. Chahar, Shardul and Venky returned with two wickets each.
Shardul Thakur to Hayden Walsh. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan. Overall great stuff from the Indian players throughout the series. Nicholas Pooran and Romario Shepherd gave hope for West Indies in the middle overs today but Harshal Patel and Shardul Thakur brought the momentum back by picking up two big wickets. Suryakumar Yadav has been adjudged as Player of the Match and Series for his valuable contributions.
Shardul Thakur to Hayden Walsh. Short, off stump on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan.
Shardul Thakur to Hayden Walsh. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan.
Wide Shardul Thakur to Hayden Walsh. Slower length ball, outside off stump no foot movement driving, missed for 1 run, fielded by Kishan.
OUT! Caught. Shardul Thakur to Dominic Drakes. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to extra cover, caught by Sharma. Rohit takes a brilliant diving catch.
FOUR! Shardul Thakur to Dominic Drakes. Off cutter length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
Shardul Thakur to Dominic Drakes. Half volley, outside off stump no foot movement driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan.
FOUR! Harshal Patel to Fabian Allen. Off cutter full toss, down leg side no foot movement flick, well timed past deep backward square leg for 4 runs.
OUT! Caught. Harshal Patel to Romario Shepherd. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to extra cover, caught by Sharma. Harshal Patel picks up his third wicket.
Harshal Patel to Fabian Allen. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot flick, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Bishnoi.
Harshal Patel to Fabian Allen. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan.
Harshal Patel to Romario Shepherd. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 1 run, run save by Bishnoi.
APPEAL! Harshal Patel to Romario Shepherd. Off cutter full toss, to leg on the front foot Slog, hit pad to short third man for 2 runs, overthrow by Thakur, fielded by Iyer, appeal made for L.B.W.
Shardul Thakur to Romario Shepherd. Slower ball back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Iyer.
Shardul Thakur to Romario Shepherd. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to extra cover for no runs, fielded by Sharma.
Wide Shardul Thakur to Romario Shepherd. Short, wide outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for 1 run, fielded by Kishan.
APPEAL! Shardul Thakur to Romario Shepherd. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan, appeal made for Caught.
Shardul Thakur to Romario Shepherd. Short, outside off stump down the track pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan.
FOUR! Shardul Thakur to Romario Shepherd. Slower ball back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, top edge past third man for 4 runs.
OUT! Caught. Shardul Thakur to Nicholas Pooran. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, top edge in the air uncontrolled to point, caught by Kishan. Thakur gets the big fish at right time.
SIX! Avesh Khan to Romario Shepherd. Full toss, off stump down the track Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
Avesh Khan to Nicholas Pooran. Full toss, middle stump on the back foot pushing, inside edge to point for 1 run, fielded by Kishan.
Avesh Khan to Nicholas Pooran. Full toss, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan.
FOUR! Avesh Khan to Nicholas Pooran. Back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past long off for 4 runs.
Avesh Khan to Nicholas Pooran. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 2 runs, mis-fielded by Iyer.
Avesh Khan to Romario Shepherd. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to backward point for 1 run.
Harshal Patel to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, to leg on the back foot Steer, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan.
Harshal Patel to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Kishan.
FOUR! Harshal Patel to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, off stump on the front foot cutting, well timed past deep backward point for 4 runs.
Harshal Patel to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Gaikwad.