West Indies kicked off their series against Afghanistan with a resounding victory at the Ekana International Stadium in Lucknow. Chasing a modest target of 195 runs in 50 overs, the West Indian's sealed the match with 7 wickets in hand and 3.3 overs to spare. Roston Chase received the Man of the Match award for his career-best knock of 94 runs and 2/31 in the first innings. View this post on Instagram It's a win for West Indies! An ODI career-best 94 from Roston Chase guides them to victory over Afghanistan by seven wickets 👏 👏 #lovecricket #cricket A post shared by ICC (@icc) on Nov 6, 2019 at 8:04am PSTEarlier in the day, West Indies had won the toss and the new captain, Kieron Pollard, had no hesitation in electing to bowl first. Afghanistan, who have adopted Lucknow as their new home venue, lost both their openers Hazratullah Zazai (9) and Javed Ahmadi (5) inside the first six overs. Then, Rahmat Shah (61) and Ikram Ali Khil (58) scored half-centuries and steadied the Afghan innings. View this post on Instagram Rahmat Shah and Ikram Ali Khil have steadied the ship after Afghanistan lost both their openers. They are 86/2 after 20 overs. A post shared by ICC (@icc) on Nov 6, 2019 at 2:10am PSTBoth the batsmen stitched a 111-run partnership before Evin Lewis ran Khil out. The wicket-keeper batsman had struck six fours and a maximum in his 62-ball knock and soon, his partner Rahmat followed him to the pavilion. West Indies gained momentum after those two dismissals as they did not allow the Afghans to return into the contest.The team's former captain, Asghar Afghan (35), tried his best to take the team's score near 210-220 but a mini-collapse and some fine bowling performances from Jason Holder (2/21), Romario Shepherd (2/32) and Roston Chase ensured that the Blue Tigers lose all their wickets on the score of 194. View this post on Instagram Afghanistan have collapsed from 191/6 to 194 all out! What a performance from West Indies in the field 👏 Can Rashid Khan's men rally in the chase? #AFGvWI #Cricket #LoveCricket A post shared by ICC (@icc) on Nov 6, 2019 at 4:13am PSTDefending a target of 195, Afghanistan started off the second innings on a positive note as Mujeeb-ur-Rahman (2/33) and Naveen-ul-Haq (1/30) removed Evin Lewis (7) and Shimron Hetmyer (3) early.However, Shai Hope (77*) and Chase took over the charge from there as their 163-run partnership for the 3rd wicket drove West Indies home. Though the latter lost his wicket in the final moments of the run chase, Hope and Nicholas Pooran (8*) helped West Indies win the match by 7 wickets.With this clinical performance, Pollard's men have taken a 1-0 lead in this 3-match series.A 163 partnership between Hope & Chase to finish a solid bowling effort!🙌🏾 Good 7 wicket win boys!💪🏾 #MenInMaroon 🇦🇫 194🏏Chase 94 (115)🏏Hope 77* (133)🌴 197/4🔥Chase 31/2 (10 ov)🔥Shepherd 32/2 (6.3 ov)#AFGvWILive Scorecard - https://t.co/5KvvcnLNVl pic.twitter.com/zyjQuMOBXU— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) November 6, 2019Follow Sportskeeda for all the updates on ENG vs NZ head to head, ENG vs NZ schedule 2019, news, results, points table, most runs, most wickets and fantasy tips.