West Indies Vs India Match 3 08 August 2023

3rd T20I • Providence Stadium • Guyana

West Indies

159/5 (20)

India

164/3 (17.5)

IND won by 7 wickets

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Date & Time

08 Aug, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Providence Stadium, Guyana

Match

3rd T20I,

India tour of West Indies

Umpires

Nigel Duguid (West Indies), Patrick Gustard (West Indies), Leslie Reifer (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

West Indies elected to bat

Pitch Report

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Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

125Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

97Avg Runs

4Avg Wkts

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

3- 7

IND

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

West Indies

India

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Nicholas Pooran

WI . WKBAT

108 Runs

2 Matches

Tilak Varma

IND . ALL

90 Runs

2 Matches

Rovman Powell

WI . BAT

69 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Romario Shepherd

WI . ALL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Yuzvendra Chahal

IND . BOWL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Hardik Pandya

IND . ALL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Player of the Match Surya Kumar Yadav

83(44)

IND

Info

West Indies

159/5 (20)

Batters

Brandon King

100.00

c & b Yadav

Kyle Mayers

125.00

c Singh b Patel

Johnson Charles

85.71

lbw b Yadav

Nicholas Pooran

166.67

st Samson b Yadav

Rovman Powell

210.53

Not out

Shimron Hetmyer

112.50

c Varma b Kumar

Romario Shepherd

40.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.95)

159/5

Did not Bat

Roston Chase, Alzarri Joseph, Akeal Hosein, Obed McCoy

Bowlers

EXT

Hardik Pandya

6.00

Arshdeep Singh

11.00

Axar Patel

6.00

Yuzvendra Chahal

8.25

Kuldeep Yadav

7.00

Mukesh Kumar

9.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kyle Mayers

c Singh b Patel

1-55

7.4

Johnson Charles

lbw b Yadav

2-75

10.5

Nicholas Pooran

st Samson b Yadav

3-105

14.1

Brandon King

c & b Yadav

4-106

14.5

Shimron Hetmyer

c Varma b Kumar

5-123

17.1

India

164/3 (17.5)

Batters

Yashasvi Jaiswal

50.00

c Joseph b McCoy

Shubman Gill

54.55

c Charles b Joseph

Surya Kumar Yadav

188.64

c King b Joseph

N. Tilak Varma

132.43

Not out

Hardik Pandya

133.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 2, W: 1)

TOTAL

(17.5 Ov, RR: 9.2)

164/3

Did not Bat

Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar

Bowlers

EXT

Obed McCoy

16.00

Akeal Hosein

7.75

Alzarri Joseph

6.25

Roston Chase

7.00

Romario Shepherd

12.00

Rovman Powell

0.5

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Yashasvi Jaiswal

c Joseph b McCoy

1-6

0.4

Shubman Gill

c Charles b Joseph

2-34

4.2

Surya Kumar Yadav

c King b Joseph

3-121

12.4

Match Info

Date & Time

08 Aug, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Providence Stadium, Guyana

Match

3rd T20I,

India tour of West Indies

Umpires

Nigel Duguid (West Indies), Patrick Gustard (West Indies), Leslie Reifer (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

West Indies elected to bat

1 0 1 2 1 0

Over 15

Runs: 5

6 0 1 0 2 4

Over 16

Runs: 13

0 2 0 1 2 1

Over 17

Runs: 6

1 1 1 1 6

Over 18

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Surya Kumar Yadav

83(44)

Commentary

Right then. After losing the opening two games, India have managed to bounce back in this must-win contest and they did that in commanding fashion at the end of the day. They have some time to kick their feet up and get some rest before the caravan moves to Florida for the remainder of this series with everything to play for this weekend. That's all we have from this contest then. This is Pratyush Rohra, signing off on behalf of my partner, Shashwat Kumar. Thank you for joining our coverage. Goodnight!

Hardik Pandya: Obviously it's very important as a group as well. We spoke about these three games will be exciting. It's important to maintain our tempo. At the end of the day, we have a long-term plan and it's important that we show our character in these games. There was no certain plan about them bowling 12 overs. I thought I could use them early with Nicky not coming in early. Axar didn't bowl at all in the previous games, so he gave me a great option to rotate Yuzi and Kuldeep. It was also great to see how Arshdeep and Mukesh did. He's (Pooran) an exciting player to watch and I enjoy the competition where I have no margin for error. At the same time, I know he will come after me and I hope he's listening to this so he comes hard at me in the next game. It's important within the group that we have to take responsibility. We have seven batters. I believe bowlers win you games, and if batters score runs, you don't need runs from your number eight. (SKY and Tilak) Brilliant. As Surya mentioned, they play together and understand each other. It's good to have someone like Surya because he loves the challenging moments and likes to take responsibility. If he can do that, it sends a lot of confidence to the rest of the group. Playing like this after two ordinary innings, it shows his character.

Rovman Powell: I think we were 10-15 runs short. It looked like a good wicket in the end. Credit to the batting unit, the start we got is something we asked for. We just lost our way in the middle overs a little bit. (Promote Pooran at 3) We can always look back and say that but we wanted to give Charles an opportunity. Things went smoothly today, we were only 10-15 runs short. (Bowling) We bowled too much pace on deliveries. We talk about taking pace off the ball and we went away from it a little bit. We have a few days to sit down, relax. Take care of our bodies and come up with plans.

Suryakumar Yadav is the Player of the Match. Here is what he has to say: I think it was really important to be myself in the powerplay. That's what the team demands from me. Very happy with the way it went. I practice these strokes a lot and I love doing that. I stick to that and express myself whenever I get the opportunity. (Tilak) I think we've batted together for a long time now. We both understand how we bat together. It was his day to bat with a little maturity and it gave me a lot of confidence. I told him the way he was batting is giving me confidence to play my own game. It was running in the back of our minds but at the same time, we spoke in the team meeting. Our captain said it was important for someone to put their hands up and show character and it was the perfect opportunity to do so.

India won by 7 wickets!

Suryakumar Yadav - 83 (44) | Kuldeep Yadav - 3/28
Brandon King - 42 (42) | Alzarri Joseph - 2/25

A rather comfortable win in the end for India. It was down to some magic from Suryakumar Yadav, showing why he's still one of the best batters in this format. His sublime knock made the run chase a walk in the park in the end, helping India keep the series alive with a couple of games to go.

Despite losing Jaiswal in the first over, SKY came in with some intent to put the pressure back on the West Indies. Gill struggled at the top again but it was Tilak Varma who provided enough support to his Mumbai Indians teammate, stitching together a scintillating 87-run stand that gave India complete control.

The possibility of a fourth T20I century for SKY wasn't outrageously out of reach but he couldn't hang around to finish the job for his side. In the end, Tilak would have loved to notch up a half-century of his own but is left stranded with a bitter-sweet feeling of being unbeaten on 49, playing another impactful knock for his team, and finally ending up on the winning side to keep the series alive.

Not a perfect performance by India but it was good enough to get the job done. Plenty of positives to take from it with the batting department flourishing, while some of the bowlers also held their own despite the challenges that came their way. As for the West Indies, it didn't work out for them today. They still lead the series 2-1 though, and will be hoping to get the job done in Florida this weekend. Stick around for the post-match ceremony.

17.5 Rovman Powell to Hardik Pandya, THAT WILL BE THAT! Slower delivery that lands right in the slot outside off stump. Pandya plants his front foot and pumps it over the bowler's head to seal the deal for India and ensure that they go to Florida with the series well and truly alive!

17.4 Rovman Powell to Tilak Varma, slower delivery hung outside off. Tilak loses his shape trying to force it over extra cover and ends up squirting it off the inside edge towards short fine leg

17.3 Rovman Powell to Hardik Pandya, slower bumper outside off. Pandya gets on top of the bounce and drags it towards deep mid wicket

17.2 Rovman Powell to Tilak Varma, off-pace on a full length on leg stump. Tilak comes forward and nurdles it into the off side for a single

17.1 Rovman Powell to Hardik Pandya, SAFE AGAIN! Slower delivery on a full length outside off. Pandya throws his hands at it and slices it again - this time, landing in front of deep cover point

Rovman Powell, right-arm medium fast, comes into the attack

India are one big hit away now. Tilak Varma is three away from his half-century. Will he get a chance to get there?

overs

154 /3 score

runs

Hardik Pandya *

12 (12)

Tilak Varma

47 (35)

Alzarri Joseph

2 /25

16.6 Alzarri Joseph to Hardik Pandya, yorker slanted into leg stump. Pandya gets his front foot out of the way and flicks it towards deep mid wicket

16.5 Alzarri Joseph to Hardik Pandya, SAFE! Slower delivery on a full length on off stump. Pandya has a wild slog across the line and slices it terribly. Fortunately for him, he just manages to clear extra cover

16.4 Alzarri Joseph to Tilak Varma, very full delivery on leg stump. Tilak tucks it off his toes towards deep mid wicket for one

16.3 Alzarri Joseph to Tilak Varma, slower delivery on a length on off stump. Tilak gets a half stride in and taps it towards backward point

16.2 Alzarri Joseph to Tilak Varma, full on middle and leg. Tilak presses forward and clips it to long on's left for a couple of runs

16.1 Alzarri Joseph to Tilak Varma, short delivery that slides down the leg side. Tilak tries to help it fine but is beaten for pace. Not called a wide either

A change of bat for Hardik

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