In Pictures! India vs West Indies 5th T20I: Mean in Blue hand WI 88-run defeat to seal series 4-1
India bundled West Indies for 100 runs inside 16 overs as one of the most lopsided T20I bilateral series came to an end with the Indian spinners picking up all 10 wickets in the 5th game. With this, the men in blue also clinched the 5-match series by 4-1 on Sunday.
Shreyas Iyer roared back to form with a stroke-filled 64 while the spinners picked up all the 10 wickets as India recorded yet another one-sided 88-run victory over West Indies to wrap up the five-match T20 International series by a comprehensive 4-1 margin at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida.
India vs West Indies 5th T20I
It was Shreyas Iyer's half-century along with useful contributions from Deepak Hooda (38 off 25 balls) and stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya's (28 off 16 balls) cameo that propelled India to 188 for 7 in 20 overs after being put into bat.
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India vs West Indies 5th T20I
With Pandya giving a new ball to Axar Patel (3-1-15-3), the spinner quickly removed makeshift opener Jason Holder (0), Shamarah Brooks (13) and Devon Thomas (10) with three arm balls on a track where balls stopped and gripped off the surface.
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India vs West Indies 5th T20I
Ravi Bishnoi (2.4-0-16-4) also got into the act and snapped his share of wickets as India's spin troika varied their lengths and pace with ease to keep the West Indies batters on tenterhooks.
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India vs West Indies 5th T20I
Kuldeep Yadav (4-1-12-3) caught rival skipper Nicholas Pooran (3) plumb in front with a flighted delivery, there was no way that the West Indies could have made a comeback on a track that wasn't easy for batting.
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