India's tour of West Indies 2023
Twitter react as West Indies win fifth T20I in dominating fashion to register memorable T20I series win over India
Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran starred in West Indies’ series-winning T20I victory in Florida.
West Indies and India clashed in the fifth and final T20I at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill on August 13, 2023, Sunday to decide the winner of the series which was tied 2-2.
India captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and chose to bat first and came into the match with an unchanged side. West Indies, however, brought in Roston Chase and Alzarri Joseph to the playing XIs.
Akeal Hosein struck twice early on, removing openers Shubman Gill (9) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (5) with 17 runs on the board. This was Shubman Gill’s 4th score in single-digits in this series.
Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma (27) added 49 runs for the third wicket. But after Tilak fell, none of the other Indian batters put on a substantial score on the board. Suryakumar top-scored for India with 61 in 45 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes to his name.
India could only manage 165/9 in 20 overs. Romario Shepherd was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies with 4/31, while Akeal Hosein and Jason Holder took two wickets each.
In response, Arshdeep Singh gave India an early wicket by dismissing Kyle Mayers for 10 runs, but Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran took the game away from India with a 107-run partnership for the second wicket.
Pooran hammered 47 in 35 with 4 sixes and 1 four, while Brandon King made 85* in 55 balls with 5 fours and 6 sixes to his name. He, along with Shai Hope (22* in 13 balls) took West Indies over the finishing line in 18 overs and with 8 wickets in hand.
Thanks to this dominating win, West Indies also won the five-T20I series 3-2, their first T20I series win over India in a long time.
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