Kolkata : Suryakumar Yadav (65 off 31 balls) and Venkatesh Iyer’s (unbeaten 35 off 19 balls) blitzkrieg helped India post 184/5 against West Indies in the inconsequential third and final T20I at the Eden Gardens here on Sunday.
In a surprise move by India skipper Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan open the innings after West Indies put the hosts to bat first. Jason Holder struck early for the visitors as he dismissed Gaikwad (4), who got a leading edge and caught by third man Kyle Mayers following some juggle with the ball.
Kishan took the revenge, firing three boundaries off Romario Shepherd. Shreyas Iyer also ensured the ball race to the rope. Hayden Walsh ended the entertainment for the hosts as he got rid of Iyer for 25. The right-hander sliced straight to Holder at long-off. Kishan followed Iyer back to the dug out as Roston Chase castled the wicketkeeper-batter for 34.
Suryakumar carried his momentum from the second game and whacked Walsh for a maximum. The Indian again swung Walsh for a six, with this time over deep midwicket. Rohit’s experiment at number four was cut short by Dominic Drakes. The Indian skipper was cleaned up for 7, leaving India on 93/4 after 13.5 overs. Venkatesh joined Suryakumar and replicated his batting from the previous game.
While Suryakumar got a maximum, Venkatesh hammered a couple of fours off Drakes. The duo continued their quality strokeplay to pile misery on the West Indies attack, with both Drakes and Shepherd conceding 21 runs each in the final two overs.
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