3rd-ODI match between India and West Indies was played on August 1, 2023, at Brian Lara Stadium in the West Indies. WI once again won the toss and elected to bowl first. They clearly intended to chase the score, but this time India is in top form. Ishan Kisan and subhuman Gill came in as the team’s openers, and they gave them a good start by putting together a 143-run partnership in just 120 balls, with Ishan scoring 77 runs and Gill scoring 55 runs. After India rapidly loses his two wickets, Gill and Samson quickly put up a 70-run partnership in just 53 balls. Once more, 2 wickets fell fast with a total of 244 runs. Now that the innings has advanced thanks to a 65-run partnership between the captain Pandya and opener Surya, there are 351 runs on the board. West Indies now had to defend against a huge 352 run total.
West indies opener came to bat with a clear intention of chasing down the score, no one performed well from the west indies side, because of the India bowler Shardul thakur who took 4 wickets and Mukesh Kumar who took 3 wickets. India managed to stop the west indies on just a score of 151 runs. This win belongs to Indian bowlers, who performed very well.
Top performer of the innings
- Ishan kisan: – 77 runs
- Subhman Gill: – 89 Runs
- Sanju Samson: – 51 Runs
- Hardik Pandya: – 70 runs
- Surya Kumar Yadav: – 35 runs
- Shardul thakur: – 4 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar: – 3 wickets
Team India put up a strong overall performance, demonstrating that they can score and win games without Virat and Rohit. As a result, we can now declare that team India is prepared for the next ICC championships.