West Indies and India locked horns in the last ODI of the three-match series at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat first. They had a great start as openers Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill stitched a partnership of 112 runs. Their Skipper scored 58 before being caught at midwicket by Nicholas Pooran off Hayden Walsh Jr.
Notably, moments after the wicket, the game was stopped due to rain. The game was about to resume after one hour if not for wet outfields. Moreover, the salt on the wounds for the fans was the return of rain after just 11 minutes. After a while, the game resumed with 40 overs a side. After resumption, Gill and Shreyas Iyer stitched a partnership of 87 runs. Iyer (44) was caught at long-on by Keemo Paul of Akeal Hosein in the 33rd over.
Suryakumar Yadav (8) followed next as he became the second victim of Walsh. The team was on 225/3 when it started raining again. Gill was unbeaten on 98 and was set to get his maiden international hundred. However, the persistent rains had other ideas and the innings was stopped. When the game resumed, the target for the home team was set 257 in 35 overs.
In reply, the Maroon Brigade had a poor start as Kyle Myers (0) was clean bowled by Mohammed Siraj in the second over of the innings. In the same over, Shamarh Brooks (0) was trapped lbw. Shai Hope (22) and Brandon King stitched a partnership of 47 before the former was stumped by Sanju Samson off Yuzvendra Chahal. King (42) got a decent start but was cleaned up by Axar Patel. The team kept losing regular wickets and were eventually bowled out on 137 in 26 overs.
For the Men In Blue, Chahal took four wickets while Sirah, Shardul Thakur took two each and Patel and Prasidh Krishna took one each. With this win, the team managed to clean sweep the Caribbeans for the first time in their backyard
This is how Twitter reacted
Bad luck @ShubmanGill – but many more ? will come soon #IndvsWI
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) July 27, 2022
Whitewashed ??@ShubmanGill deserved that last over before rain.#WIvIND
— Gautam Savani ? (@gautam_2311) July 28, 2022
As I said , india white washed West Indies , their bowling line up is a joke , congrats @BCCI for another series win #IndvsWI #WIvIND https://t.co/0Afbs9NmD1
— movie lover (@volatilemarket) July 28, 2022
Well done Team India , registering a 3-0 victory ,cleansweeping the West Indies !???
12th consecutive bilateral ODI series win for India against them. @SDhawan25 @BCCI #IndvsWI #WIvIND #ShikharDhawan #Shubmangill #ShreyasIyer #chahal #IndianCricketTeam #India pic.twitter.com/LgTku287D3
— Harshvardhan ?? (@Harshh_vardhann) July 27, 2022
Another series win with mostly a second string team? Dhawan led the team well & many players made the most of the opportunities given to them? Outclassed the Windies tonight… They were brilliant in the first 2 games but not today!
Next up, the 5-match T20 series?#WIvIND— Aritravo? (@FF_EyeTest) July 27, 2022
Ind won the match & series with 3-0.
Sikhar Dhawan Become First Indian captain Clean sweep to Westindies in their home.Shubman Gill was Exceptional Great throughout the series. Yuzi Bowled well today. A Great series from India perspective#WIvIND #INDvWI #IndvsWI #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/vSEzh136Zy— KAPIL DEV TAMRAKAR ? ?? (@kapildevtmkr) July 27, 2022
#TeamIndia completes a clean sweep of the Caribbean with a resounding 1??1??9??-run victory in the final ODI of the series. ?
It's time to shift focus to Trinidad and Tobago for the opening T20I on Friday. ?#PlayBold #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/rq4Zr9vOdx
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) July 27, 2022
India go undefeated in yet another ODI series ?https://t.co/OAlqCtdSUq #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/FCzW7n1lS7
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 28, 2022
Wrapping up the series with minimum fuss ??
An all-round bowling show from the #MenInBlue sees ?? trounce the Windies by 1?1?9? runs (D/L Method) ??#WIvIND pic.twitter.com/LrCAyqXN9a
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) July 28, 2022
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Congratulations #TeamIndia on winning the #WIvIND ODI series! ? ?
Over to T20Is now! ? ? pic.twitter.com/kpMx015pG1
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 27, 2022
A clean sweep from captain Shikhar Dhawan and Co ???#ShikharDhawan #IndianCricketTeam #Cricket #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/GnYqSbaon5
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) July 27, 2022
