New Delhi:
West Indies, who are on the brink of a 3-0 capitulation in what was considered their best chance to break their drought in India, have chosen to bat in Chennai. Kolkata showed the one-sided nature of the contest while in Lucknow, they were blown away by a hurricane called Rohit Sharma as he plundered a record fourth century in the format. The Indian skipper needs just 69 runs to become the leading run-getter in Twenty20 Internationals while West Indies would be aiming to avoid a Twenty20 clean sweep. With Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav, the two main tormentors for the West Indies rested, the visitors will be aiming to break their hoodoo.
Here's the full scorecard
India vs West Indies 3rd T20I live Updates:
WICKET! S Dhawan (92) is out, c Kieron Pollard b Fabian Allen, 181/4
K Paul to R Pant, WICKET!!! R Pant is out b Keemo Paul
FIFTY!@RishabPant777 joins the party and brings up his 1st T20I half-century.#TeamIndia 152/2 after 16 overs, need 29 more runs to win this game #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/xhRAt7Rbw6
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 11, 2018
16.5 Overs: O Thomas to S Dhawan (85), 4 runs, 163/2
16.3 Overs: O Thomas to S Dhawan (85), 4 runs, 159/2
Four! Rishabh Pant hits his first T20I fifty. What a knock!
12.6 Overs: K Pollard to R Pant (38), 6 runs, 119/2
FIFTY! Shikhar Dhawan brings up his 8th T20I half-century off 36 deliveries.
FIFTY!@SDhawan25 brings up his 8th T20I half-century off 36 deliveries.#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/ocsqOSfxmB
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 11, 2018
5.2 Overs: WICKET! L Rahul (17) is out, c Denesh Ramdin b Oshane Thomas, 45/2
2.2 Overs: WICKET! RG Sharma (4) is out, c Carlos Brathwaite b Keemo Paul, 13/1
Innings Break!
Windies post a total of 181/3 for #TeamIndia to chase #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/rzW7arAbzN
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 11, 2018
Four! Pooran brings up his 50 with a reverse ramp. What an innings this has been!
19.3 Overs: K Ahmed to N Pooran (42), 4 runs, 170/3
19.1 Overs: K Ahmed to DM Bravo (43), 6 runs, 164/3
16.1 Overs: Y Chahal to N Pooran (27), 6 runs, 138/3
4.5 Overs: K Pandya to DM Bravo (29), 6 runs, 117/3
12.5 Overs: WICKET! D Ramdin (15) is out, b Washington Sundar, 94/3
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Windies 84/2 after 12 overs.
Live - https://t.co/xJgIXp0EMz #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/3qN2Slkbiw
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 11, 2018
8.6 Overs: WICKET! S Hetmyer (26) is out, c Krunal Pandya b Yuzvendra Chahal, 62/2
6.1 Overs: WICKET! S Hope (24) is out, c Washington Sundar b Yuzvendra Chahal, 51/1
5.2 overs: Krunal Pandya to S Hope (23), Six! That was a solid blow, WI 44/0
B Kumar to S Hope (16), 4 runs, WI 37/0 after 4.4 overs. West Indies off to a flying start.
3.5 Overs: Khaleel Ahmed to S Hetmyer (8), 4 runs, Windies 15/0
Here are the playing XIs of both teams
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik(w), Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal
Windies: Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin(w), Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Carlos Brathwaite(c), Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Oshane Thomas
West Indies have chosen to bat. Washington Sundar is in the playing XI for India. So, no debut yet for Shahbaz Nadeem. West Indies are unchanged
If West Indies suffer a 3-0 whitewash, then this will be the third time that they would have suffered this defeat by this margin. Pakistan have whitewashed them twice.
The last time Chennai hosted a Twenty20 International, it was in 2012 and it featured India going head-to-head against New Zealand. The Kiwis won the match by one run. The Chennai crowd will turn up in large numbers even without the presence of their hero, MS Dhoni.
A warm welcome to the final game of West Indies' tour to India. After a five-day break due to the Diwali celebrations, will India achieve the 3-0 clean sweep or will the Windies end their tour on a high? By the way, what was the point of a five-day game for a dead-rubber game? Makes you scratch your head in disbelief
