Crew India on Sunday pulled off yet one more shut victory in opposition to the West Indies to clinch the continued collection 2-0. Chasing a difficult 312-run goal, the Males in Blue the guests have been all the way down to 205 for 5 in 38.4 overs however all-rounder Patel revived India together with his six-hitting prowess to take them house.
With eight runs required off the final six balls, Patel clobbered Kyle Mayers straight over the bowler’s head for a six as India took an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection. He ended up scoring an unbeaten 64 off 35 balls, together with 5 sixes and three fours. His innings got here after Shreyas Iyer (63) and Sanju Samson (54) tried to take the chase deep with well-paced fifties.
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Stand-in India skipper Shikhar Dhawan heaped reward on his teammates for holding religion in themselves till the final over of the chase. He credited a robust ‘home and IPL cricket’ for the success of the aspect to take a 2-0 unassailable lead within the collection.
“It was an amazing group efficiency. Boys didn’t lose the self-belief, that’s wonderful. Iyer, Sanju, Axar everybody was wonderful, Even Avesh got here out in his debut sport and scored these 11 necessary runs. Because of IPL, they carry out on an enormous stage,” mentioned Dhawan on the post-match present.
“I felt that we bowled properly. They bought off to begin. Hope and Pooran batted properly. We thought if they might do it, we knew that we may do it. We began a little bit sluggish. Shubman batted properly. The Iyer-Samson partnership made an enormous distinction. There was a run-out. However this stuff occur. Boys are studying. Because of the assist workers as properly. They’ve been doing an amazing job,” he added.
Dhawan additional congratulated Shai Hope who scored 100 on his 100th ODI look for the West Indies. The left-hand opening batter is the one Indian participant to succeed in this feat within the 50-over format.
“It was an amazing feeling after I scored a 100 in my one centesimal ODI sport. I might wish to congratulate Hope for doing the identical,” Dhawan mentioned.
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