IND vs WI: West Indies Won by 8 Wickets

In this match, the Indian team lost by eight wickets and the West Indies took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
IND vs WI: West Indies Won by 8 Wickets

The first match of the three-match ODI series was played between India and West Indies at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. In this match, the Indian team lost by eight wickets and the West Indies took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. In this match, West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and elected to bowl. In such a situation, the Indian team scored 287 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs on the basis of half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant. In this way, the West Indies now had 288 runs to win. Chasing this score, the Caribbean team won the match with eight wickets on the basis of Hetmyer's 139 runs and Shai Hope's unbeaten 102-runs. The Caribbean team scored 291 for 2 wickets in 47.5 overs and made a great start to the series.

Chasing the winning target, the first wicket of the West Indies innings fell at just 11 runs. Deepak Chahar dismissed team opener batsman Ambris for 9 runs. Hetmyer played an amazing innings for his team and scored his fifth century of ODI career. He scored 139 runs from 106 balls and was caught by Shreyas Iyer off Shami's ball. Hetmyer shared a 218-run partnership with Hope for the second wicket. Shai Hope scored the eighth century of his ODI career and this was his second century in ODIs against India. Shai Hope remained unbeaten on 102 runs while Nicholas Pooran scored an unbeaten 29 runs.

Earlier, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul came to the ground to start the innings for India. Both scored 21 runs in 6.1 overs, but KL Rahul got out on the second ball of the same over. KL Rahul scored 6 runs in 15 balls, caught by Hetmyer off Sheldon Cottrell. On the last ball of the seventh over of the innings, Sheldon Cottrell bowled Indian captain Virat Kohli for 4 runs. The ball hit Virat's bat and went straight to the stumps. The Indian team completed 50 runs in 12.1 overs. India had just scored 80 runs that opener Rohit Sharma was dismissed after playing a pull shot. Rohit was caught out by Kirron Pollard after scoring 36 off 56 balls off Alzari Joseph. The Indian team completed 100 runs in 25 overs. Batting at number four, Shreyas Iyer completed the half-century in 70 balls. At the same time, Rishabh Pant scored the first half-century of his ODI career in 49 balls.

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