India sweeps T20 series

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – India defeated West Indies by seven wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International at the Guyana National Stadium here Tuesday.

Scores:

WEST INDIES 146 for six off 20 overs (Kieron Pollard 58, Rovman Powell 32 not out; Deepak Chahar 3-4, Navdeep Saini 2-34)

INDIA 150 for three off 19.1 overs (Rishabh Pant 65 not out, Virat Kohli 59, KL Rahul 20; Oshane Thomas 2-29)

 

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES

E Lewis lbw b D Chahar 1

S Narine c Saini b D Chahar 2

S Hetmyer lbw b D Chahar 1

K Pollard b Saini 58

+N Pooran c wkp Pant b Saini 17

R Powell not out 32

*C Brathwaite c Sundar b R Chahar 10

F Allen not out 8

Extras (lb4, w4) 8

TOTAL (6 wkts, 20 overs) 146

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Narine), 2-13 (Lewis), 3-14 (Hetmyer), 4-80 (Pooran), 5-105 (Pollard), 6-119 (Brathwaite)

Did not bat: K Paul, S Cottrell, O Thomas

Bowling: Kumar 3-0-19-0, D Chahar 3-1-4-3, Saini 4-0-34-2, R Chahar 3-0-27-1, Sundar 3-0-23-0 (w3), K Pandya 4-0-35-0 (w1).

Rishabh Pant

INDIA

KL Rahul c wkp Pooran b Allen 20

S Dhawan c Cottrell b Thomas 3

*V Kohli c Lewis b Thomas 59

+R Pant not out 65

M Pandey not out 2

Extras (w1) 1

TOTAL (3 wkts, 19.1 overs) 150

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Dhawan), 2-27 (Rahul), 3-133 (Kohli)

Did not bat: K Pandya, D Chahar, W Sundar, B Kumar, R Chahar, N Saini.

Result: India won by seven wickets.

Series: India win three-match series 3-0.

Toss: India

Umpires: Nigel Duguid, Leslie Reifer; TV – Gregory Brathwaite.