Kyle Meyers’ scintillating half-century went in vain for West Indies as Suryakumar Yadav led India to a seven-wicket victory in the third T20I on Tuesday.
3rd T20I: Suryakumar Yadav gives India a 2-1 series lead over West Indies (AP Photo)
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- India won the third T20I against West Indies to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series
- Suryakumar Yadav played a match winning innings of 76 runs
- India bounced back from a five-wicket loss in Monday’s second match
Suryakumar Yadav notched up a scintillating half-century from Kyle Meyers with a scintillating 76 to beat West Indies by seven wickets in the third T20I to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series at St Kitts on Tuesday.
West Indies vs India 3rd T20I: Highlights
Suryakumar hit four sixes and eight fours and reached his 5th T20I half-century in 26 balls as India topped West Indies’ 164/5 with 6 balls to spare from their five-wicket loss in Monday’s second match. reached. Earlier, India had suffered an injury as a captain. Rohit Sharma gone The Indian physio parted ways with him in the second over of India’s run chase on Tuesday.
Meyers Lifts WI
Earlier, West Indies posted a competitive score of 164 for five against India in the third T20 International on Tuesday, aided by a brilliant 73 by Kyle Meyers. Meyers attacked the Indian bowlers and hit eight fours and four sixes during his innings of 73.
The left-hander added 50 runs in 7.2 overs with skipper Nicholas Pooran (22 off 23 balls), scoring 57 after the opening stand with Brandon King. 27 runs came in the last two overs courtesy of Shimron Hetmyer (20 off 12 balls) and Rovman Powell. (23 runs in 14 balls).
After hitting a half-century in the last game, King looked full of scratches during his run-a-ball-20 before Pandya cast him. Deepak Hooda, who was brought back in the playing XI in place of Ravindra Jadeja, bowled a steady over with the new ball, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4-0-35-2) dismissed Pooran with extra pace and bounce and then removed. Dangerous Meyer with a fuller delivery, in which Rishabh Pant takes both the catches.
Arshdeep, despite being hit for a six and a boundary by Meyers, stuck to his gameplan, mostly coming wide of the crease to execute wide yorkers or low full-tosses that are hard to get away from.
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