Batting first, the West Indies team set a target of 406 runs for India. In reply, the Indian team was given a good start by captain Shubman Gill and opener Rohit Sharma. Chased the target in just 43.3 overs and gave West Indies their second consecutive defeat in the series.
There was a partnership of 255 runs for the first wicket between Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. Sharma faced 75 balls and played a century inning of 101 runs. With this, he became the seventh batsman to complete 12 thousand runs in ODI cricket.
Captain Shubhman Gill created history by playing an unbeaten inning of 223 runs. He became the second Indian batsman after Rohit Sharma to score the most runs in a single innings in ODIs. Apart from this, Gill has also become the second batsman to score two double centuries in ODIs. Rohit Sharma has a record of three double centuries in ODI.
Gill also broke Ishan Kishan's record of fastest double century in ODI. Kishan had scored a double century on 126 balls, while Shubman Gill achieved this feat on 117 runs. Gill became the second batsman to score a double century while chasing. Earlier, Glenn Maxwell had changed the fate of the entire match by scoring a double century against Afghanistan in the 2023 World Cup. Gill scored his first double century against New Zealand in Hyderabad on 18 January 2023. Then an inning of 208 runs was played in 149 balls.
Virat Kohli faced 19 balls and scored an inning of 29 runs. Rituraj Gaikwad contributed 31 unbeaten runs in 37 balls. West Indies team gave 22 extra runs. The Indian team chased the target of 406 runs in just 43.3 overs. India's first wicket fell at the score of 255 and the wicket of Virat Kohli at the score of 320.
The West Indies team, which came to bat first against India, scored a huge score of 405 runs for the first time in ODI, thanks to centuries from John Campbell, Shai Hope and Aamir Jangu. Campbell set the tone with a century in 65 balls as the West Indies batsmen tore apart India's inexperienced fast bowling attack. Campbell smashed the Indian attack during his innings of 101 runs off 68 balls and hit nine fours and five sixes in the innings.
Hope got a lease of life from Virat Kohli on a personal score of 27 runs. He took full advantage of this. The captain played a brilliant inning of 104 runs in 94 balls and hit eight fours and three sixes. Jangu completed his second ODI century in just 69 balls. He remained unbeaten after scoring 114 runs with the help of 13 fours and three sixes. This marked the first time that West Indies scored three centuries in ODIs. This score was better than his previous best performance of 389 runs against England in 2019.
Indian bowler Auqib Nabi gave away 84 runs in his 8.5 overs. They struggled to contain West Indies on a flat pitch. Gurnoor Brar took two wickets for 96 runs while Prasidh Krishna took one wicket for 45 runs in five overs. Batsman all-rounder Naman Dhir had to leave the field in the 36th over after bowling 6.1 overs due to a sprained ankle. Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets for 65 runs and with this became a part of the 200 wicket club. Ravindra Jadeja also took two wickets and gave 75 runs.
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