Continuing the stellar performance by the Indian team has defeated West Indies in the third ODI as well. The Indian team won the third ODI by 119 runs and made a clean sweep of the West Indies at their home. The Indian team won the three-match ODI series 3-0. This is India’s 12th consecutive series win over WI in ODI cricket. With this, the Indian team has made the world record of defeating any one team in the most consecutive series.
The previous record was in the name of our biggest rival Pakistan. Team Pakistan has defeated Zimbabwe in 11 consecutive ODI series. Indian allrounder Axar Patel with 64 runs remained the highest run-getter from the Indian site. Similarly, 63 runs came off the bat of Shreyas Iyer. Sanju made the maiden fifty of his ODI career. Samson scored 54 runs for the team.
Shubman Gill could not complete the century due to rain
Shubman Gill was batting brilliantly and had reached the personal score of 98 runs. After that, it rained again. And the time was over in the match, that’s why the Indian team did not come to bat again and reduced the match from 40 overs to 36 overs. In this way, his innings remained unbeaten on 98 runs. His valuable runs put India upfront after the 1st Innings.
Shubman Gill the player of the series
For his brilliant performance throughout the series, he earned the player of the series award. He scored the most runs in the series among the players of both teams. Even without scoring a century in the series. He scored a total of 205 runs in the series. The 64 runs in the 1st ODI, 43 runs in the 2nd, and an unbeaten 98 in the last ODI. Shubman contributed two 100+ opening partnerships in the series with his partner Shikhar Dhawan.