Images from the third One-Day International between India and the West Indies, in Ahmedabad, on Friday.
It was another stroll in the park as India trounced the West Indies by 96 runs in the third and final One-Day International, in Ahmedabad on Friday, to complete a 3-0 series sweep.
After Shreyas Iyer's mature 80 and Rishabh Pant's aggressive 56 powered India to a challenging 265, India’s bowlers completed the formalities in quick time, shooting out the West Indies for a dismal 169 in just 37.1 overs.
Prasidh Krishna claimed three wickets for 27 runs, Kuldeep Yadav 2 for 51, Deepak Chahar 2 for 41, Mohammad Siraj 3 for 29.
Pacer Siraj began the demolition, trapping Shai Hope leg before wicket for 5 in the fourth over.
Then Chahar, playing his first game of the series, struck twice in the fifth over.
First, he sent back Brandon King (14), who edged to Suryakumar Yadav in the slip cordon, and then, with the last delivery of the over, removed Shamarh Brooks (0), leaving the visitors reeling on 25 for 3.
Darren Bravo joined skipper Nicholas Pooran and the duo tried to get some runs for their side, but Krishna Prasidh sent the former back to the dug out in the 14th over with only 68 runs on the board.
The pacer also dismissed Jason Holder for only six runs.
Kuldeep Yadav also scalped two wickets, dismissing Pooran and Fabian Allen for 34 and zero respectively.
Odean Smith played a little cameo of 36 runs off just 18 balls and brought some hope for West Indies, but their joy was short-lived as he was caught by Shikhar Dhawan off a fine delivery from Siraj.
With the West Indies reeling on 122 for 8, Alzarri Joseph and Hayden Walsh joined hands to stitch a good partnership but their effort was in vain as Siraj struck again and scalped Walsh.
Krishna then hit the last nail on the coffin by sending back Joseph.
Earlier, India’s top three batters failed but Iyer and Pant produced fine knocks to set the West Indies a 266-run target.
Iyer (80) and Pant (56) propped the Indian innings with a 110-run partnership after a top-order collapse -- that saw Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan perish cheaply-- left them reeling at 42 for 3.
Thanks to a late blitzkrieg from Deepak Chahar and Washington Sundar, India ended up with a challenging total.
Opting to bat first India got off to a terrible start as captain Rohit played on to an incoming delivery from Alzarri Joseph and was out for 13 in the fourth over.
Kohli's poor run in the series continued as he was caught behind by wicketkeeper Shai Hope for a duck off the second delivery he faced.
It was Joseph who did the damage again and India were reduced to 16 for 2 after four overs.
Odean Smith was then introduced into the attack and the pacer struck in his first over, having Shikhar Dhawan caught by first slip Jason Holder for 10 off 26 balls.
Tottering at 42 for 3 at the end of the first 10 overs of powerplay, the hosts scratched their way to the 50-run mark in the 13th over, desperately needing a partnership. Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant did just that as they settled in started scoring runs at a brisk pace.
They struck up a fifty partnership, which also took the team's total beyond the three-figure mark. In the process Iyer notched his ninth ODI half-century.
Pant too kept the scoreboard moving and also brought up his fifty. It was his fifth half-century in ODIs.
Soon the duo notched up a century stand as India went past the 150-run mark. The 110-run partnership was broken when leg-break bowler Hayden Walsh had Pant caught behind by ‘keeper Hope for 56.
Suryakumar Yadav, the new-man in, did not last long. He was dismissed for 6 by Fabian Allen, caught in the point region by Shamarh Brooks.
Half the side was back in the pavilion with the score reading 164 for 5 in the 33rd over and India desperately needed another good partnership, but Iyer was caught at long-off by Darren Bravo after a gallant 80. It was Hayden Walsh second wicket of the match.
Deepak Chahar walked in and with Washington Sundar at the other end showed why he is so useful with the bat. He batted brilliantly to take India past the 200-run mark. He struck four boundaries and two sixes as he and Sundar put on 53 runs for the seventh wicket.
The crucial partnership was broken when Jason Holder had Chahar caught behind by 'keeper Hope, who took his third catch of the match.
Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav took India's total beyond the 250-run mark before Holder got his second wicket and Hope his fourth catch, as Kuldeep was caught behind for 5.
A few hits from Sundar took India beyond the 260-run mark before the southpaw was dismissed by Holder for 33.
Holder ended up with a haul of four wickets after dismissing Mohammed Siraj for 4 as India were bowled out for 265 in 50 overs.
