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Published by: swapnil shashank
Updated Sun, 20 Feb 2022 11:20 PM IST
Summary
IND vs WI: After a long wait of six years, India has reached the first position in the ICC T20 rankings. Earlier, on 3 May 2016, the team became number one in the T20 rankings. The captain at that time was Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
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India defeated West Indies by 17 runs in the last match of the three-match T20I series. With this win, Team India has also reached the first place in the T20 rankings. India had earlier defeated West Indies 3-0 in the ODI series as well. Batting first after losing the toss, India scored 184 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav scored 65 runs in 31 balls. This was the fourth half-century of his T20 International career.
✔ 3-0 vs New Zealand in T20Is
✔ 3-0 vs West Indies in ODIs
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India scored the most runs in the death over
At the same time, Venkatesh Iyer remained unbeaten on 35 off 19 balls. The partnership of 91 runs in 37 balls between the two for the fifth wicket. At the time when Rohit was out and Venkatesh entered the field, India’s score was 93 for four in 14 overs. After this, India added 86 runs in the last five overs. This is the highest number of runs scored by India in death overs (16 to 20 overs) in T20Is. Earlier in 2007, India had scored 80 runs in the last five overs against England in Durban. Holder, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Hayden Walsh and Dominic Drakes got one wicket each for West Indies.
Rohit-Rituraj could not do anything special
Suryakumar and Venkatesh together scored 17 runs in the 16th and 17th overs, 10 runs in the 18th over, 21 runs in the 19th over and 21 runs in the 20th over as well. Apart from Surya and Venkatesh, no Indian batsman could do anything special. Rituraj Gaikwad 4 runs, Ishan Kishan 34 runs off 31 balls, Shreyas Iyer 25 runs off 16 balls and captain Rohit Sharma 7 runs off 15 balls.
West Indies did not start well
Chasing the target of 185 runs, West Indies could only manage 167 runs in 20 overs for the loss of nine wickets. For the Windies, Nicholas Pooran played the highest innings of 61 runs in 47 balls. Apart from this, Romario Shepherd scored 29 runs in 21 balls. West Indies did not have a good start and Deepak Chahar sent openers Myers and Shai Hope to the pavilion.
Myers-Hope got out cheaply
Apart from this, none of the batsmen could do anything special. Rovman Powell scored 25 runs off 14 balls, Kyle Myers scored six runs, Shai Hope scored eight runs, captain Kieron Pollard scored five runs, Jason Holder scored two runs, Roston Chase made 12 runs and Dominic Drakes scored four runs. Fabian Allen remained unbeaten on five.
Harshal Patel took three wickets
Deepak Chahar took two wickets for India. However, after that he walked off the field due to a strain in his leg muscles. At the same time, Harshal Patel took three wickets. He dismissed Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd and Roston Chase. At the same time, Venkatesh Iyer has performed wonderfully in bowling too. He sent Kieron Pollard and Jason Holder to the pavilion. Shardul Thakur also got two wickets.
India became number-1 after six years
India has reached the first position in the ICC T20 rankings after a long wait of six years. Earlier, on 3 May 2016, the team became number one in the T20 rankings. The captain at that time was Mahendra Singh Dhoni. After Dhoni, Virat Kohli became the captain of the team, but he could not make the team number-1 under his captaincy.
India on par with Pakistan
The Indian team won the 9th match in a row in T20 Internationals. With this, India has also equaled Pakistan. The Pakistan team had won nine consecutive T20 matches in 2018. The world record for winning most consecutive matches in T20 International is recorded in the name of Afghanistan. He won 12 matches in a row.