Team India lost in fifth T20 against West Indies. Lost the series by 2-3. Team India’s tour of West Indies ended with this match.
Team India ends West Indies tour with disappointment. India, who won the Test and ODI series in this tour, lost in the T20 series. The Indian team was defeated by the West Indies in the fifth T20 which was held yesterday. With this, West Indies won the T20 series by 3-2. India lost to West Indies by 8 wickets in the 5th T20I at Lauderhill in America. Batting first, Team India scored 165 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav (61 off 45 balls; 4 fours, 3 sixes) scored a half-century. Telugu player Tilak Verma (27 runs off 18 balls) excelled. However, the rest of the batsmen failed. Among the West Indies bowlers, Romario Shepherd took four wickets, Akeel Hossain and Holder took two wickets each. Brenden King (85 off 55 balls) played a brilliant innings as West Indies chased down the target in 18 overs. They scored 171 runs losing only 2 wickets. Nicholas Pooran (47 off 35 balls) also excelled. Among the Indian bowlers, Arshadeep Singh and Tilak Verma got a wicket each.
Team India won the toss and batted first. India’s young openers, who were strong in the last match, failed in this crucial fifth T20. Yashaswi Jaiswal (5) was dismissed in the first over. Shubman Gill (9) was also lbw by West Indies spinner Akeel Hussain in the third over. However, after that Surya Kumar Yadav and Tilak Verma played aggressively. Sanju Samson (13) and captain Hardik Pandya (14) did not perform well. Surya Kumar Yadav scored fast runs at the other end. He reached his half century in 38 balls. However, after a while, Surya was LBW off the bowling of Holder. Akshar Patel (13) couldn’t get any quick runs. India was restricted to 165 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs as no one could play aggressively in the end.