LAUDERHILL (Florida): India produced a spin-bowling masterclass on Sunday as they defeated West Indies by 88 runs in the final game of their five-match T20 International series in Lauderhill, Florida.

Ravi Bishnoi took 4-16, while Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel bagged three wickets each as West Indies were bundled out for 100 in their chase of 189.

It was the first time in T20 Internationals that all 10 wickets were taken by spinners.

Shimron Hetmyer’s 56 was the lone highlight of West Indies’ chase, with the team losing four players to a duck.

After opting to bat, India finished their innings on 188-7 with Shreyas Iyer scoring 64 from 40 deliveries and Deepak Hooda making 38 off 25 balls.

India had already clinched the series when they took an unassailable 3-1 lead on Saturday by winning the fourth T20 by 59 runs at the same venue.

Scoreboard

INDIA: I. Kishan c Pooran b Drakes 11 S. Iyer c&b Holder 64 D. Hooda c Brooks b Walsh 38 S. Samson b Smith 15 H. Pandya run out Smith 28 D. Karthik lbw Smith 12 A. Patel c Pooran b Smith 9 A. Khan not out 1 EXTRAS (W-7, NB-3) 10 TOTAL (for seven wickets, 20 overs) 188 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-38 (Kishan), 2-114 (Hooda), 3-122 (Iyer), 4-142 (Samson), 5-158 (Karthik), 6-181 (Pandya), 7-187 (Axar) DID NOT BAT: K. Yadav, R. Bishnoi, A. Singh BOWLING: Holder 4-0-38-1 (1nb), McCoy 2-0-27-0 (3w), Drakes 3-0-24-1, Paul 2-0-24-0 (1w, 2nb), Walsh 4-0-33-1, Smith 4-0-33-3 (2w), Powell 1-0-9-0 (1w) WEST INDIES: J. Holder b Axar 0 S. Brooks st Karthik b Axar 13 D. Thomas b Axar 10 S. Hetmyer c Iyer b Bishnoi 56 N. Pooran lbw Yadav 3 R. Powell lbw Bishnoi 9 K. Paul lbw Bishnoi 0 D. Drakes b Yadav 1 O. Smith c Pandya b Yadav 0 H. Walsh not out 0 O. McCoy c Hooda b Bishnoi 0 EXTRAS (W-8) 8 TOTAL (all out, 15.4 overs) 100 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0 (Holder), 2-24 (Brooks), 3-33 (Thomas), 4-50 (Pooran), 5-83 (Powell), 6-88 (Paul), 7-89 (Drakes), 8-89 (Smith), 9-100 (Hetmyer) BOWLING: Axar 3-1-15-3 (1w), Arshdeep 2-0-18-0, Avesh 2-0-20-0 (1w), Pandya 2-0-19-0, Yadav 4-1-12-3, Bishnoi 2.4-0-16-4 (2w) RESULT: India won by 88 runs.

Published in Dawn, August 9th, 2022