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 11S. Iyer c&b Holder 64D. Hooda c Brooks b Walsh 38S. Samson b Smith 15H. Pandya run out Smith 28D. Karthik lbw Smith 12A. Patel c Pooran b Smith 9A. Khan not out 1EXTRAS (W-7, NB-3) 10TOTAL (for seven wickets, 20 overs) 188FALL 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. SinghBOWLING: 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 0S. Brooks st Karthik b Axar 13D. Thomas b Axar 10S. Hetmyer c Iyer b Bishnoi 56N. Pooran lbw Yadav 3R. Powell lbw Bishnoi 9K. Paul lbw Bishnoi 0D. Drakes b Yadav 1O. Smith c Pandya b Yadav 0H. Walsh not out 0O. McCoy c Hooda b Bishnoi 0EXTRAS (W-8) 8TOTAL (all out, 15.4 overs) 100FALL 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