India face West Indies for the ODI series starting at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope's brilliant knocks helped West Indies secure a comfortable eight-wicket victory over India in the first ODI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday in Chennai.
With this win, the visitors have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
Upon winning the toss, Windies skipper Kieron Pollard opted to bowl first.
India got off to a very poor start as they lost three early wickets. KL Rahul was the first one who was sent back to the dressing room for 6 runs by Cottrell as India were reduced to 21/1.
Skipper Virat Kohli (4) was the next victim of the Windies pacer as India lost Rohit Sharma also after few moments for 36 runs.
India were 80/3 when Shreyas Iyer joined Rishabh Pant in the middle and the duo knitted together a blockbuster partnership to bring the home side back into the game.
The duo managed to put up a 114-run stint for the 4th wicket and brought up their maiden ODI 50s as well.
Iyer played an innings of 70 runs off 88 runs before losing his wicket to Joseph while Pollard brought an end to Pant's 71-run innings.
Kedhar Jadhav and Ravindra Jadeja came in and built a quickfire partnership of 59 runs for the sixth wicket.
Jadhav managed to smash 40 runs while Jadeja added 21 runs to help India hoist a score of 287/8 after 50 overs.
On the chasing of 288, West Indies lost Sunil Ambris for 9 runs as Deepak Chahar gave an early breakthrough for India.
However, Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer formed a class-oozing partnership of 218 runs for the second wicket.
Hetmyer smashed 139 runs off 106 balls, hitting 11 boundaries and 7 sixes on his way to his 5th ODI ton.
Mohammed Shami dismissed Hetmyer in the 39th over as Nicholas Pooran came in and added 29* runs as West Indies finished on 291/2 after 47.5 overs.
Hope stayed unbeaten in the end on 102 and guided Windies to an 8 wicket win with 13 deliveries to spare in the end.
India vs West Indies: Scorecard
WEST INDIES: 291/2 in 47.5 overs
INDIA: 287/8 in 50.0 overs
SQUAD:
India (From): Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Deepak Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
West Indies (From): Pollard (c), Ambris, Chase, Cottrell, Hetmyer, Holder, Hope, Joseph, King, Lewis, Paul, Pierre, Pooran, Shepherd, Walsh Jr.
1. West Indies win the toss and opt to field.
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Kieron Pollard won the toss and opted to field first. A very strange decision as the pitch is known to bat first.
For India, Mayank Agarwal comes in as a replacement for Shikhar Dhawan. Shardul Thakur too makes a late entry and replaces injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
As for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, the two are chasing to end the year 2019 on a high. While the Indian skipper is eyeing a massive world record provided the 'Hitman' does not come in the captain's way.
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Kedar Jadhav, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami.
West Indies (Playing XI): Shai Hope(w), Sunil Ambris, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Hayden Walsh, Alzarri Joseph, Sheldon Cottrell.
2. Sheldon Cottrell sends KL Rahul and Virat Kohli back
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Two major wickets for Sheldon Cottrell. First KL Rahul departs for 6 and then Virat Kohli goes for 4. It's now getting clear why Pollard chose to field first.
At 122 kph delivery on a back of a length, it was down the leg-side and Rahul was beaten by the lack of pace. He went to whip the ball through square leg, but it gets a leading edge and pops up in the air. Hetmyer, who is at mid-wicket takes the catch!
Rahul c Hetmyer b Cottrell 6(15) [4s-1]
As for Kohli, Cottrell cleverly changes the pace of his delivery and it was slightly wide. Kohli wanted to dab it to the third man, however, he plays it down the wrong line and the ball inside edges back onto his stumps.
Kohli b Cottrell 4(4) [4s-1]
3. Rohti walks!
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Alzarri Joseph picks up his first wicket of the day and sent Rohit Sharma back to the dressing room.
Rohit failed to pick up Alzarri's change of pace and ended up giving away an easy catch to Pollard.
The opener scored 36 runs off 56 deliveries today as India lose their thrid wicket.
4. HALF-CENTURY for Iyer!
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Shreyas Iyer brings up his well deserved 50 off just 70 delivers against West Indies.
This is also his maiden 50 in "Men In Blue" colors.
Iyer has batted very maturely and provided well-balanced support to Rishabh Pant, who is also close to his half-century.
5. Pant hits 50!
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Just moments after Shreyas Iyer's 50, Rishabh Pant now brings up his half-century on the day.
Pant has batter brilliantly so far and played some exquisite shots to bring up 49-ball 50.
This Pant-Iyer partnership has done India a lot of favour after losing Rohit, Virat and Lokesh very early in the innings.
6. Innings break!
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India rides on Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant's brilliant maiden 50s to hoist 287/8 from their 50 overs.
West Indies now need 288 to win the first ODI of the three-match series.
7. We are back underway!
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Deepak Chahar is ready with the ball to get things underway.
Shai Hope and Ambris are at the crease for West Indies to kick start the chase.
8. Chahar removes Ambris!
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India finds an early breakthrough as pacer Deepak Chahar picks up his first wicket of the match.
Sunil Ambris completely misses the pitch of the ball and ends up losing his wicket through a LAB for 9 runs.
Shimron Hetmyer is now in the middle for the visitors.
9. Half-century!
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Shimron Hetmyer brings up his well-deserved half-century against India off 50 balls.
10. 50 for Hope!
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Just moments after Hetmyer, Shai Hope also brings up his 50 against India.
This one is a much slower innings!
11. TON!
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Shimron Hetmyer is definitely turning on the style as he now brings up his fifth ODI century for the "Men In Maroon".
12. Its all over!
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West Indies have won the first ODI match in Chennai by 8 wickets with 13 more balls to spare and have taken a 1-0 lead in the series over India.
Shai Hope stayed unbeaten in the end on 102 as his and Hetmayer's knock of 139 runs helped the tourists cruise to an easy victory in the end.
