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Match 34: West Indies vs India - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Post Match Summary

The match 34 of the ICC Men’s WC was started between West Indies and India on June 27th 2019, at Old Trafford, Manchester by 10:30 am the local time.

It’s the Indian skipper Virat Kohli who won the toss and elected to bat first.

First Innings :

It was KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma who opened the Indian batting lineup, as they started positively before the DRS did not favour Rohit Sharma. There were huge controversies and debates which are still going on for the false decision given by the TV umpire either it was nicked from bat or pad. Rohit who was going on a good nick departed unfortunately for 18 off 23 balls with 1 four and 1 six. Lokesh Rahul was then partnered by the Indian skipper Virat Kohli. KL Rahul who connected perfectly with the white ball gave his wicket for 48 off 64 balls with 6 fours included. He was caught behind by Shai Hope as the 2nd wicket partnership went on for 59 runs. It was Vijay Shankar who came at no.4 but, missed a great opportunity to prove his ability as he went for just 14 off 19 balls with 3 boundaries included. Virat after Shankar departed partnered with Kedhar Jadhav and he (Virat) marked his 4th consecutive half-century and 53th n ODIs. Yes! It’s Kedhar Jadhav this time who left from the middle for just 7 off 10 balls with only boundary included. It was a tough successful review taken by the Windies captain Jason Holder as the umpire nodded his head. Then came “Mr Cool” MS Dhoni who walked in the middle and crowd went so high to cheer him. After a forty (40) run partnership Virat departed for 72 off 82 balls with 8 boundaries included. It was Hardick Pandya who was partnered with “Captian Cool” contributed so well as the 6th wicket partnership went for 70 off 60 balls. Pandya who contributed so well missed his 1st WC half-century in just 4 runs as he scored 46 off 38 deliveries with 5 four included.
MS Dhoni is believed to be an important batsman for India on this World Cup did not fail this time to contribute runs on the board as the Worlds best finisher finishes off in style with a six to put team India a competitive total. Dhoni who made 56 off 61 marked his 72nd ODI fifty. It’s the West Indian pacemakers Kumar Roach and the skipper Jason Holder was exceptional with their wicket contributions and economy rate. As Kemar Roach took 3 for 36 in his 10 overs spell and Jason Holder took 2 for just 33 controlled the Indians to avoid a mammoth score. Thus team India finally scored 268 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs.

Second Innings :

West Indies began their chase with the big man the “Universe Boss” Christopher Henry Gayle and with Sunil Ambris. It was Chris Gayle who went early at 10 runs with only one boundary under his belt. Then it was the West Indian wicket-keeper batsman Shai Hope who failed to make hope for the team to chase with Sunil Ambris. Then it was Nicholas Pooran and Sunil Ambris who built a 55 runs partnership which is the only half-century partnership of the team’s innings. The opening batsman Sunil Ambris who is considered to be the maximum individual run scorer for the team scored 31 off 40 balls with 2 boundaries included. After Nicholas Pooran who gone for 28 off 50 balls it was Shimron Hetmyer who is the 3rd high scorer for West Indies chase who made just 18 off 29 balls with only boundary. Except these batsmen no other Windies batsmen try to survey the mighty Indian bowling attack . It was Mohammad Shami who made a stunning performance with the ball achieved his 8th 4 wicket haul. As he gave only 16 runs for 4 in 6.2 overs. Whereas the world no.1 bowler Jasprit Bumrah who took 2 wickets and gave only 9 runs in his 6 overs at an extraordinary economy of 1.5 runs per over which was outstanding. Yes the spinners did not fail to make their magic with the white ball as Yuzvendra Chahal picked 2 and Kuldeep Yadav picked 1. Of course, the Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya who made a useful and important contribution with the bat also contributed with the ball by picking 1 wicket. Thus West Indies were all-out for 143 in 34.2 overs.



Man of the Match(MOM): It’s Virat Kohli the skipper who had made an important and consistent knock in the tournament bagged the Man of the Match award for his 72 runs.

Records: It’s the Indian skipper Virat Kohli who marked the fastest man to reach 20,000 runs in all formats of cricket in just 417 innings.

Virat Kohli also joined the club of 4 consecutive fifty plus score next to Navjot Singh Siddhu and Sachin Tendulkar.

Kohli is the only 3rd captain to mark 4 consecutive fifty next to Graeme Smith (RSA) and Aaron Finch (Aus) Shami by this reached his World Cup best figure 16/4.