Ind v WI, 3rd ODI: West Indies register their fastest team 100
Congratulations from all the Indian players as Gayle departs—possibly for the final time. He acknowledges the crowd in his signature style—lifts the helmet high atop the handle of the bat—as he walks back.
West Indies bludgeoned their way to their fastest team hundred in the one-day Internationals credit the carnage by Chris Gayle, who smashed a 30-ball half-century in the third One Day internationals against India on Wednesday, 14 August.
West Indies reached 100 in just 9.1 overs. This is also the fastest hundred by any other team against India!
Strange as it may seem, West Indies had scored just 13 runs from the first four overs. In the next 5.3 overs, they scored 100 runs.
West Indies' first 10 overs:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 14, 2019
First 4 overs - 13 runs
5th over - 16 runs
6th over - 20 runs
7th over - 14 runs
8th over - 16 runs
9th over - 18 runs
10th over - 17 runs#WIvInd
Gayle along with opener Evin Lewis got West Indies off to a flyer after a brief rain stoppage. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bowled a maiden first over and conceded just one run from the second, ended up with a figure of 5-1-48-0.
It was Chahal with the first breakthrough in the 11th over when he dismissed Lewis with a fuller delivery. Khalil Ahmed got the big man, ‘The Universe Boss’ in the next over to bring India back into the game. It was fitting that the catch went up to captain Virat Kohli.
Congratulations from all the Indian players as Gayle departs—possibly for the final time. He acknowledges the crowd in his signature style—lifts the helmet high atop the handle of the bat—as he walks back.
Most 6s in a calendar year:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) August 14, 2019
58 AB de Villiers (2015)
56 Chris Gayle (2019)
48 Shahid Afridi (2002)
46 Rohit Sharma (2017)
42 Shane Watson (2011)
42 Martin Guptill (2015)#WIvIND
Earlier, West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and opted the bat. India made one change to their playing XI, replacing Kuldeep Yadav with his spin colleague Yuzvendra Chahal.
India vs West Indies 3rd ODI: Playing XI
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (Captain), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, K Khaleel Ahmed
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (wicket-keeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Jason Holder (Captain), Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Kemar Roach, Keemo Paul
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