IND vs WI 3rd T20 Highlights: Suryakumar, Harshal help IND beat WI by 17 runs to complete 3-0 clean sweep

FOUR! Full and straight, Iyer presents the full face of the bat and he drives it right past the bowler for 4

FOUR! Make that 2 in 2. Another half-volley. Iyer throws the kitchen sink at it and hits it uppishly but through the cover-point gap for 4.

IND are 37/1 after 5 overs

FOUR! Short of length and just outside off. Kishan makes room, skips down the track and he slices it through extra-cover

FOUR! What a good-looking shot. He keeps it simpler this time. A rank half-volley outside off. Kishan gets down low and creams the ball through covers for 4. Pollard isn't happy with Shepherd

FOUR! In the air but in the gap! Short and wide again from Romario. This time, Kishan sits back and goes at it with hard hands. He manages it to carve it between backward point and short third man

12 off the over. IND are 27/1 after 4 overs. 

OUT! Jason Holder strikes early as he sends Ruturaj Gaikwad packing on 4. Pitched up in line and Gaikwad looked to hit the through the on side. The outswing found the top edge and he was caught at third man by Mayers.

Shreyas Iyer joins Kishan in the middle.

IND are 10/1 after 2.3 overs.

Romaria Shepherd is operating from the other end

WHAT A STOP! FABIAN ALLEN in action right away. Gaikwad gets on top of the bounce and punches the ball cover-point but Allen puts in a stunning full-stretch dive from backward to stop the boundary

FOUR! Gaikwad off the mark with a four as Gaikwad finds the gap this time. Pitched on length and was shaping away outside off. Gaikwad runs his hands through the ball and finds four through backward point.

IND are 9/0 after 2 overs

FOUR! Off the mark with a boundary, is Kishan. Three balls after the batters run a leg-bye, Kishan works the ball past the short fine leg fielder off his hips for 4. 

IND are 5/0 after 1 over

Team India openers Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad are out in the middle.

Jason Holder to begin West Indies' attack.

Gaikwad facing the first ball

And we are underway!

The green turf at Kolkata's iconic Eden Gardens is ready for action. We know the outfield is quick here. Expect more entertainment today as we are using the same surface as the 2nd T20I

Rohit Sharma mentioned that it is difficult to see players like Shreyas Iyer miss out. Today, he gets a run. Last time he was out, he scored a brilliant 80 in an ODI.

At last, the full-time Rohit Sharma era begins! Are you excited?

The T20 Giants have lost 4 of their last 7 matches and are no facing a whitewash

India are now unbeaten in their last 8 T20Is. This run runs from the Afghanistan win in the T20WC through the NZ series win until today. 

Can India make it 9/9?

Both India and West Indies have made four changes each. As expected, both teams are looking to give more players a run

INDIA: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan

WEST INDIES: Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell,Roston Chase, Kieron Pollard, Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, Romario Shepherd, 10 Hayden Walsh, Dominic Drakes

"Feels good to bat first given that we did well in the last game. We have some guys missing. We have four changes: Virat, Bhuvi. Pant and Chahal miss out. Avesh Khan makes his debut. Ruturaj and Ishan will open the batting. There is a lot of cricket ahead of us and the challenge for the World Cup would be to make sure we are mentally and physically fresh. We have an eye on that but at the moment everything looks fine and we are just taking it one game at a time"

"We are going to bowl first. Nothing much has changed in these last two games, the ball comes onto the bat nicely. We have four changes: Wash, Fabian, Drakes and Hope come back in. When we look at the two games that we lost, we have batted well but we faltered during our fielding and bowling at the death. It is also an opportunity for the guys to have a taste of the conditions and see what they can offer."

West Indies have won the toss and elected to bowl

“A good pitch to bat on, dew might be a factor but it has been overcast throughout the day and that usually doesn't attract a lot of dew. Win the toss and chase,” reckon Deep Dasgupta and Ajit Agarkar:

Here is the man of the moment

• 48: Kieron Pollard is 48 runs away from becoming the 2nd highest run-getter in T20Is by surpassing Marlon Samuels’ tally of 1611.

• 100: Kieron Pollard is 1 six away from completing 100 sixes in T20 Internationals and become the 3rd Caribbean cricketer to reach this landmark after Chris Gayle (124) and Evin Lewis (110).

o Pollard will also complete 50 sixes as captain in T20Is for West Indies with 1 six.

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• 1000: Kieron Pollard is 58 runs away from completing 1000 runs in away T20Is.

PACER AVESH KHAN IS MAKING HIS DEBUT TODAY. He receives his maiden cap.

If India wins the 3rd T20I, then this will be the first time for India to register whitewash wins in consecutive bilateral T20I series of 3 or more matches. Consecutive whitewash wins in bilateral

Also, Rohit could become the 1st Indian captain and 5th overall to win consecutive bilateral T20I series of 3 or more matches.

• 3: As captain, Rohit Sharma has won 3 whitewash wins in bilateral T20I series of 3 or more matches.

• Pacer Romario Shepherd made his T20I debut for West Indies in 2020 on the basis of his impressive performances in the Caribbean Premier League 2019 and other T20s.

• However, he has not been able to replicate his T20 form in International T20s. Romario Shepherd's bowling comparison since 2020 T20s Metrics

Notably, Shepherd’s average of 16.38 in domestic T20s and leagues is the 7th best among 256 bowlers who have bowled 50 or more overs.

• Moreover, Shepherd’s economy of 11.09 is the 2nd worst among the 613 bowlers who have bowled 25 or more overs in the international T20s.

Reason for Pooran success in this series boils down to the way he has played the spinners, Prior to this T20I series he had scored 58 runs in 6 innings at a strike rate of 118.36 with two dismissals.

• In this current series, Pooran has scored heavily against Y Chahal which accounts 34.15% of his total runs in this series (62/123).

• Pooran vs Indian spinners in this series:

o Vs Chahal- 42 runs in 21 balls (SR 200)

o Vs Bishnoi- 20 runs in 20 balls (SR 100).

• In this series Pooran is striking at 151.22 against Indian spin attack without being dismissed whereas in his T20I career he has a strike rate under 120 and hits a boundary after 8 balls.

• West Indies vice-captain has been consistently putting on a show with a bat in this series and is the leading run-getter in the series. Most runs in the T20I series so far:

o Nicholas Pooran-123

o Rovman Powell- 70

o Virat Kohli- 69.

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