India ride Deepti’s all-round excellence to floor Windies
The Indian women’s team rode on star allrounder Deepti Sharma’s heroics with the ball to wrap up their 3-0 ODI series win against the West Indies at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
The Indian women’s team rode on star allrounder Deepti Sharma’s heroics with the ball to wrap up their 3-0 ODI series win against the West Indies at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
Within six months, Pooran, now of 24, has proved his worth with 20 boundaries and nine sixes in three ODIs and with an ODI average of 52 in 19 games looks to be one for the future.
Navdeep Saini had made his international debut against the same opponent in a Twenty-20 International (T20I) match in August earlier this year.
The current record holder is Sanath Jayasuriya.
With the three-match ODI series between India and the West Indies balanced at 1-1, the last game will act as a virtual final.
Virat Kohli could also surpass Alan Border, who has 11062 runs across formats as captain if he manages to score 178 runs in the third and final ODI.
The 25-year-old is gradually settling into the critical number four position in a team that has struggled to find one for the longest time.
The series is currently levelled at 1-1 and the third ODI will be the last one of the series. All of this makes the series all the more interesting.
Kuldeep Yadav, who has taken 99 wickets in 54 ODIs, will also become the joint-fastest Indian to claim 100 wickets in the 50-overs format.
And in the second ODI, Virat Kohli, who got dismissed for a first-ball duck, was very animated after Pollard's first-ball dismissal.
