Ahmedabad, Feb 6: Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar shared seven wickets between them as India bundled out West Indies for 176 in the first ODI match here at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.
West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder’s 57 off 71 was the only notable knock for the visitors as Chahal (4/49) and Washington (3/30) inflicted damage with Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj picked up 2/29 and 1/26 respectively.
In their historic 1000th ODI match, India put West Indies into bat first.
Fast bowler Siraj started with a maiden over, with every delivery on a good length. Siraj got the early breakthrough after being hit for back-to-back boundaries. Shai Hope (8) looked to drive again through the off side but got an inside edge that crashed onto the stumps.
Washington struck twice for India in the 12th over, reducing West Indies to 45/3. While Brandon King (13) was caught at short midwicket, Darren Bravo (18) was trapped leg-before.
India was on a roll as Chahal bagged three wickets in quick succession. The leg-spinner dismissed Nicholas Pooran, who missed the sweep, leg-before but not before a review. With Pooran’s (18) dismissal, Chahal completed his 100 ODI wickets. In no time Chahal cleaned up West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard for a golden duck. Pollard failed to read the googly; played the wrong line and ball crashed onto the stumps.
India appealed for Shamarh Brooks’ caught behind but the on-field umpire turned them down. Chahal, however, convinced his skipper Rohit Sharma to go for a review. The ultra-edge showed a clear spike as the ball passed bat and West Indies were reduced to 78/6. Holder and Fabian Allen came to rescue West Indies, stitching a 78-run stand for the eighth wicket. West Indies moved past the 100-run mark in the 29th over as Holder and Allen continued to build a much-needed partnership. In spite of the collapse, the batters in the middle batted with confidence and played some impressive strokes. Holder registered his half-century with a shot straight to deep mid-wicket.
Washington finally ended the gritty partnership as he caught and bowled Allen for 29. West Indies’ lone fighter Holder departed off Prasidh. Chahal wrapped up West Indies as he got his fourth and visitors’ final wicket Alzarri Joseph for 13.
