With the help of captain Manish Pandey’s century and five wickets for Krunal Pandya, India A defeated West Indies A by 148 runs in the third unofficial one-day match, taking a 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Summery
After winning the toss, team India decided to bat first and scored 295 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs and then piled up the hosts for 147 runs in 34.2 overs.
India did not started well as Anmolpreet Singh returned to the pavilion without scoring a run. Opening batsman Shubhaman Gill (77 runs in 81 balls) and Shreyas Iyer (47 runs in 69 balls) added another 109 runs for the second wicket to save the innings. After Gill’s dismissal, Pandey scored 100 runs in 87 balls. He added 110 runs for the fourth wicket with Hanuma Vihari (29).
Chasing the target of 296, West Indies A were introduced by Johan Campbell (21) and Sunil Ambrish (30) for the first wicket with 51 runs.
Krunal Pandya (5 wickets for 25 runs) then destroyed the West Indies batting order and the entire team got reduced to a score of 150 runs. In the lower order, Keemo Paul scored 34 runs but India A could not stop India A from registering simple win.
Earlier, India A had won the first match on July 11 with 65 balls in Antigua, while in the North Sound the second match was won by the same margin on July 14. The last two matches of the series will be played in Antigua on Friday and Sunday respectively.
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