Florida, USA: West Indies seals victory in five-match T20 series by defeating India yesterday at Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium in Florida, USA. Brandon King, the Jamaican-born, single-handedly took his team to victory by scoring more than half of the target.
He played an astonishing innings scoring 85 in 55 balls, hitting 5 fours and 6 sixes. King remained not for complete innings and returned with a victory. Nicholas Pooran, the man in form, joined forces with Brandon after the dismissal of Kyle Mayers and scored 47 in 35 balls.
After winning the toss, Indian captain Hardik Pandeya decided to bat first. Once again, no significant contribution from the youth players in the match was observed. The Indian batting order kept collapsing and barely managed to reach a total score of 165 after losing nine wickets.
Suryakumar Yadav remains the top scorer from the Indian side. He scored 61 in 45 deliveries hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes. It is the first time in 25 months India has lost a T20 series and first time in seventeen years that the Blues lost a T20 series against West Indies in a bilateral series.
West Indies finishes off in style by hitting a six. The Windies win the match and series by eight wickets and 12 balls remaining. Once again, questions were raised over the captaincy of Indian Captain Hardik Pandya, who was chosen to lead the Indian Cricket team in the five-match T20 series.
Poor performance from Indian youngsters and early collapse remains the leading cause of Indian loss in all matches. As per cricket experts, the Two time World champions played to ordinary against the team who didn’t even qualify for World Cup this year.
