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India defeated West Indies by a big margin of 119 runs (DLS method) to clean sweep the ODI series by 3-0 margin. India batting first posted a total of 225/3 in 36 overs, Shubman Gill was unfortunate to miss out his maiden ODI ton by just 2 runs as his innings got interrupted due to rain and was well supported by skipper Shikhar Dhawan at the other end initially. Shreyas Iyer smashed crucial runs at the end to boost the momentum of the team.
West Indies got a target of 257 runs to be chased inside 35 overs (DLS method due to rain interruption), but they lost this game without putting up a fight as their batting order collapsed for a total of just 137 runs. Mohammed Siraj in his very first over dismissed both Kyle Mayers and Shamarh Brooks for a duck while Thakur and Chahal completed the formalities for Team India to seal this ODI game. Among WI batters only Pooran and King got to a decent score of 42 runs with the bat.
Numbers and stats from WI vs IND 3rd ODI:
1 - For the first time India have whitewashed West Indies on West Indian soil in men's bilateral ODI series by winning all games of the series.
List of ODI series wins by Indian men's team vs WI on WI soil:
Won by 2-1 (3) in 2002
Won by 2-1 (4) in 2009
Won by 3-2 (5) in 2011
Won by 3-1 (5) in 2017
Won by 2-0 (3) in 2019
Won by 3-0 (3) in 2022
Last time West Indies won a men's ODI game against India on West Indies soil was on 2 July, 2017.
Shikhar Dhawan became fifth Indian captain to win a bilateral ODI series vs WI on WI soil after Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli.
4/17 - Yuzvendra Chahal recorded bowling figure of 4/17 vs WI in this ODI game.
Yuzvendra Chahal's best bowling figure in ODIs:
6/42 vs AUS in Melbourne, 2019
5/22 vs SA at Centurion, 2018
4/17 vs WI in Port of Spain, 2022
4/46 vs SA in Cape Town, 2018
4/47 vs ENG at Lord's, 2022
4 - West Indies become 4th men's team to lose 400 matches in ODI overall after India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Most matches lost in men's ODI:
Sri Lanka - 434
India - 432
Pakistan - 418
West Indies - 400
Zimbabwe - 384
4 - Deepak Hooda became 4th Indian spin bowler to open the bowling attack in men's ODI.
Indian spinners to bowl the first over of an innings in men's ODI:
Rajesh Chauhan vs SL in 1997 (3 matches)
Harbhajan Singh vs AUS in 2007
Ravichandran Ashwin vs WI & AUS in 2011 WC
Deepak Hooda vs WI in 2022
11 - Since 2011, India have won 11 out of 12 men's ODI matches (1 match No Result) that they played at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain venue.
56.33 - Shreyas Iyer has smashed 507 runs from 10 matches (9 inns) vs WI in ODIs at batting average of 56.33 with strike rate of 99.6.
Highest batting average by an Indian batsman vs West Indies in ODIs:
Virat Kohli - 66.5
Rohit Sharma - 57.17
Shreyas Iyer - 56.33
Note:- The above list is among players who have smashed minimum 500 runs vs WI in ODIs.
Shreyas Iyer has smashed 297 runs from 6 matches (5 inns) on WI soil at a batting average of 59.4 and with strike rate of 109.59.
Most runs for India in men's ODI after playing first 27 innings:
Navjot Singh Sidhu - 1140
Shreyas Iyer - 1108
Shikhar Dhawan - 1100
Virat Kohli - 1054
KL Rahul - 1016
98* - Shubman Gill smashed 98*(98) while opening the innings for India in this ODI game.
Most runs as an Indian opener in an ODI match on WI soil:
Rahul Dravid - 105 vs WI in Kingston, 2006
Ajinkya Rahane - 103 vs WI in Port of Spain, 2017
Shubman Gill - 98* vs WI in Port of Spain, 2022
Most runs by an Indian batsman in men's ODI after his first four innings as opening batsman:
Sachin Tendulkar - 248
Shubman Gill - 238
KL Rahul - 204
113 - Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill had 113-run opening partnership between them.
Highest opening partnership in men's ODI for India on West Indian soil:
Shikhar Dhawan-Ajinkya Rahane : 132 vs WI in Port of Spain, 2017
Shikhar Dhawan-Rohit Sharma : 123 vs WI in Port of Spain, 2013
Shikhar Dhawan-Shubman Gill : 119 vs WI in Port of Spain, 2022
Sourav Ganguly-Sachin Tendulkar : 116* vs WI in Port of Spain, 1997
Shikhar Dhawan-Ajinkya Rahane : 114 vs WI in Port of Spain, 2017
Shikhar Dhawan-Shubman Gill : 113 vs WI in Port of Spain, 2022