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India crush West Indies to win series

Thursday, 12 December 2019 at 08:41

India have clinched the three-match Twenty20 International series against West Indies with a 2-1 margin.

The hosts won the third and final game in Mumbai by 67 runs.

India posted a massive score of 240-3, with KL Rahul (91 off 56 balls), Rohit Sharma (71 off 34 balls) and captain Virat Kohli (70 not out off 29 balls) scoring the bulk of the runs.

In reply, the Caribbean side could only manage 173-8 off 20 overs.

Skipper Kieron Pollard top-scored for the visitors with 68 (39 balls), while Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets apiece for India.

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