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RESULTODI3rd ODI · PCA International Cricket Stadium, Ground A, New Chandigarh
India vs West Indies
West Indies won by 5 wkts
India won the toss and chose to bat
- Match
- India vs West Indies, 3rd ODI
- Date
- 3 Oct 2026
- Start
- 14:00 IST · 08:30 GMT
- Venue
- PCA International Cricket Stadium, Ground A, New Chandigarh
- Toss
- India won the toss and chose to bat
Venue guide
- Capacity
- 38,000
- Opened
- 2021
- Home to
- Punjab, Punjab Kings
- Floodlights
- Yes
| Shai HopeWest Indies · Wicketkeeper | 162* (143)Bat · R (B) | 174s | 36s | 113.3SR | not outOut |
| Shubman GillIndia · Batter | 3Bat · Inns | 334Runs | 167.00Avg | 050s | 2100s |
INDIndia 351/7 (50.0)
WIWest Indies 352/5 (48.2)
RUNS PER OVER
SCORE BY OVER
Final overs
Full commentary- Gill collects the trophy and joins his team-mates. They pose with the WINNERS board. India won the first two matches convincingly with their top three batters doing the bulk of the scoring. Today, they lost Gill and Kohli cheaply. Rohit stepped up and missed out on another ton by 8 runs, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 57 after being dropped four times but it was KL Rahul's unbeaten 129 that powered India to 351. In reply, captain Shai Hope opened the innings today and batted till the end to take his team over the winning line with a magnificent 162*, stitching four 50+ stands. Three matches were played in different parts of the country but the pattern remained similar. Good batting wickets, high-scoring encounters, centurions for both teams and the chasing team emerging victorious. It's time to bring the curtains down on this ODI series. The action now shifts to the shortest format. The 5-match T20I series commences on Tuesday (October 6th) and we'll be bringing you all the action. Until then, goodbye...
- Shubman Gill | India captain and Player of the Series: Lot of boxes ticked. I think there are still some areas that definitely need some fine tuning. I was very happy with the total. I think the game was in control. But being behind four overs with this dew and then in the last, I think they took the game away from us. Had we not been shortened the overs, the game might have went to the last over. [On whether there was a temptation to bring Kuldeep Yadav into the attack earlier] No, not really. We didn't know if Gurnoor was gonna come back and bowl with his cramps. So there was a bit uncertainty there. And we knew the match is gonna go till the end. And, he's a wicket-taker and I wanted his couple of overs to be there in the end. [On India's progress as an ODI side despite injuries and an unsettled squad] Decently pleased I would say, but like I said, I think there are still some areas. Our fielding could be much better. Overall in the series I think we dropped around six or seven catches, which is not a good sign leading up to the World Cup. You want your fielding to be top notch. [On the areas that still need fine tuning] Death bowling as well. I feel, sometimes we are not really clear whether we are attacking or we are defending, especially when we are bowling the death overs. One day such a game, if the opposition is five or six down, you are never really sure what fields to take, whether we are going for the death too early or we are still bowling kind of like middle overs. I think these are some areas which definitely we need to be better at. [On missing out on a big score after getting out early] You're always disappointed whenever you get out early. But I think today, I don't think I could have done much that I would have done on that ball.
- Hope (2/2): [On West Indies' record run chase and the overall ODI series] I think we played some really good cricket in patches. The batters were scoring some runs. That's what we really wanted to do. So yeah, we've been doing really well for the last two, three years where batters have been more consistent. We asked them to put big scores on the board. It's always difficult bowling in these conditions. We know India, more batter friendly. You got to bring your skills out and very, very, very small margins for error. So from a bowling standpoint, we learned a lot. I'm sure the guys are going to take this and hopefully we can get a lot better in the bowling side of things going forward. [On recovering in time for the upcoming shorter format] So hopefully, I got two days to turn things around, so hopefully I'm match ready.
- Shai Hope | West Indies captain and Player of the Match(1/2): [On winning the match while chasing and finishing the series on a strong note] Yeah, it's something in India, it's always a lot easier, especially when dew comes out. But yeah, we wanted to finish the series on a strong note, so I'm just happy the guys got over the line today. [On when he started feeling discomfortable] Probably about 30 overs in, felt a little something in the groin area. So just tried to fight to the end there. [On how he paced his innings and managed the chase] Well, firstly, we were a batter down, probably two if you count Vitel Lawes as well. So it would always be a challenge. And something that I had a great chat with the great man MS Dhoni, he was telling me you always have more time than you think. So just trying not to focus too much on the end result. Just look at the process, try to break the game down as best as I can and find ways to get the boundaries in the back end. I even thought about the overs that the Indian team were behind. So I knew they would have to bring a couple fielders in, in the back end. So it's always tough when you're trying to defend a score and you got to have five men in the ring. So all those things I calculated when I was batting. Just so happened that everything worked out for us in the back end.
- Stats by Deepu Narayanan Most POTS awards (India) 15 Sachin Tendulkar 11 Virat Kohli 7 Yuvraj Singh 7 Sourav Ganguly 7 MS Dhoni 7 Shubman Gill Each of Gill's seven POTS came since 2022, no other Indian player has more than three in this period. Highest successful chases by WI in ODIs 352 vs Ind New Chandigarh 2026 328 vs Ire Dublin 2019 326 vs Eng North Sound 2023 322 vs Ban Basseterre 2024 309 vs Pak Providence 2017 Highest successful chases vs India in ODIs 359 Aus Mohali 2019 359 SA Raipur 2025 352 WI New Chandigarh 2026 348 NZ Hamilton 2020 337 Eng Pune 2021 Highest scores in a run chase for WI (ODI) 162*S Hope vs Ind New Chandigarh 2026 162 C Gayle vs Eng St George’s 2019 153 B Lara vs Pak Sharjah 1993 149*S Chanderpaul vs Ind Nagpur 2007 Highest scores in a run chase vs India (ODI) 162*S Hope New Chandigarh 2026 160 T Dilshan Rajkot 2009 158 A Strauss Bengaluru 2011 151*S Jayasuriya Wankhede 1997 Highest scoring rate in a bilateral series (3+ ODIs) 7.43 Ind vs WI in India 2026 7.15 Eng vs NZ in England 2015 7.00 Ind vs Eng in India 2017 6.97 Eng vs Pak in England 2019 This is the eighth instance of both designated wicketkeepers scoring 100s in an ODI. The most recent one came in the WC game between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Hyderabad in 2023.
- Paul (2/2): [Appreciation for your captain?] Definitely, definitely. Shai, he's a modern-day legend, man. And the way he's batted this series is quite amazing. So yeah, definitely. [On his performance going forward] Well, for me it's just not to get complacent. I just want to take it as a stepping stone and contribute to the team whenever I get the opportunity. I just want to keep performing. I'm happy and yeah, just do my best always. [Your thoughts on your bowling?] Well, like it's from the past two games, we had our plans. We were just trying to hit that length as hard as possible, the top of the stump length. So that was basically the plan on these wickets. It's quite tough. So you got to bring your skills out, try to scramble seam the ball as much as possible. So that was my plan.
- Keemo Paul (1/2): [What was the chat there with Shai struggling a bit?] Well yeah, obviously when I was in the middle with Shai, the plan was just to try and keep the required runs under eight runs per over. So that was basically the plan, like you said, Shai was struggling a bit. So I knew I had to take a few chances. [What was the discussion in the dressing room knowing that Jewell was injured?] Well yeah, I mean coach spoke to us saying we were just trying to break the game down in phases. I mean we saw India batted in the last two games and chasing is always good on these wickets. So we always had the confidence. We backed ourselves and we got the job done tonight. So that's awesome.
- 17:30 GMT, 23:00 IST: Record run-chase for West Indies, thanks to Shai Hope's incredible knock. In reply to India's 357, they lost the in-form John Campbell cheaply, with Siraj striking in the powerplay. That brought the other two centurions from the previous game together. Although there were a few plays and misses in the first powerplay, Shai Hope and Amir Jangoo batted at a good tempo and forged a century stand for the second wicket. Just when it looked like India ran out of ideas, a run-out resulted in Jangoo getting out. Hope was involved in two back-to-back fifty stands after that. First with Sherfane Rutherford, who was wrongly adjudged caught behind even though he reviewed. And then with Keemo Paul. That was a key partnership. Hope was struggling a bit and Paul became the aggressor to keep the asking rate under check. West Indies, who were ahead of the rate till the 40th over, lost a bit of momentum after Paul's downfall. With 56 needed off the last 5 overs, Hope once again pressed on the accelerator. He went after Kuldeep in the 46th over with a six and a four, hit back-to-back boundaries against Brar in the following over and then the 48th over almost sealed the deal for West Indies as Anshul Kamboj leaked 22 runs. Motie played his part as well as the unbeaten 62-run stand for the sixth wicket took WI home with 10 balls to spare.
- Over 49 · 7 runs (6 1)
- 48.21Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, 1 run, 80.7kph, short of length outside off, Hope goes on the back foot to slap it down to long-off. West Indies win by 5 wickets and it's fittingly their captain who hits the winning runs. This is West Indies' highest successful run-chase in ODIs
- 48.16Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, SIX, 95.7kph, full toss outside leg and Hope gets low to slog it over deep backward square leg. Scores level
- Just 7 needed off the last two overs.
- Naman Dhir [5.0-0-26-1] is back into the attack
- End of over 48 · 22 runs (1 1 4nb 4 1 4 6)WI 345/5Gudakesh Motie 19(14) · Shai Hope 155(141) · Anshul Kamboj 9-0-82-0
- 47.66Anshul Kamboj to Gudakesh Motie, SIX, 22 runs off the over! That's a terrific hit from Motie. Banged in short, Motie clears his front leg, slightly crouches, takes his eyes off the ball but he connects superbly as he pulls hard to send it over deep backward square leg
- 47.54Anshul Kamboj to Gudakesh Motie, FOUR, 133.9kph, short delivery from over the wicket, Motie moves leg-side to pull and top-edges it over the keeper's head. This is turning out to be a very expensive over
- 47.4Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, 1 run, swung away to deep midwicket
- 47.34Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, FOUR, four more! Full toss outside off, Shai Hope slaps it away through the covers. Jadeja runs to his right in the deep but doesn't put in a dive
- 47.34Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, no ball, FOUR, Shai Hope gets to 150. A brilliant knock which could be a match winning one. Hope gives himself room and thumps it over mid-on for a boundary. To make matters worse, Kamboj has overstepped. Free-hit coming up
- 47.2Anshul Kamboj to Gudakesh Motie, 1 run, 134.7kph, full toss from over the wicket, Motie backs away to slash and outside-halves to deep backward point
- 47.1Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, 1 run, yorker length from round the wicket, flicked through backward square leg for just a single as Hope can't run quickly
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharmac Jewel Andrew b Keemo Paul | 92 | 85 | 10 | 3 | 108.2 |
| Shubman Gillc Shai Hope b Jayden Seales | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Virat Kohlib Jayden Seales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwadc John Campbell b Jayden Seales | 57 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 82.6 |
| KL Rahul*not out | 129 | 87 | 10 | 6 | 148.3 |
| Naman Dhirc Jewel Andrew b Gudakesh Motie | 30 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 142.9 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddyc Shai Hope b Keemo Paul | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Anshul Kambojrun out (Alzarri Joseph) | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 188.9 |
| Gurnoor Brar*not out | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
Extras8 (b 0, lb 1, w 7, nb 0)
Total351/7 (50.0 ov, RR 7.02)
Did not bat: Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Fall of wickets: 3-1 (Shubman Gill, 2.3 ov), 4-2 (Virat Kohli, 2.4 ov), 141-3 (Rohit Sharma, 24.4 ov), 160-4 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 28.5 ov), 225-5 (Naman Dhir, 36.0 ov), 250-6 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 41.0 ov), 290-7 (Anshul Kamboj, 45.4 ov)
| Bowler · WI | O | M | R | W | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden Seales | 10 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 6.20 |
| Matthew Forde | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Alzarri Joseph | 10 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Keemo Paul | 9 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 7.89 |
| Gudakesh Motie | 10 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 6.70 |
| Vitel Lawes | 5 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 10.80 |
India- 1Rohit SharmaBatter
- 2Shubman Gill(c)Batter
- 3Virat KohliBatter
- 4Ruturaj GaikwadBatter
- 5KL Rahul(wk)Wicketkeeper
- 6Nitish Kumar ReddyAll-rounder
- 7Naman DhirBatter
- 8Anshul KambojAll-rounder
- 9Kuldeep YadavBowler
- 10Mohammed SirajBowler
- 11Gurnoor BrarBowler
Bench
West Indies- 1John CampbellAll-rounder
- 2Jewel AndrewWicketkeeper
- 3Shai Hope(c)(wk)Wicketkeeper
- 4Amir JangooWicketkeeper
- 5Sherfane RutherfordAll-rounder
- 6Keemo PaulAll-rounder
- 7Matthew FordeBowler
- 8Alzarri JosephBowler
- 9Gudakesh MotieBowler
- 10Jayden SealesBowler
- 11Vitel LawesBowler
Bench
- 48.16Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, SIX, 95.7kph, full toss outside leg and Hope gets low to slog it over deep backward square leg. Scores level
- 47.66Anshul Kamboj to Gudakesh Motie, SIX, 22 runs off the over! That's a terrific hit from Motie. Banged in short, Motie clears his front leg, slightly crouches, takes his eyes off the ball but he connects superbly as he pulls hard to send it over deep backward square leg
- 47.54Anshul Kamboj to Gudakesh Motie, FOUR, 133.9kph, short delivery from over the wicket, Motie moves leg-side to pull and top-edges it over the keeper's head. This is turning out to be a very expensive over
- 47.34Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, FOUR, four more! Full toss outside off, Shai Hope slaps it away through the covers. Jadeja runs to his right in the deep but doesn't put in a dive
- 47.34Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, no ball, FOUR, Shai Hope gets to 150. A brilliant knock which could be a match winning one. Hope gives himself room and thumps it over mid-on for a boundary. To make matters worse, Kamboj has overstepped. Free-hit coming up
- 46.64Gurnoor Brar to Gudakesh Motie, FOUR, 142.9kph, Brar goes full and Motie has managed to slice it behind backward point after backing away. Opened the bat-face deliberately and collects a crucial boundary. Silence in New Chandigarh
- 46.24Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, FOUR, another cracking shot! 138kph, Brar can't nail the yorker, Hope manages to get under it and carves it through the covers. Perfect placement and it's four more
- 46.14Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, FOUR, 140.4kph, low full toss, meant to be the yorker. Hope moves leg-side, opens the face of the bat at the right time to send it to the right of backward point. Good start to the over for the visitors
- 45.24Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR, four more! 82.3kph, Kuldeep errs with his line. Pad-lined and Hope gets low to sweep this googly over short fine leg. Pressure on Kuldeep now
- 45.16Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, SIX, that's a cracking shot! Tossed up and full from Kuldeep, Hope gets down on one leg and slogs it straight down the ground. Came right off the meat of the bat for an 83m six. West Indies cross 300 with that maximum
- 43.3WKuldeep Yadav to Matthew Forde, out Caught by Naman Dhir!! FOUR and OUT! The crowd find their voice. 83kph, wrong 'un on the shorter side. The line is closer to off and Matthew Forde rocks back to pull. Doesn't get the timing right and picks out the man at deep midwicket. Naman Dhir didn't have to move much to catch that. West Indies have now lost half their side. Matthew Forde c Naman Dhir b Kuldeep Yadav 7(12) [4s-1]
- 43.24Kuldeep Yadav to Matthew Forde, FOUR, first boundary for Matthew Forde and this should ease his nerves. Googly on the shorter side outside off, Forde spots it and slaps it over extra cover
- 42.24Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, FOUR, shortened length, Hope clears his front leg, waits for the ball to come to him and generates power with his forearm to slam it over the bowler's head. Mid-on and mid-off give the chase but they can only escort the ball to the fence
- 41.54Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, FOUR, a boundary after 42 balls for Shai Hope! Overpitched ball and Hope drills it straight down the ground. Speeds away to the fence
- 41.4DDropped catchAnshul Kamboj to Matthew Forde, 1 run, dropped! 126kph, in-slanting short ball, Matthew Forde pulls and top-edges towards fine leg. Kuldeep runs to his right and tries to take a two-handed catch. Actually, it's a blessing in disguise for Kuldeep that the ball popped out of his hand. Because, he went on to make contact with the rope. Had he caught it, that would have been a six
- 40.1WGurnoor Brar to Keemo Paul, out Caught by Nitish Reddy!! Holes out! The 65-run stand has been broken. 133.8kph, Keemo Paul takes on this short ball with a pull shot as he advances. Makes decent contact but gets the placement wrong. Nitish moves to his right at deep square leg and takes a safe catch. It was Paul who was finding boundaries at regular intervals, India will be relieved with this wicket. Keemo Paul c Nitish Reddy b Gurnoor Brar 44(35) [4s-5]
- 39.14Nitish Reddy to Keemo Paul, FOUR, 131kph, short delivery, Keemo Paul shimmies down the track and plays a wristy pull shot. Superbly finds the gap between long-on and deep midwicket. First of the five boundaries for Keemo Paul in front off the wicket
- 38.14Mohammed Siraj to Keemo Paul, FOUR, boundary to start the over and that brings the fifty partnership. 130.6kph, length ball angling down leg, Paul shimmies down and moves leg-side to flick it away to long leg. Siraj tumbles after delivering
- 37.1OTeam milestoneNitish Reddy to Shai Hope, 1 run, very full delivery angling in, flicked through midwicket
- 35.44Kuldeep Yadav to Keemo Paul, FOUR, 85.9kph, Keemo Paul makes good contact with the reverse-sweep. Stump-to-stump line and Paul places it fine of the short third man fielder
- 34.34Anshul Kamboj to Keemo Paul, FOUR, 133.7kph, Kamboj tries to attack the stumps but bowls it a bit too straight. Keemo Paul flicks it to fine leg for four
- 33.4CCenturyKuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, 21st ODI hundred for Shai Hope, second in as many innings and fifth against India! Gets there by knocking a full delivery down to long-on. Raises his bat after completing the single, no celebration from the WI captain. He just adjusts the grip of his bat as he gets congratulated by Keemo Paul. Can he convert it into a match-winning knock?
- 30.34Mohammed Siraj to Keemo Paul, FOUR, too straight and Siraj is in trouble Keemo flicks it fine and the fielder in the deep was wider of. He had no chance of stopping that
- 29.6WNaman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, out Caught by Rahul!! Naman Dhir has got the breakthrough that India badly needed. Sherfane Rutherford is not happy with the decision. UltraEdge shows a spike, but did it come off the bat? Both bat-pad and bat-ball were close as the ball went through, there was no deflection. Rutherford goes for the cut to a delivery that was too close to play the shot. KLR takes a sharp catch. Umpire was sure and gave it out on-field. Rutherford is not happy to leave the ground. He has a word with the umpires as he thinks he hit the pad and not the ball. The decision has been made and he drags himself out of the ground. The TV umpire mentioned that he couldn't see any gap between bat and ball and therefore he decided to uphold the onfield call. However, the slow-mo replays show a small gap. Sherfane Rutherford c Rahul b Naman Dhir 24(25) [4s-2]
- 28.1OTeam milestoneNitish Reddy to Sherfane Rutherford, 1 run, short on leg-stump. Rutherford pulls it to the right of deep square leg. He hangs his head back in disappointment that he didn't hit that better
- 26.54Nitish Reddy to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR, that is some power. The fielder in the deep had five yards to move and he couldn't get to the ball. Was drills through covers off the front foot to a half-volley. Back-to-back boundaries for Rutherford
- 26.44Nitish Reddy to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR, unlucky for Nitish Reddy. Sherfane Rutherford will take it. This one nips in a touch and takes the inside edge past the leg-stump. Wasn't far from knocking the stumps. Raced away down to fine leg
- 25.46Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, SIX, what a shot that is! Was just a fraction short and Hope flat bats Naman Dhir on the back foot over long-off. He made room and pumps it flat and over the ropes. Good hit that
- 22.44Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, FOUR, width outside off, Shai Hope had to reach out for the ball. He does without moving his feet and the edge in found. Luckily for Shai Hope, India did not have a slip for Hope and the ball flies down to third man region
- 22.24Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, FOUR, wasn't a bad ball. Shai Hope heaves it across the line, gets it off the bottom of the bat. His bat turns too, yet raced away towards deep mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep puts in a desperate dive, but couldn't stop the ball from rolling over the ropes
- 20.64Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, FOUR, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and punches it through the cover region. The timing on this was so good that the ball raced away
- 20.4WNaman Dhir to Shai Hope, out Amir Jangoo Run Out!! They say you should never run on a misfield. Here is another example of it. Kohli at mid-wicket runs to his right, rolls and fails to gather it cleanly. The ball wasn't far from him. He gets up, recovers and fires in a throw at the bowler's end to catch Jangoo short. Both the batters were ball watching and are in confusion, whether to run or get back. This was tucked to the on-side and the run-out brings the much needed breakthrough for India. Amir Jangoo, who was looking solid is well short of his crease despite a full length dive, who tried to get back in at the non-striker's end. Walks back disappointed. Amir Jangoo run out (Virat Kohli/Naman Dhir) 67(56) [4s-5 6s-1]
- 20.3OTeam milestoneNaman Dhir to Amir Jangoo, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Amir Jangoo times the drive past the diving fielder. Kohli lets the ball roll under him for a single
- 18.54Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR, 100-run stand comes up with a lovely shot off the back foot. Shai Hope picks the length early and rocks on the back foot to punch. Opens the face of the bat at the right time to pick the gap and once it beats the infield, there was no stopping that
- 17.66Nitish Reddy to Amir Jangoo, SIX, you cannot be bowling that length with that pace. Dishes in a short ball that is around hip height. Sit up nicely for Jangoo to rock on the back foot and smokes the pull over deep mid-wicket. Sails deep into the stands for half-a-dozen
- 17.14Nitish Reddy to Amir Jangoo, FOUR, Nitish Kumar Reddy has been greeted with a boundary. Amir Jangoo opens his bat face and runs it fine. Third man has no chance of stopping that
- 16.6FFiftyGurnoor Brar to Amir Jangoo, 1 run, quick single and Amir Jangoo gets to a fifty. He has continued his rich form in this series. Pushes it in front of mid-off and takes on the fielder. Hope responds and makes it home at the non-striker's end where the direct-hit came at. Raises his bat and soaks in the applause
- 16.54Gurnoor Brar to Amir Jangoo, FOUR, second boundary for Amir Jangoo. This was a slower full delivery outside off, Jangoo picks it from his hand and smokes it over cover. Sweeper cover had no chance of stopping that
- 16.34Gurnoor Brar to Amir Jangoo, FOUR, back of a length delivery angling into the left-hander, Amir Jangoo gets enough bat to pump it over mid-on. Got it high on the bat as the ball kept climbing and made it hard for Jangoo to go over the top. Trickles away for four
- 14.6DDropped catchGurnoor Brar to Amir Jangoo, 1 run, dropped! Angling away outside off, Amir Jangoo cuts and the ball goes low to Kohli's left at point. Kohli, strangely, doesn't pick it and tries to stick his left hand out at the last moment. It came at a pretty catchable height but the ball doesn't stick. Kohli sports a cheeky smile
- 14.5FFiftyGurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, 1 run, 46-ball fifty for Hope as the works this leg-lined ball to backward square leg. He has an excellent record in India. Can he convert it into a big one?
- 14.1OTeam milestoneGurnoor Brar to Amir Jangoo, 2 runs, 146.3kph, punched to deep backward point
- 8.14Mohammed Siraj to Shai Hope, FOUR, 135.7kph, angling in towards leg and Shai Hope brings his wrists into play to beautifully clip it through square leg. No one's stopping that. Poor delivery and duly punished
- 7.54Anshul Kamboj to Amir Jangoo, FOUR, boundary off the free-hit! 138.4kph, Kamboj shortens his length, Jangoo clears his front leg, waits for the ball and slaps the cut through backward point. Bullets away to the fence
- 7.44Anshul Kamboj to Amir Jangoo, FOUR, full delivery angling in towards middle-leg and Jangoo drives it between the bowler and the non-striker. The timing is good and the left-hander collects his first boundary
- 6.2OTeam fiftyMohammed Siraj to Amir Jangoo, 1 run, 138.2kph, opens the bat-face to drive this length ball to deep backward point
- 4.1WMohammed Siraj to John Campbell, out Bowled!! Timber! Mohammed Siraj strikes in the powerplay and brings out his trademark celebration. 139.4kph, fuller than a length that nips in a bit, Campbell looks to swing it across the line and misses it. Beaten on the inside edge, the ball brushes his pad before crashing into the off-stump. The in-form Campbell doesn't take advantage of the reprieve. Big roar from the New Chandigarh crowd. John Campbell b Mohammed Siraj 10(7) [4s-2]
- 3.34Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, FOUR, 138.7kph, misfield and four! Gurnoor Brar is the culprit again. Short of a length ball, Hope heaves and inside-edges towards fine leg. A straightforward stop and Brar makes a mess of it
- 3.1DDropped catchAnshul Kamboj to John Campbell, 1 run, in the air and dropped! 133.2kph, fullish delivery, Campbell looks to loft and ends up slicing it towards third man. Gurnoor Brar comes in and gets into a good position to catch it but fails to hold onto it. How costly will it be?
- 2.34Mohammed Siraj to Shai Hope, FOUR, 134.9kph, Siraj hurls one fuller, attempted outswinger, no real movement on this occasion. The West Indies captain presses forward and shows the maker's name to play a beautiful straight drive. Doesn't over-hit and relies on timing. Beats the bowler and the ball is quick to reach the fence
- 2.14Mohammed Siraj to Shai Hope, FOUR, nice shot! 135.8kph, Hope accounts for the away movement off the deck, stands tall and nicely punches this short of length delivery through the covers
- 1.64Anshul Kamboj to John Campbell, leg byes, FOUR, 134.7kph, one slip in place, length ball, Campbell walks across and gets low to paddle-sweep. No bat, off the pad and the ball dribbled away to fine leg. India appealed for lbw but that pitched outside leg
- 1.44Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, FOUR, 133kph, back-to-back fours! This one is a cracking shot. Anshul Kamboj serves width outside off and Hope slaps the cut to find the gap through the covers
- 1.34Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, FOUR, 136.5kph, another in-nipper from Kamboj, the line is too straight though and Hope inside-edges it to fine leg as he looks to work it through the leg-side
- 0.64Mohammed Siraj to John Campbell, FOUR, 137.3kph, full delivery, Campbell checks his drive and chips it over the covers. Gets enough elevation to clear the infield and the ball has the legs to reach the fence. Siraj has his hands on head - 10 runs off his opening over
- 0.24Mohammed Siraj to John Campbell, FOUR, 139.6kph, good shot to get off the mark. Fullish delivery and Campbell offers a vertical blade to lift it straight down the ground. Confident stroke from an in-form batter
- Gill collects the trophy and joins his team-mates. They pose with the WINNERS board. India won the first two matches convincingly with their top three batters doing the bulk of the scoring. Today, they lost Gill and Kohli cheaply. Rohit stepped up and missed out on another ton by 8 runs, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 57 after being dropped four times but it was KL Rahul's unbeaten 129 that powered India to 351. In reply, captain Shai Hope opened the innings today and batted till the end to take his team over the winning line with a magnificent 162*, stitching four 50+ stands. Three matches were played in different parts of the country but the pattern remained similar. Good batting wickets, high-scoring encounters, centurions for both teams and the chasing team emerging victorious. It's time to bring the curtains down on this ODI series. The action now shifts to the shortest format. The 5-match T20I series commences on Tuesday (October 6th) and we'll be bringing you all the action. Until then, goodbye...
- Shubman Gill | India captain and Player of the Series: Lot of boxes ticked. I think there are still some areas that definitely need some fine tuning. I was very happy with the total. I think the game was in control. But being behind four overs with this dew and then in the last, I think they took the game away from us. Had we not been shortened the overs, the game might have went to the last over. [On whether there was a temptation to bring Kuldeep Yadav into the attack earlier] No, not really. We didn't know if Gurnoor was gonna come back and bowl with his cramps. So there was a bit uncertainty there. And we knew the match is gonna go till the end. And, he's a wicket-taker and I wanted his couple of overs to be there in the end. [On India's progress as an ODI side despite injuries and an unsettled squad] Decently pleased I would say, but like I said, I think there are still some areas. Our fielding could be much better. Overall in the series I think we dropped around six or seven catches, which is not a good sign leading up to the World Cup. You want your fielding to be top notch. [On the areas that still need fine tuning] Death bowling as well. I feel, sometimes we are not really clear whether we are attacking or we are defending, especially when we are bowling the death overs. One day such a game, if the opposition is five or six down, you are never really sure what fields to take, whether we are going for the death too early or we are still bowling kind of like middle overs. I think these are some areas which definitely we need to be better at. [On missing out on a big score after getting out early] You're always disappointed whenever you get out early. But I think today, I don't think I could have done much that I would have done on that ball.
- Hope (2/2): [On West Indies' record run chase and the overall ODI series] I think we played some really good cricket in patches. The batters were scoring some runs. That's what we really wanted to do. So yeah, we've been doing really well for the last two, three years where batters have been more consistent. We asked them to put big scores on the board. It's always difficult bowling in these conditions. We know India, more batter friendly. You got to bring your skills out and very, very, very small margins for error. So from a bowling standpoint, we learned a lot. I'm sure the guys are going to take this and hopefully we can get a lot better in the bowling side of things going forward. [On recovering in time for the upcoming shorter format] So hopefully, I got two days to turn things around, so hopefully I'm match ready.
- Shai Hope | West Indies captain and Player of the Match(1/2): [On winning the match while chasing and finishing the series on a strong note] Yeah, it's something in India, it's always a lot easier, especially when dew comes out. But yeah, we wanted to finish the series on a strong note, so I'm just happy the guys got over the line today. [On when he started feeling discomfortable] Probably about 30 overs in, felt a little something in the groin area. So just tried to fight to the end there. [On how he paced his innings and managed the chase] Well, firstly, we were a batter down, probably two if you count Vitel Lawes as well. So it would always be a challenge. And something that I had a great chat with the great man MS Dhoni, he was telling me you always have more time than you think. So just trying not to focus too much on the end result. Just look at the process, try to break the game down as best as I can and find ways to get the boundaries in the back end. I even thought about the overs that the Indian team were behind. So I knew they would have to bring a couple fielders in, in the back end. So it's always tough when you're trying to defend a score and you got to have five men in the ring. So all those things I calculated when I was batting. Just so happened that everything worked out for us in the back end.
- Stats by Deepu Narayanan Most POTS awards (India) 15 Sachin Tendulkar 11 Virat Kohli 7 Yuvraj Singh 7 Sourav Ganguly 7 MS Dhoni 7 Shubman Gill Each of Gill's seven POTS came since 2022, no other Indian player has more than three in this period. Highest successful chases by WI in ODIs 352 vs Ind New Chandigarh 2026 328 vs Ire Dublin 2019 326 vs Eng North Sound 2023 322 vs Ban Basseterre 2024 309 vs Pak Providence 2017 Highest successful chases vs India in ODIs 359 Aus Mohali 2019 359 SA Raipur 2025 352 WI New Chandigarh 2026 348 NZ Hamilton 2020 337 Eng Pune 2021 Highest scores in a run chase for WI (ODI) 162*S Hope vs Ind New Chandigarh 2026 162 C Gayle vs Eng St George’s 2019 153 B Lara vs Pak Sharjah 1993 149*S Chanderpaul vs Ind Nagpur 2007 Highest scores in a run chase vs India (ODI) 162*S Hope New Chandigarh 2026 160 T Dilshan Rajkot 2009 158 A Strauss Bengaluru 2011 151*S Jayasuriya Wankhede 1997 Highest scoring rate in a bilateral series (3+ ODIs) 7.43 Ind vs WI in India 2026 7.15 Eng vs NZ in England 2015 7.00 Ind vs Eng in India 2017 6.97 Eng vs Pak in England 2019 This is the eighth instance of both designated wicketkeepers scoring 100s in an ODI. The most recent one came in the WC game between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Hyderabad in 2023.
- Paul (2/2): [Appreciation for your captain?] Definitely, definitely. Shai, he's a modern-day legend, man. And the way he's batted this series is quite amazing. So yeah, definitely. [On his performance going forward] Well, for me it's just not to get complacent. I just want to take it as a stepping stone and contribute to the team whenever I get the opportunity. I just want to keep performing. I'm happy and yeah, just do my best always. [Your thoughts on your bowling?] Well, like it's from the past two games, we had our plans. We were just trying to hit that length as hard as possible, the top of the stump length. So that was basically the plan on these wickets. It's quite tough. So you got to bring your skills out, try to scramble seam the ball as much as possible. So that was my plan.
- Keemo Paul (1/2): [What was the chat there with Shai struggling a bit?] Well yeah, obviously when I was in the middle with Shai, the plan was just to try and keep the required runs under eight runs per over. So that was basically the plan, like you said, Shai was struggling a bit. So I knew I had to take a few chances. [What was the discussion in the dressing room knowing that Jewell was injured?] Well yeah, I mean coach spoke to us saying we were just trying to break the game down in phases. I mean we saw India batted in the last two games and chasing is always good on these wickets. So we always had the confidence. We backed ourselves and we got the job done tonight. So that's awesome.
- 17:30 GMT, 23:00 IST: Record run-chase for West Indies, thanks to Shai Hope's incredible knock. In reply to India's 357, they lost the in-form John Campbell cheaply, with Siraj striking in the powerplay. That brought the other two centurions from the previous game together. Although there were a few plays and misses in the first powerplay, Shai Hope and Amir Jangoo batted at a good tempo and forged a century stand for the second wicket. Just when it looked like India ran out of ideas, a run-out resulted in Jangoo getting out. Hope was involved in two back-to-back fifty stands after that. First with Sherfane Rutherford, who was wrongly adjudged caught behind even though he reviewed. And then with Keemo Paul. That was a key partnership. Hope was struggling a bit and Paul became the aggressor to keep the asking rate under check. West Indies, who were ahead of the rate till the 40th over, lost a bit of momentum after Paul's downfall. With 56 needed off the last 5 overs, Hope once again pressed on the accelerator. He went after Kuldeep in the 46th over with a six and a four, hit back-to-back boundaries against Brar in the following over and then the 48th over almost sealed the deal for West Indies as Anshul Kamboj leaked 22 runs. Motie played his part as well as the unbeaten 62-run stand for the sixth wicket took WI home with 10 balls to spare.
- Over 49 · 7 runs (6 1)
- 48.21Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, 1 run, 80.7kph, short of length outside off, Hope goes on the back foot to slap it down to long-off. West Indies win by 5 wickets and it's fittingly their captain who hits the winning runs. This is West Indies' highest successful run-chase in ODIs
- 48.16Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, SIX, 95.7kph, full toss outside leg and Hope gets low to slog it over deep backward square leg. Scores level
- Just 7 needed off the last two overs.
- Naman Dhir [5.0-0-26-1] is back into the attack
- End of over 48 · 22 runs (1 1 4nb 4 1 4 6)WI 345/5Gudakesh Motie 19(14) · Shai Hope 155(141) · Anshul Kamboj 9-0-82-0
- 47.66Anshul Kamboj to Gudakesh Motie, SIX, 22 runs off the over! That's a terrific hit from Motie. Banged in short, Motie clears his front leg, slightly crouches, takes his eyes off the ball but he connects superbly as he pulls hard to send it over deep backward square leg
- 47.54Anshul Kamboj to Gudakesh Motie, FOUR, 133.9kph, short delivery from over the wicket, Motie moves leg-side to pull and top-edges it over the keeper's head. This is turning out to be a very expensive over
- 47.4Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, 1 run, swung away to deep midwicket
- 47.34Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, FOUR, four more! Full toss outside off, Shai Hope slaps it away through the covers. Jadeja runs to his right in the deep but doesn't put in a dive
- 47.34Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, no ball, FOUR, Shai Hope gets to 150. A brilliant knock which could be a match winning one. Hope gives himself room and thumps it over mid-on for a boundary. To make matters worse, Kamboj has overstepped. Free-hit coming up
- 47.2Anshul Kamboj to Gudakesh Motie, 1 run, 134.7kph, full toss from over the wicket, Motie backs away to slash and outside-halves to deep backward point
- 47.1Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, 1 run, yorker length from round the wicket, flicked through backward square leg for just a single as Hope can't run quickly
- Anshul Kamboj [8.0-0-60-0] is back into the attack
- Equation: 29 runs | 3 overs. Siraj and Anshul Kamboj are likely to bowl the remaining overs. Gill turns to AK for the 48th over. So, Siraj won't be bowling 10 overs.
- End of over 47 · 15 runs (4 4 1 0 2 4)WI 323/5Gudakesh Motie 8(11) · Shai Hope 145(137) · Gurnoor Brar 9.1-0-64-1
- 46.64Gurnoor Brar to Gudakesh Motie, FOUR, 142.9kph, Brar goes full and Motie has managed to slice it behind backward point after backing away. Opened the bat-face deliberately and collects a crucial boundary. Silence in New Chandigarh
- 46.52Gurnoor Brar to Gudakesh Motie, 2 runs, 140.6kph, back of a length, Motie steers it behind square on the off-side for a couple of runs
- Mid-on and mid-off inside the circle. So, Gurnoor Brar won't be bowling full
- 46.4•Gurnoor Brar to Gudakesh Motie, no run, 139.8kph, round the wicket, banged in short outside off, Motie tries to upper-cut, doesn't connect
- 46.31Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, 1 run, 137.8kph, Brar shortens his length and Hope hurriedly pulls. Goes to long-on after bouncing twice
- 46.24Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, FOUR, another cracking shot! 138kph, Brar can't nail the yorker, Hope manages to get under it and carves it through the covers. Perfect placement and it's four more
- Gill has a chat with Gurnoor Brar
- 46.14Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, FOUR, 140.4kph, low full toss, meant to be the yorker. Hope moves leg-side, opens the face of the bat at the right time to send it to the right of backward point. Good start to the over for the visitors
- Equation: 44 runs | 4 overs. Hope receives some medical attention. Meanwhile, India have been penalised for slow over-rate. They can have only four fielders outside the 30-yard circle
- End of over 46 · 12 runs (6 4 wd 0 1 0 0)WI 308/5Gudakesh Motie 2(8) · Shai Hope 136(134) · Kuldeep Yadav 10-0-62-1
- 45.6•Kuldeep Yadav to Gudakesh Motie, no run, punched to long-on by Motie and once again, the batters don't take the single. Strange tactic from West Indies there. 12 runs off the over and Kuldeep finishes with 1/62
- 45.5•Kuldeep Yadav to Gudakesh Motie, no run, length ball, worked through midwicket and the batters don't take the single. Did they think it was the final ball of the over?
- 45.41Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, cut to the right of point and Siraj fumbles, allows the batters to take the single.
- 45.3•Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, no run, 88.3kph, beaten now! Non-turner outside off on a length, Hope looks to slap it through the covers with an angled blade and gets beaten on the outside edge
- 45.3wdKuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, wide, 83kph, overcorrects and bowls this too wide outside off, left alone
- 45.24Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR, four more! 82.3kph, Kuldeep errs with his line. Pad-lined and Hope gets low to sweep this googly over short fine leg. Pressure on Kuldeep now
- 45.16Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, SIX, that's a cracking shot! Tossed up and full from Kuldeep, Hope gets down on one leg and slogs it straight down the ground. Came right off the meat of the bat for an 83m six. West Indies cross 300 with that maximum
- Equation: 56 runs | 5 overs. Kuldeep to bowl his final over
- End of over 45 · 3 runs (1 0 0 0 1 1)WI 296/5Shai Hope 125(130) · Gudakesh Motie 2(6) · Gurnoor Brar 8.1-0-49-1
- 44.61Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, 1 run, 140.9kph, low full toss, flicked to deep midwicket. Just 3 runs off the over
- 44.51Gurnoor Brar to Gudakesh Motie, 1 run, chops this back of a length delivery outside off to deep point
- 44.4•Gurnoor Brar to Gudakesh Motie, no run, 140.2kph, another dot - three in a row, applause from the crowd. Short ball outside off, Motie slashes and misses
- Nine catches dropped this match (six by WI & three by India) – the joint most in an ODI since fielding records collection begun; same number was dropped in the WC 2011 QF bw England & Sri Lanka in Colombo RPS in 2011.
- 44.3•Gurnoor Brar to Gudakesh Motie, no run, Brar appeals, nothing from KL Rahul. Another on the in the blockhole, Motie moves leg-side and gets low to drill it through the covers, no contact made
- 44.2•Gurnoor Brar to Gudakesh Motie, no run, full delivery outside off, Motie stays leg-side and drives, gets beaten on the outside edge
- 44.11Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, 1 run, 139.9kph, yorker length, Hope squeezes it to sweeper cover
- Equation: 59 runs | 6 overs.
- End of over 44 · 7 runs (0 4 W 1 1 wd 0) · 1 wktWI 293/5Gudakesh Motie 1(2) · Shai Hope 123(128) · Kuldeep Yadav 9-0-50-1
- 43.6•Kuldeep Yadav to Gudakesh Motie, no run, 88kph, full delivery, drilled straight back to the bowler
- 43.6wdKuldeep Yadav to Gudakesh Motie, wide, 91.5kph, KL first appeals for lbw and then isn't happy with the wide call. Googly spinning down leg and Motie misses the flick. Replay shows that the ball actually brushed the batter's pad. That's why KL got angry
- 43.51Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, 87.8kph, moves back and across to bunt this length ball to long-on
- 43.41Kuldeep Yadav to Gudakesh Motie, 1 run, 81.5kph, flighted delivery, full and outside off, Motie leans across to drive it to the right of long-off
- Gudakesh Motie, left handed bat, comes to the crease
- 43.3WKuldeep Yadav to Matthew Forde, out Caught by Naman Dhir!! FOUR and OUT! The crowd find their voice. 83kph, wrong 'un on the shorter side. The line is closer to off and Matthew Forde rocks back to pull. Doesn't get the timing right and picks out the man at deep midwicket. Naman Dhir didn't have to move much to catch that. West Indies have now lost half their side. Matthew Forde c Naman Dhir b Kuldeep Yadav 7(12) [4s-1]
- Kuldeep Yadav to Matthew Forde, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 43.24Kuldeep Yadav to Matthew Forde, FOUR, first boundary for Matthew Forde and this should ease his nerves. Googly on the shorter side outside off, Forde spots it and slaps it over extra cover
- 43.1•Kuldeep Yadav to Matthew Forde, no run, 89.3kph, Forde tries to work this length ball into the leg-side off the back foot and gets a soft leading edge that rolls back to the bowler
- Kuldeep Yadav [8.0-0-43-0] is back into the attack
- Equation: 66 runs | 7 overs. Hope has hit two fours in two overs. Can Forde up the ante?
- End of over 43 · 7 runs (1lb 4 1 0 0 1)WI 286/4Matthew Forde 3(9) · Shai Hope 122(127) · Gurnoor Brar 7.1-0-46-1
- 42.61Gurnoor Brar to Matthew Forde, 1 run, 146.1kph, low full toss, driven to mid-off. Gill scores a direct-hit at the keeper's end. Hope is in and luckily for India, the ball deflects towards the keeper after hitting the stumps
- 42.5•Gurnoor Brar to Matthew Forde, no run, 145kph, pitched up delivery, Forde opens the bat-face and drives straight to backward point
- 42.4•Gurnoor Brar to Matthew Forde, no run, banged in short, shoulder high and just down leg, Forde tries to hook and misses
- 42.31Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, 1 run, fullish length, Hope swings hard and inside-edges to deep midwicket
- 42.24Gurnoor Brar to Shai Hope, FOUR, shortened length, Hope clears his front leg, waits for the ball to come to him and generates power with his forearm to slam it over the bowler's head. Mid-on and mid-off give the chase but they can only escort the ball to the fence
- 42.11lbGurnoor Brar to Matthew Forde, leg byes, 1 run, slanting in on a short of length, Forde flicks and misses. Off the pad and the ball rolls into the off-side. India appeal but that's heading down leg
- End of over 42 · 6 runs (0 1 0 1 4 0)WI 279/4Shai Hope 117(125) · Matthew Forde 2(5) · Anshul Kamboj 8-0-60-0
- 41.6•Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, no run, flicks off the inner edge and Kuldeep makes a sharp stop at short fine leg
- 41.54Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, FOUR, a boundary after 42 balls for Shai Hope! Overpitched ball and Hope drills it straight down the ground. Speeds away to the fence
- 41.41Anshul Kamboj to Matthew Forde, 1 run, dropped! 126kph, in-slanting short ball, Matthew Forde pulls and top-edges towards fine leg. Kuldeep runs to his right and tries to take a two-handed catch. Actually, it's a blessing in disguise for Kuldeep that the ball popped out of his hand. Because, he went on to make contact with the rope. Had he caught it, that would have been a six
- Jewel Andrew copped a blow on his finger while taking a catch in the first innings. He'll bat if required
- 41.3•Anshul Kamboj to Matthew Forde, no run, pushes this length ball to cover
- 41.21Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, 1 run, full outside off, driven to the left of cover for a quick single
- 41.1•Anshul Kamboj to Shai Hope, no run, skiddy in-slanter, Hope shapes to heave across the line and misses. Wasn't too far away from the off-stump
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