Updated August 7th, 2019 at 20:05 IST
India vs West Indies: Virat Kohli sets his eyes on next target after accomplishing T20 series win over Windies
India beat West Indies in the third T20 at Guyana by seven wickets to seal the series 3-0 on 6 August. Skipper Virat Kohli and swashbuckling youngster Rishabh Pant shared a spectacular partnership that saw the Men in Blue chase down the 147-run target with five balls to spare.
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India beat West Indies in the third T20 at Guyana by seven wickets to seal the series 3-0 on 6 August. Skipper Virat Kohli and swashbuckling youngster Rishabh Pant shared a spectacular partnership that saw the Men in Blue chase down the 147-run target with five balls to spare.
Virat Kohli-Rishabh Pant strike a golden combination
Skipper Virat Kohli returned to his scoring ways as he played a captain's knock of 59 runs off 45 balls, smashing six boundaries en route to this half-century. Rishabh Pant offered the perfect support to the skipper and in fact, went front-foot to assume charge and played a blistering knock of 65 runs off 42 balls, with four sixes and boundaries each to his name.
Skipper Virat Kohli took to share a picture of the team posing with the trophy as they ended the series with a whitewash and were crowned champions. Kohli has set his eyes on the team's next target - the ODI series. See Kohli's post here:
Deepak Chahar steamrolls through Windies
The youngster bowled an extremely economical spell of three overs in which he picked up three wickets and conceded a mere four runs. Chahar got rid of openers Ewin Lewis, Sunil Narine, and the troublesome Shimron Hetmeyer.
The skipper compared him to senior pro-Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
"Deepak is similar to Bhuvi. With the new ball, Deepak's skill is up there with Bhuvi. Bhuvi however has more experience at th death. Swing has been his (Deepak) USP in the IPL too. He is really lethal with the new ball - puts the batsmen in real trouble," the skipper was all praise.
India win T20 series, march on to ODIs
A 3-0 whitewash is certainly satisfactory and the skipper would like to carry on the momentum into the ODI series.
"It was a clinical performance. We wanted to try out players but priority was to win games. Deepak was great, Bhuvi professional as always. The wicket over here was much better than the one in Miami. West Indies got to a decent total because of the wicket, but we were professional with both ball and bat," the skipper added.
The skipper dubbed the Windies ODI side as a stronger outfit and would want his side to maintain the consistency.
"We want to be as professional as possible in the ODIs and Tests. We want results, to win games of cricket. The Windies ODI team is even stronger, so it will be hard work, but we will try to have fun as a team for a month."
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Published August 7th, 2019 at 09:35 IST
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