🏏India vs West Indies: 1st ODI at Kensington Oval - 27/07/2023🏏 - Page 49

1.45pmComprehensive win for India. They let Rohit and Virat rest for the most part, letting everyone else have a go. Rohit did have to come out, as West Indies' spinners found good purchase and bowled well. But the total was too low for India to be troubled. The performance from Cariah and Motie are probably the only positives for West Indies. For India, Kishan did well with the bat, but it was still at the top of the order so his middle order credentials could still come under questions, but he won't care about all that for now, having added a fine half-century to his resume. Jadeja and Kuldeep were just unplayable once they got going. Mukesh Kumar also got a wicket on ODI debut, so plenty to celebrate for the visitors.

Anjan: "WI bowled really well, especially Motie. In the next game, if the pitch is the same, they just need to bat first and back themselves to get 200."

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Winning with most balls to spare despite losing 5+ wkts (50-over ODIs)

180 SL vs Aus Brisbane 2013

163 Ind vs WI Bridgetown 2023 *

162 NZ vs Can Benoni 2003

161 NZ vs Aus Auckland 2015

Ninth consecutive win for India against West Indies in ODIs

Ninth consecutive win for India against West Indies in ODIs

Winning with most balls to spare despite losing 5+ wkts (50-over ODIs)

180 SL vs Aus Brisbane 2013

163 Ind vs WI Bridgetown 2023 *

162 NZ vs Can Benoni 2003

161 NZ vs Aus Auckland 2015

This batting line-up was plain disrespectful and got punished for the hubris.

Still so glad we won tho

Gudakesh is sucha talent

Kuldeep Yadav | Player of the Match

Originally posted by: Prizi

Kuldeep Yadav | Player of the Match

Shai Hope: Not too many words come to mind. We didn't play the way we needed to, we need to find ways to score on difficult pitches like this. I'm not making excuses but anyone watching cricket can see what is happening here. He is a quality player, somebody we can invest in and I hope he grows from strength to strength. The Indian bowlers did well on this surface, but we didn't bat well.