Thought we could have had a better wicket: Gambhir on Kotla wicket
After enduring a 3-0 drubbing at home against New Zealand on spin-friendly tracks last year, India opted for flatter surfaces in both Ahmedabad and Delhi.
After enduring a 3-0 drubbing at home against New Zealand on spin-friendly tracks last year, India opted for flatter surfaces in both Ahmedabad and Delhi.
Kuldeep Yadav followed up his first-innings five-wicket haul with three more, while Jasprit Bumrah also bagged three to bowl West Indies out for 390 in the final session.
Providing Reddy with opportunities in the second Test, starting at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday, remains a priority.
The Indian women’s team rode on star allrounder Deepti Sharma’s heroics with the ball to wrap up their 3-0 ODI series win against the West Indies at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
Within six months, Pooran, now of 24, has proved his worth with 20 boundaries and nine sixes in three ODIs and with an ODI average of 52 in 19 games looks to be one for the future.
The series is currently levelled at 1-1 and the third ODI will be the last one of the series. All of this makes the series all the more interesting.
Kuldeep Yadav, who has taken 99 wickets in 54 ODIs, will also become the joint-fastest Indian to claim 100 wickets in the 50-overs format.
And in the second ODI, Virat Kohli, who got dismissed for a first-ball duck, was very animated after Pollard's first-ball dismissal.
Rahul, who made 102 in 104 balls, was seen covering both his ears with his fingers as a part of his celebration after reaching his third ODI hundred.
Notably, prior to this, India have played 8 matches at Vizag and have won 7 matches and as many tosses. However, the only time they lost the toss, they lost the match as well.
