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Indian completed a convincing series win over the West Indies with a 88 run victory in the final match. The Indians prevailed by a 4-1 margin.
In this article we evaluate the performances of the players from both the teams in the series and pick the best eleven based on that.
Innings: 4 Runs: 135 Runs Per Innings: 33.75 Strike Rate: 168.75
Suryakumar Yadav has given India some decent starts throughout the series. He has been the highest run scorer and hence walks into the team as the first opener.
Suryakumar Yadav in action against West Indies
Innings: 4 Runs: 110 Runs Per Innings: 27.50 Strike Rate: 127.91
Kyle Mayers was the second highest run scorer amongst the openers in the series. Thus, he slots in to that second opening position alongside SKY.
Innings: 4 Runs: 115 Runs Per Innings: 28.75 Strike Rate: 141.98
Contrary to his general flamboyant nature, Pant played the role of solidifying the innings for India in the series. In spite of that he has a strike rate of 141.98 and makes it to the team as the wicket-keeper batter.
Innings: 5 Runs: 81 Runs Per Innings: 16.20 Strike Rate: 128.57
Though Nicholas Pooran did not fire big in the series, he showed some glimpses of his capability especially in the 4th T20I. He is also the fourth highest run-scorer for West Indies in the series and hence earns a spot in the team.
Shimron Hetmyer was the lone warrior for WI in the last match
Innings: 5 Runs: 115 Runs Per Innings: 23 Strike Rate: 126.37
Shimron Hetmyer was the lone warrior for West Indies in the fifth T20I where wickets kept falling from the other end. His knock of 56 runs from 35 balls took him to the third spot of the highest run getters in the series.
Innings: 4 Runs: 64 Runs Per Innings: 16 Strike Rate: 114.29
Innings: 4 Wickets: 2 Economy Rate: 6.00
In terms of the standards he has set for himself in the recent past, this was an ordinary series for him. But he played some cameos and was handy with the ball. He also earned a convincing victory as the skipper of the team in the last match. So, Hardik Pandya grabs the spot of skipper of the team.
Hardik Pandya led the team to win in the last match of the series
Innings: 2 Runs: 23 Runs Per Innings: 11.50 Strike Rate: 143.75
Innings: 3 Wickets: 3 Economy Rate: 6.67
Ashwin had an average series with both the bat and the ball. But his excellent economy of 6.67 tightened the screws and never allowed the Windies batters to flourish.
Innings: 4 Wickets: 4 Economy Rate: 5.75
Even though he picked up only 4 wickets in the series, Akeal Hosein was the most stand out bowler for the Windies. He troubled the Indian top order batters on a regular basis and finds the place in our team of the series.
Akeal Hosein was the stand-out bowler for West Indies in the series
Innings: 3 Wickets: 8 Economy Rate: 6.47
The young Indian leg-spinner troubled the Windies batters with his googlies. He was also the highest wicket taker for India in the series, and was a constant threat throughout the series.
Arshdeep Singh impressed everybody with his variations
Innings: 5 Wickets: 5 Economy Rate: 6.58
Arshdeep bowled all the tough overs for India both at the beginning and the end of the innings. Despite bowling at the death, he had an economy of 6.58 along with 5 wickets.
Innings: 5 Wickets: 9 Economy Rate: 9.67
Obed McCoy was the star of the Windies team in the only match they won in the series. Though he was taken to the cleaners in the last two matches, he finished as the highest wicket taker.
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