Kuldeep Yadav’s hat trick led India to a convincing 107-run win as the West Indies was bowled out for 280 in the second one-day international on Wednesday.
The decider will be played in Cuttack on Sunday. West Indies won the opener by eight wickets in Chennai.
Chasing a mammoth total of 388 the West Indies lost five wickets for 18 runs in the space of 23 balls as Yadav (3-52) snared Alzarri Joseph for a golden duck on his hat-trick ball. On a day of batting feats, he became the sixth bowler to take two or more ODI hat tricks having done so against Australia two years ago.
“It was a perfect day for me, with a second hat trick,” Yadav said. “We knew they would come hard, 380 was a safe target.”
Mohammed Shami also finished with three wickets (3-39), but he didn’t even need to complete his 10 overs as India controlled the contest after the prolific Rohit Sharma (159 runs) and Lokesh Rahul (102) shared a massive opening stand worth 227 runs in a total of 387-5.
Nicholas Pooran’s whirlwind 75 off 47 balls and Shai Hope’s 78 runs anchored the West Indies innings. But the collapse cost them momentum at a vital time, and No. 8 Keemo Paul’s defiant 46 off 42 balls came far too late.
Earlier, Sharma led the way with his 28th ODI century as he and Rahul put on India’s fourth-highest opening partnership in ODIs. It helped India tally its second-highest ODI total against West Indies, after 418-5 eight years ago.
“We gave away too many runs in the last 20 overs,” Pollard said. “It was a good batting wicket and they got away from us at the backend. But it showed that in order to win against us, India have to score big.”
The imposing total could have been even more daunting if not for a rare golden duck from the prolific Virat Kohli. The owner of 70 hundreds for India, including 43 in ODIs at an average of 60, he at least walked off amused after being caught off a slower short delivery from captain Kieron Pollard in the 38th over.
Put into bat by West Indies again, India got off to a careful start on a good batting surface and the first 50 runs took 58 balls.
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