In the final match of the three match India-West Indies ODI series (IND vs WI), Shubman Gill missed a century by just 2 runs. During the Indian innings, he was standing in the crease after scoring 98 runs from 98 balls, when the rain bothered and the match had to be stopped. Due to this rain for a long time, India did not get a chance to bat any more and the Windies team innings started directly. In such a situation, the Indian starter Shubman Gill was 2 runs away from his first international century.
Shubman Gill said: ‘I was waiting a century. But it was not under my control as it was raining. However, I am happy with my tickets. I was disappointed with the way I came out in the first two games of this series. This time I tried more to rotate the strike. After the first break from the rain, we started playing our style. I just wanted to play one more before the last rain break.
Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and chose to bat first in this match. There was a strong association of 113 runs for the first wicket. After Shikhar Dhawan (58) was sacked here, Shreyas Iyer (44) supported Shubman Gill (98). India scored 225 runs for the loss of three wickets in 36 overs on the strength of the top order’s strong performance. It started to rain at this Indian marker and it was decided to end the Indian innings here. Under Duckworth Lewis, the West Indies were given a target of 257 runs in 35 overs, but the entire Windies team was reduced to 137 runs in 26 overs. India won this match by a huge margin of 119 runs.
With this match, the Indian team also won the ODI series 3-0. This is the first time that India has made a clean sweep of the West Indies in the ODI series on the same ground. From India, Shubman Gill was selected as ‘Man of the Match’ and ‘Man of the Series’. Shubman scored a total of 205 runs in this series.
