Indore. The third T20 match between India and West Indies was played at Holkar Stadium, Indore. In this match, Team India defeated West Indies by 14 runs and with this took a 2-1 lead in the series. In the match, West Indies captain Shai Hope won the toss and decided to bowl first. Team India, batting first in this match, was all out after scoring 223 runs in 20 overs. In this match for Team India, Abhishek Sharma scored the highest score of 69 runs on 30 balls. In reply, West Indies team could score only 209 runs at the loss of 7 wickets after batting 20 overs.
India did not have a good start and Sanju Samson was out after scoring just 3 runs. But after this, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan batted brilliantly and took the score forward rapidly and there was a brilliant partnership of 108 runs between them in just 40 balls. Abhishek Sharma, playing in a stormy style, scored 69 runs with the help of 6 fours and 5 sixes in 30 balls, while Ishan Kishan also played an excellent inning of 37 runs in 18 balls. After the dismissal of these two, Tilak Verma contributed 28 runs, Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed 21 runs and Akshar Patel contributed 20 runs. Although the middle and lower order batsmen were out in quick succession, the entire Indian team was ultimately bundled out for 223 runs in 20 overs. In bowling for West Indies, Roston Chase, Shamar Joseph and Shamar Springer took 2-2 wickets, while Gudakesh Moti and Keemo Paul got 1-1 success.
West Indies, which set out to chase the target, also did not have a good start. Captain Shai Hope, who was in excellent form, was out after scoring only 5 runs in this match. After this, there was a 62-run partnership between Shimron Hetmyer and Kamil Puran for the second wicket. Hetmyer missed scoring a half-century in this match and was finally out after scoring 43 runs on 26 balls. Whereas Puran played an inning of 42 runs on 27 balls. Quinton Sampson scored 21 runs on 15 balls. Whereas Sherfane Rutherford played an inning of 32 runs in 20 balls. Arshdeep Singh took maximum 3 wickets in bowling for India.
In the first match held in Lucknow, Team India played brilliantly and won by 8 wickets, in which captain Shreyas Iyer scored an excellent century. After this, in the second match in Ranchi, West Indies scored a record 250 runs on the basis of captain Shai Hope's brilliant century and won the match by 6 wickets and leveled the series 1-1. Now by winning the third T20 match, Team India managed to take a 2-1 lead in this series.