India vs. West Indies 3rd ODI, 27th November, 2013.

           India defeat West Indies  by 5 wickets with 23 balls to spare in the last and decisive match of the 3 ODI series.

       The third and final match between the two Indians was played today. India started right at the top as they won the toss and decided to field first.

    Keiron Powell, Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels cashed their innings right on scoring 70 runs,51* runs and 71 runs respectively. Darren Sammy also made a quick fire of 37 runs off 29 balls followed by 2 fours and 1 six. This took West Indies to a decent total of 263 runs/5 wickets. Muhammad Shami, Ravi Jadeja and Mohit Sharma got one wicket a piece where as Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed two wickets.

   Kanpur's wicket looked to be a great one for batting. Though Johnson Charles departed earlier in the innings but still

        The total wasn't a massive one for such an immense batting side. In-spite of the early departure of Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli the home side never looked in trouble. 

Shikhar Dhawan filled up the gap by scoring a tremendous century followed by Yuvraj Singh's 50. Shikar Dhawan scored 119 runs followed by 20 fours while Yuvraj Singh got 55 runs composed of 7 fours. The final touches were given by MS Dhon, Suresh Raina and Ravinder Jadeja scoring 23 runs,34 runs and 2 runs respectively. Finally India won by 5 wickets with 23 balls left and wrapped the 3- match trophy too. 

        Man of the Match was awarded to Shikhar Dhawan for his marvelous century where as Virat Kohli was awarded the Man of the Series.

        Now West Indies fly to Newzealand and India go straight to South Africa for their further action in the year scheduled as follows:

                                                  India's tour to South Africa

Date and Time	Match
Thu Dec 5 (50 ovs)           11:30 GMT | 13:30 local16:30 PKT 1st ODI - South Africa v India New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Sun Dec 8 (50 ovs) 08:00 GMT | 10:00 local13:00 PKT 2nd ODI - South Africa v India Kingsmead, Durban Wed Dec 11 (50 ovs)           11:30 GMT | 13:30 local16:30 PKT 3rd ODI - South Africa v India SuperSport Park, Centurion Sat Dec 14 - Sun Dec 15 08:00 GMT | 10:00 local13:00 PKT South African Invitation XI v Indians Willowmoore Park, Benoni Wed Dec 18 - Sun Dec 22 08:30 GMT | 10:30 local13:30 PKT 1st Test - South Africa v India New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Thu Dec 26 - Mon Dec 30 08:30 GMT | 10:30 local13:30 PKT 2nd Test - South Africa v India Kingsmead, Durban

                                           West Indies tour to Newzealand

Date and Time	Match
Wed Nov 27 - Fri Nov 29 21:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local 02:30 PKT New Zealand XI v West Indians Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Tue Dec 3 - Sat Dec 7 21:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local 02:30 PKT 1st Test - New Zealand v West Indies University Oval, Dunedin Wed Dec 11 - Sun Dec 15 21:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local 02:30 PKT 2nd Test - New Zealand v West Indies Basin Reserve, Wellington Thu Dec 19 - Mon Dec 23 21:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local 02:30 PKT 3rd Test - New Zealand v West Indies Seddon Park, Hamilton Thu Dec 26 (50 ovs)           01:00 GMT | 14:00 local 06:00 PKT 1st ODI - New Zealand v West Indies Eden Park, Auckland Sun Dec 29 (50 ovs)           01:00 GMT | 14:00 local 06:00 PKT 2nd ODI - New Zealand v West Indies McLean Park, Napier Wed Jan 1 (50 ovs) 22:00 GMT (prev day) | 11:00 local 03:00 PKT 3rd ODI - New Zealand v West Indies Queenstown Events Centre Sat Jan 4 (50 ovs) 22:00 GMT (prev day) | 11:00 local 03:00 PKT 4th ODI - New Zealand v West Indies Saxton Oval, Nelson Wed Jan 8 (50 ovs)           01:00 GMT | 14:00 local 06:00 PKT 5th ODI - New Zealand v West Indies Seddon Park, Hamilton Sat Jan 11 (20 ovs)           06:00 GMT | 19:00 local 11:00 PKT 1st T20I - New Zealand v West Indies Eden Park, Auckland Wed Jan 15 (20 ovs)           06:00 GMT | 19:00 local 11:00 PKT 2nd T20I - New Zealand v West Indies Westpac Stadium, Wellington