India vs West Indies, 3rd ODI as it happened: Hosts lose by 43 runs despite Kohli’s record century

“When Hardik and Kedar both play, we get the extra option. When someone like Hardik is not playing, who gives you both bowling and batting option, it is difficult to get the balance.” - Kohli on India’s loss.

Kohli’s record third consecutive century went in vain as India lost by 43 runs against a resurgent West Indies side who levelled the five match series 1-1. It was Hope who set the base for his side’s win with fluent century. India’s Bumrah was impressive but his fellow bowlers let the West Indies batsmen post a formidable total of 283. In their chase no one really stood up to support Kohli who led a lone battle.

West Indies level series 1-1. Win third ODI by 43 runs.
India 240 all out in 47.4 overs
WICKET! Bumrah is the last man to depart after getting caught out off Samuels who finishes with three wickets.
Bumrah c Holder b Samuels 0(3)

India 239/9 in 47 overs - Kuldeep 14*, Bumrah 0*
India going through the motions now. They just have one wicket in hand and 45 runs to get off 18 balls. Can Bumrah and Kuldeep take them over the line?

India 237/9 in 46 overs - Kuldeep 13*
WICKET! Khaleel stumped! The tailender fails to read Samuels and misses the ball completely.
Khaleel st Hope b Samuels 3 (11)

India 237/8 in 45.4 overs
Kuldeep gets a reprieve. He tries to sweep but misses it. The umpire raises the finger. But, the review reveals the ball struck his arm first.

India 225/8 in 43 overs - Kuldeep 4*
WICKET! Chahal holes out! The batsman fails to fend off a short delivery from Roach. Gets the pull shot horribly wrong.
Chahal c Paul b Roach 3(5)

India 222/7 in 42 overs (Kuldeep 3*, Chahal 1*)
WICKET! Kohli bowled! Huge wicket for Windies! Samuels hands his side with the big one. In his first over! Kohli misses the ball ball completely! India in deep trouble. They need another 62 runs from 48 balls.
Kohli b Samuels 107 (119b 4s: 10 6s: 1)

India 218/6 in 41 overs - Kohli 106*, Kuldeep 1*
WICKET! Bhuvi holes out! India six down and in deep trouble. Windies back in the game and how. India’s chase is unraveling. Kohli is still around at the other end but is losing partnership thick and fast at the other end. He has his task cut out with just the tail for company. India still need another 69 runs to win off 58 balls.
Bhuvneshwar c Powell b McCoy 10 (17b 4s: 1)

India 215/5 in 40 overs - Kohli 104*, Bhuvi 10*
Bhuvi now get going. Smashes Holder for a boundary with a typical slog. Kohli will be happy with the intent. He needs a partner to give him support. India still need another 69 runs to win from 60 balls.

100 for Kohli! There’s no stopping this run-machine! The India skipper notches up another fine century. Takes only 110 balls to reach the mark. He now has three consecutive tons to his name.

India 194/5 in 36 overs - Kohli 93*, Bhuvi 0*
WICKET! Dhoni caught behind! Looks to work the ball to the off side but manages just an outside edge off Holder. India in a bit of trouble now.
Dhoni c Hope b Holder 7(11)

India 184/4 in 34 overs - Kohli 85*, Dhoni 5*
India need another 102 runs to win off 96 balls. Dhoni has joined Kohli in the middle. Not a lot of batting options to follow India after the former skipper. India will hope this pair does much of work.

India 175/4 in 32 overs - Kohli 79*, Dhoni 2*
WICKET! Pant is caught behind! The batsman looks to sweep but doesn’t get the connection right. The umpire turns down the appeal. The review reveals there was some glove involved.
Pant c Hope b Nurse 24 (18b 4s: 3 6s: 1)

India 172/3 in 31 overs - Kohli 78*, Pant 24*
Run-out chance! Kohli would have had to walk back. The India skipper attempts a quick run, the throw at the non-striker’s end is quick and accurate, but the bowler fails to collect it. Kohli gets a reprieve.

India 154/3 in 28 overs - Kohli 70*, Pant 14*
150 up for India! Pant bats in his own unique manner, keeps the boundaries flowing. Kohli too is going about his task nonchalantly.

India 142/3 in 26 overs - Kohli 67*, Pant 1*
Pant nearly throws away his wicket first ball. Allen gets his hands to the ball. It’s a difficult chance, though. It was a short and wide delivery but fails to keep to the ground. Fortunately, the ball doesn’t stick in the fielder’s hands.

WICKET! Rayudu chops it on! He’s looking to tap the ball and sneak in a run, but gets it wrong. India in a spot of bother.
Rayudu b McCoy 22 (27b 4s: 2)

India 130/2 in 24 overs - Kohli 63*, Rayudu 20*
Rayudu also gets into the groove now. Gets back to back boundaries off Nurse. Rayudu and Kohli have now added 44 runs for the third wicket. India need 150 runs to win in 150 balls.

India 119/2 in 23 overs - Kohli 62*, Rayudu 10*
100 up for India and FIfty for Kohli! The skipper getting back on top of the ball after a few quiet overs. India are in a tricky situation but Kohli is batting confidently.

India 97/2 in 20 overs - Kohli 47*, Rayudu 4*
The Windies spinners have kept the Indian batsmen in check. Dhawan’s exit has put the brakes on the run-rate, but Kohli is still around and has moved into the 40s.

WICKET! Dhawan LBW! Looks to sweep Nurse but misses the ball completely and is struck on the pads. The umpire raises the finger. There’s now review, the batsman walks back.
Dhawan lbw Nurse 35 (45b 4s: 5)

India 88/1 in 17 overs - Dhawan 35*, Kohli 42*
The slow bowlers into the attack from either end. The boundaries have dried up a bit, but Kohli and Dhawan are batting with relative ease at the moment.

India 77/1 in 13 overs - Dhawan 30*, Kohli 36*
Kohli now lays into McCoy. Smashes him for back to back boundaries. India scoring at a fair clip. West Indies seem to have given up hope of dismissing the duo. Ominous signs for West Indies.

India 63/1 in 11 overs - Dhawan 28*, Kohli 24*
McCoy strays wide and Dhawan smashes him through the covers for a boundary. It brings up the fifty-run stand between him and skipper Kohli. He follows it up with another four in the same region.

India 54/1 in 10 overs - Dhawan 20*, Kohli 23*
Fifty up for India! Kohli-Dhawan have now added 45 runs for the second wicket. Their effort has seen India race past 50 in the tenth over.

India 47/1 in 9 overs - Dhawan 15*, Kohli 21*
Kohli looking dangerous. Has now strokes two glorious boundaries through the extra-cover region. India are placed well in the chase early on as Kohli and Dhawan stitch together a handy partnership.

India 38/1 in 7 overs - Dhawan 15*, Kohli 13*
West Indies have not let India off to a flier. The dismissal of Rohit was key. Kohli and Dhawan too have not been allowed to run amok. The pacers have bowled a tight line with discipline so far.

India 20/1 in 4 overs - Dhawan 7*, Kohli 4*
Kohli joins Dhawan in the middle. Despite Rohit’s early dismissal the two seem to be going about the chase confidently. They both have a boundary apiece.

India 9/1 in 2 overs - Dhawan 1*
WICKET! Rohit is bowled! Holder knocks over the middle stump. The openers had begun well with two boundaries, but this time the ball sneaks in through the bat and pad and onto the stumps.
Rohit b Holder 8 (9, 4s: 2)

Right, time for India’s run-chase on a pitch that has something for the bowlers. Rohit Sharma (playing his 300th international for India) and Shikhar Dhawan in the middle. Target: 284.

Bumrah made a fine return to the India XI with an impressive four-wicket haul. Bhuvneshwar, who was also making a comeback was rusty and was duly punished. Hope was the standout batsman for the visitors. His 95 set the base for Windies as they posted a competitive total of 283. Nurse’s late flourish also helped the visitors wrest back the momentum towards the end of their batting effort.

West Indies 283/9 in 50 overs
WICKET! Bumrah gets his fourth wicket! Traps Nurse in front off the penultimate delivery of the innings. The wicket, though, came a bit late in the day as the batsman, who’s late cameo took the sheen of Bumrah’s fine display.

West Indies 272/8 in 49 overs - Nurse 39*, Roach 11*
A rusty Bhuvneshwar leaks 21 runs in the 49th over. Nurse punishes the pacer with three boundaries and a six adding valuable runs to the Windies total with one over remaining. Nurse and Roach have now added 50 runs for the ninth wicket.

West Indies 254/8 in 47 overs - Nurse 19*, Roach 10*
250 up for Windies! Bhuvi strays a little short as Nurse dispatches the length ball down the ground for a six to keep the visitors in hunt for a big total.

West Indies 244/8 in 46 overs - Nurse 17*, Roach 2*
Bumrah with another fine over. The inclusion of the premier pacers including Bhuvi has proved to be the difference so far. Their disciplined bowling laced with variations has severely dented Windies’ ability to score big.

West Indies 227/8 in 44 overs - Nurse 4*
WICKET! Hope misses out on a hundred. Bumrah castles him with a brilliant yorker. Couldn’t do much to keep it out. The dismissal ends a fine knock by the batsman. He propped up a lone battle to keep West Indies in the hunt for a big total, but kept losing partners at the other end throughout.
Hope b Bumrah 95 (113b 4s: 6 6s: 3)

West Indies 218/7 in 42 overs - Hope 90*
WICKET! Allen holes out to give Chahal his first wicket of the match. The debutant looks for a might slog but doesn’t get the elevation and is caught out in the deep.
Allen c Pant b Chahal 5 (7 4s: 1)

West Indies 204/6 in 39 overs - Hope 82*, Allen 0*
200 up for Windies! Meanwhile, Hope continues to bat with no real trouble. Takes his side past the 200-run mark with a delightful boundary off Bhuvi.

WICKET! Holder holes out off Bhuvi! substitute fielder Jadeja makes no mistake in the deep. Timely wicket for India. The partnership between Hope and Holder was beginning to hurt the hosts as the game drifts towards the slog overs.
Holder c Jadeja b Bhuvneshwar 32 (39 4s: 2 6s: 1)

West Indies 196/5 in 38 overs - Hope 74*, Holder 32*
Hope is swinging his arms now. Smashes Khaleel for a six. Holder too gets into the act and hicks Kuldeep over the boundary rope. WI batting aggressively now as the inch towards the 200-run mark.

Bumrah seems to have a niggle and has walked off the field with the physio.

West Indies 177/5 in 36 overs - Hope 64*, Holder 24*
Chance for Kuldeep. Hope smashes it straight down the ground. The spinner bends low in his follow-through but can’t get his hands around the ball in time.

West Indies 158/5 in 33 overs - Hope 55*, Holder 20*
50 up for Hope! He’s single-handedly keeping Windies’ hope of a competitive total alive. 250 a realistic target for the Windies from hereon?

West Indies 150/5 in 32 overs - Hope 28*, Holder 13*
150 up for West Indies! Hope looking quite at ease unlike his teammates. But, he needs partners to take his side to a string total. India have their tail and are looking quite sharp in the field.

West Indies 142/5 in 30 overs - Hope 46*, Holder 7*
The scoring rate has come down drastically in the last five overs. The visitors seem to be eyeing a total of 250 from here on. Will it be enough to add pressure on India’s imposing batting order will be a difficult ask.

West Indies 134/5 in 28 overs - Hope 43*, Holder 2*
Maiden over by Chahal now. India dominating proceedings at the moment as West Indies come to terms with the situation. Holder was smacked on the helmet off Bumrah’s bowling and hasn’t looked at ease after. Hope is still going strong but needs support.

West Indies 132/5 in 26 overs - Hope 41*, Holder 1*
Hope is hanging in there and has now entered the 40s. West Indies will hope he finds support from the lower order. Partnerships are key for West Indies from here on.

West Indies 121/5 in 24 overs (Hope 33*)
WICKET! Rohit pulls off another fine catch in the slips to remove R Powell. The batsman looked for a slog but could only manage an outside edge. Kuldeep gets another wicket to his name.
Powell c Rohit b Kuldeep 4 (16)

West Indies 117/4 in 22 overs - Hope 31*, R Powell 2*
Hetmyer’s dismissal has allowed India to rein things back. Windies have their task cut out from here on. The 300-mark looks a bit out of reach at the moment. They will want Hope to stay at the crease as they look to rebuild.

West Indies 111/4 in 20 overs - Hope 27*
WICKET! Hetmyer stumped! Kuldeep strikes! Against the run of play! The batsman looks for a big heave. Fails to pick the turn and misses the ball. Dhoni is quick to dislodge the bails and appeals straightaway. Unfortunately for Hetmyer, he doesn’t have any part of his foot behind the crease.
Hetmyer st Dhoni b Kuldeep 37 (21b, 4s: 2 6s: 3)

West Indies 105/3 in 19 overs - Hope 27*, Hetmyer 31*
100 up for Windies! Hetmyer gets the visitors past the mark with a six off Chahal. He and Hope have now added 50 runs for the fourth wicket.

West Indies 89/3 in 17 overs - Hope 25*, Hetmyer 18*
Hetmyer gets into the act. smashes Chahal for a six and a boundary. West Indies have maintained a positive intent despite the fall of wickets. Hope and Heymyer batting confidently.

West Indies 76/3 in 16 overs - Hope 24*, Hetmyer 6*
Heymar, the man of the series so far has come into the middle. His wicket will be key here. Kuldeep keeps him in check with a tight over.

West Indies 62/3 in 14 overs - Hope 15, Hetmyer 1
WICKET! Samuels is bemused, dejected. (You can’t really read him, can you?) Dhoni takes another smart catch. Around the wicket from Khaleel, gets extra bounce from a good length. Samuels leave his bat hanging, gloves the ball. Dhoni has to dive forward to complete the catch. Lovely celebrations from Khaleel.
Hope gets boundary in that over, another lovely off drive.

West Indies 48/2 in 12 overs - Hope 8, Samuels 3
Another one-run over. Good comeback from Khaleel after an expensive start to his spell. Gets the length right this over, closer to the batsman. Samuels avoids the maiden over by taking a single off the last ball.

West Indies 47/2 in 11 overs - Hope 8, Samuels 2
Chahal into the attack and starts off with a superb over. Slower through the air than usual. Gets good turn and bounce. Hits Hope on the elbow with one that pitched on the leg stump and spun sharply.

West Indies 46/2 in 10 overs - Hope 8, Samuels 1
End of the first powerplay. Shai Hope gets going with an elegant back-foot punch for four. Never short of class, when Hope is timing the ball well. Khaleel expensive to start off.

West Indies 40/2 in 9 overs - Hope 2, Samuels 1
WICKET! Bumrah, back with a boom. Superb delivery to dismiss Kieran Powell, rising from a good length from over the wicket and he edges it to Rohit at wide slip who takes a sharp catch. This is lovely seam bowling, hitting the deck hard and getting purchase. Almost makes it two wickets in one over, Samuels given LBW off Bumrah but he reviews it and is saved by the bounce. Missing the stumps.

West Indies 38/1 in 8 overs - Powell 21, Hope 1
Expensive over from Khaleel to start his spell. Second ball, just short of length, Powell swivels on his front foot and sends a pickup shot soaring over midwicket for a six. Khaleel shortens the length even more and the ball rises just up to the hips of the batsman and Powell has enough time to pull this behind square for a four. Eleven runs from it. Change of ends for Bumrah, he’ll get a couple of overs from Bhuvi’s end.

West Indies 27/1 in 7 overs - Powell 10, Hope 1
Good over from Bhuvi, just two runs off it. Looks much more threatening against the right-hander Hope. Gets a good shape going. Bumrah’s first spell is done, Khaleel introduced from the other end.

Here’s that Dhoni catch. Oof!

West Indies 25/1 in 6 overs – Hemraj OUT for 15(20)
Bumrah keeps hitting the Windies batsmen on the pads and they’re quite jittery against him. Hemraj eventually goes for the big shot off a fuller delivery, fails to connect properly, but still finds the boundary at cover. He then whacks Bumrah over wide long-on for six. Beautiful shot, that! Bumrah then goes for the short one into the body and Hemraj tries to pull but finds only a top edge. The ball goes high into the air towards short fine-leg, as Dhoni runs towards it, dives and takes a spectacular catch diving forward! WOW! Quite the message to India’s selectors, that, after they dropped him from the T20I team.

West Indies 15/0 in 5 overs
Bhuvneshwar is back for his third over and this time he does not concede a boundary. He’s tried out quite a few variations in his deliveries already, including the knuckle ball. Here’s that failed review from India:

West Indies 11/0 in 4 overs
Bumrah again asks a lot of questions to the two left-handed batsmen and it looks only a matter of time before he gets a breakthrough. He has another leg-before appeal but the umpire turns him down. India decide to review it. Umpire Shamshuddin is right as Hawk Eye shows the ball pitched way outside leg stump. India lose a review early but it’s yet another very good over from Bumrah.

West Indies 10/0 in 3 overs
Bhuvneshwar offers Hemraj some width and bounce off the first ball and the left-hander obliges, punching him for four through the off side. Bhuvi recovers well, except for a wide down the leg side.

West Indies 4/0 in 2 overs
It’s Bumrah from the other end and he gets some good bounce off the pitch like Bhuvi. They’ll like that, the Indian pacers. Bumrah almost traps Hemraj in front but the batsman seemed to have got some bat on it. Replays confirm there was an inside edge. Good start by Bumrah on his return to the team – a maiden over.

West Indies 4/0 in 1 over
Bhuvneshwar Kumar immediately gets some movement off the pitch but strays a bit too far down the leg to Powell, who flicks it between mid-wicket and mid-on for a boundary. Bhuvi almost finds his edge two deliveries later with one angling away from the left-hander.

1.29 pm: We’re almost ready to go. Chandrapaul Hemraj and Kieran Powell are opening for the Windies. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will open the bowling for India.

Windies XI: Kieran Powell, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope (wk), Marlon Samuels, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder (c), Fabian Allen, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Obed McCoy.

India XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Rishabh Pant, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal.

“Looks like a nice and hard wicket, with even grass covering. The ball comes on much better in the evening and we’ll back ourselves to chase a score down,” - Kohli

Umesh, Shami and Jadeja out Bhuvi, Bumrah, Khaleel in for India.

India have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.

Pitch report: Little bit of grass on the surface in Pune, says Gavaskar. Fast bowlers will get some movement, but once the seam flattens out, it’ll favour the batsmen. Expects another 300-plus score.

Windies coach Stuart Law is convinced his team’s fine performance so far has forced India to bring back Bumrah, Bhuvi into the team. Read here.

It turned out to be a serious enough reality check for India after West Indies salvaged a morale-boosting tie in the second game in Vishakapatnam. So much so that the selectors recalled front-line pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah back in action for the third ODI in Pune on Saturday in hopes of improving India’s bowling performance.

A well-oiled India hammered the Windies in the series opener in Guwahati by eight wickets, but the gritty visitors made a statement of sorts in Visakhapatnam, by denying the hosts a victory and a chance to go 2-0 ahead in the five-match rubber.