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Mukesh Kumar dismissed Athanaze helped him a lot. You can see the re- So, how can batsmen overcome to bat on, however, he would not give
for 22 off 18 balls. Ravindra Jadeja sult with his action in white ball crick- the challenges that Yadav poses? any excuses as their batters did not bat
took a brilliant catch at backward et. As Abhinav (Mukund) mentioned, Another India cricketer Abhinav well in front of Indian bowlers. “Not
point. WI was 45/2 in 7.5 overs. in IPL we have seen him succeeding Mukund explained: “It is the googly too many words come to mind. We
In the very next over, Shardul in the last couple of years because he that you need to read first. And, then didn’t play the way we needed to; we
Thakur castled King for 17 off 23. WI has got that pace in his bowling which you need to ensure you get your pads need to find ways to score on difficult
was 45/3 in 8.3 overs. comes down to his bowling run-up in out of the way. You need to be very pitches like this. I’m not making excus-
WI brought up their 50 runs in which he has done a good job.” decisive in your footwork and you es but anyone watching cricket can see
9.4 overs. need to play him down the ground. what is happening here. (On Jayden
Jadeja’s next over saw him take Vihari felt Yadav’s form augurs Once you start picking him, things Seales) He is a quality player, some-
two quick wickets of Rovman Powell get much easier. I think West Indies body we can invest in and I hope he
(4) and Romario Shepherd (0), sink- well for India in the run-up to have been quite poor against spin.” grows from strength to strength. The
ing WI to 96/6 in 17.4 overs. the World Cup. “Kuldeep Yadav Indian bowlers did well on this sur-
Following this, it was Kuldeep We didn’t bat well: Shai Hope face, but we didn’t bat well,” he added.
Yadav’s turn to unleash a rampage. being in form is a big advantage est Indies skipper Shai
Brief Scores: WI: 114 in 23 overs for Team India going into the Rohit on batting down order i
(Shai Hope 43, Alick Athanaze 22, Hope did not make excuses n 1st ODI
Kuldeep Yadav 4/6) lost to India: World Cup. As Abhinav men- Wafter being trashed by In-
118/5 in 22.5 overs (Ishan Kishan 52, tioned, for foreign batters, es- dia in the first ODI by 5 wickets and ndian Captain Rohit Sharma
163 balls remaining in Barbados on
Ravindra Jadeja 16*, Gudakesh Mo- Thursday. remembered his early days in
tie 2/26). pecially the left-hand batters, it In the post-match presentation, Ithe Indian team when he used
Kuldeep & Jadeja register will be a huge task facing him.” Hope said that the pitch was difficult to bat at number seven after he
batted at the same position in the
unique record first ODI match against West In-
dies in Bridgetown on Thursday.
he left-arm spin pair Kuldeep Rohit gave a chance to young-
Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja
Thave featured themselves in a sters in the match as he chooses to bat
down the order. A four-wicket haul
unique record of becoming the first by Kuldeep Yadav and a half-century
spinning duo to pick seven wickets in by Ishan Kishan were the highlights
an ODI match for India. as India defeated West Indies by five
Kuldeep took four-wicket con-
ceding just six runs while Jadeja wickets in the first ODI of three-
match series at Barbados.
picked up three scalps for 37 runs in “We wanted to give game time to
the first ODI match against West In- the ODI guys who have come in, we
dies in three-match series in Bridge- will keep trying those things whenever
town on Thursday. A four-wicket possible. To restrict them to 115, we
haul by Kuldeep and a half-century knew we could try these guys and give
by Ishan Kishan were the highlights them a go. I don’t think they’ll get many
as India defeated West Indies by five chances like this. I made my debut for
wickets in the match. India and was batting at number 7,
In the chase of 115 runs, India
started off decently. Ishan Kishan reminded me of those days,” Rohit
said in the post-match presentation.
was promoted up the order to open “I never thought the pitch would
with Shubman Gill. play like that, it was the team’s need
Gill’s disappointing run in recent
international matches continued as to bowl first and have a score. The
pitch had everything for the seam-
he poked a delivery by Jayden Seales ers and spinners, our guys did well to
on the fifth-stump line and was dis- restrict them to that score. Mukesh
missed for seven off 16 balls. India was brilliant, he can swing the ball
was 18/1 at that point. at good pace. Good to see what he
Kuldeep destroyed the rest of
Windies’ line-up by dismissing the can offer, haven’t seen him much in
domestic cricket. No matter the con-
lower order and finally Hope for 43 ditions, we need to bowl in the right
off 45 balls.
areas to restrict them and I thought
Kuldeep has worked on his our bowlers did brilliantly. And then
bowling: Vihari Ishan was good with the bat as well,”
Rohit added.
peaking about Yadav’s perfor- In the chase of 115 runs, India
mance in the opening ODI at started off decently. Ishan Kishan
SBridgetown on Thursday, In- was promoted up the order to open
dia cricketer Hanuma Vihari, said: with Shubman Gill.
“He has worked a lot on his bowling. Gill’s disappointing run in recent
When he began playing international international matches continued as
cricket, initially, he was a lot slower he poked a delivery by Jayden Seales
through the air. He didn’t have that on the fifth-stump line and was dis-
zip. He has worked on his bowling India’s Ravinder Jadeja in action during the 1st ODI against West Indies on Thursday (ANI) missed for seven off 16 balls. India
with the bowling coach and it has was 18/1 at that point.

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