‘Kya boring match tha’- Fans react as India defeat West Indies by 5 wickets in first ODI

India defeated West Indies by five wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series at Kensington Oval in Barbados. With wicket-keeper, Ishan Kishan slammed a half-century. The two-time World Champions who were never in the game, after being invited to bat first the hosts were bundled out for just 114 in 23 overs.

In response, though, India went through a bit of a collapse as well. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli did not come out in their usual positions as India chose to give the lower-order batters some time out in the middle. Ishan Kishan scored a half-century, but he eventually fell for 52 runs off 46 balls.

West Indies batter struggles against spin 

Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja outplayed the hosts. The spinner finished with a best result of 4 for 6 in his three overs, picking up their captain Shai Hope, Dominic Drakes, Y Cariah, and Jayden Seales. While Jadeja picked up three wickets in his six over giving away just 37 runs. West Indies went from 88/3 in 15.4 overs to being all out for 114 in 23 overs. With the pacers taking one wicket each.

Rohit Sharma stated, “To be honest, I never thought the pitch was going to play like that. It was the team’s need that we wanted to have a score in front of us but never thought the pitch would deteriorate like that. It had something for everyone. But never thought we’d restrict them to that low a score. [On the batting order] We said that we wanted to give a chance to the guys. Never thought we’d lose five wickets but it was a good chance to give a chance to a lot of the guys who have just come in.”

The Indian captain added, “I thought restricting them to 115 got us in a commanding position that we needed so we thought we could give those guys a chance who haven’t played a lot in the last few weeks. [On if he remembers the last time he came out at No. 7] It was my debut actually! Mukesh has been brilliant. Even in Tests, we saw he can swing the new ball, has a bit of pace and quite consistent as well.”

Here’s how fans reacted