The target for victory was just 115 runs. Because of the small target, India may have experimented a bit with the batting order. Therefore, Rohit Sharma did not play in the opener, and Virat Kohli also did not play at number three. Rohit-Kohli would have set a world record if they scored 2 runs together today. Fastest 5000 run pair.
Rohit-Kohli's world record might be broken in the next match. However, today Rohit-Kohli pair's world record is not, but India defeated West Indies in the first ODI of the series. But they lost 5 wickets while playing for the target of 115 runs. In the end, however, they won by 5 wickets with 163 balls in hand.
Indian captain Rohit won the toss and sent West Indies into bat at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. India's pacers gave the team a good start. Hardik Pandya, debutant Mukesh Kumar and Shardul Thakur returned the first three batsmen of West Indies within 45 runs.
What to do next, did the two Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav. Both took 7 wickets together. Jadeja took 3 wickets for 37 runs in 6 overs. And Kuldeep gave 6 runs in 3 overs to take 4 wickets.
West Indies lost their last 6 wickets for just 26 runs. In the end, they managed to score 114 runs in 23 overs. Chasing this target, India lost the wicket of Shubman Gill for 18 runs. Suryakumar Yadav also returned for 54 runs.
Not only that, then Pandya, Ishan Kishan, and Shardul returned one by one. In the end, Rohit had to come down with the bat. He finished the match with Jadeja without letting any wicket fall.
