India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first one-day international in Ahmedabad thanks to Yuzvendra Chahal’s clinical bowling and Rohit Sharma’s fine hitting. Rohit scored his 44th ODI fifty and added 84 runs for the opening wicket with Ishan Kishan. As soon as the Indian captain was dismissed on 60(51), Virat Kohli too returned to the pavilion on 8. Rishabh Pant ended up being the last batter out on 11(9) as Ishan scored 28(36). With Suryakumar Yadav’s 34 runs (36 balls) and Deepak Hooda’s 26 runs (32 balls), the hosts snatched the victory in just 28 overs completing the target of 177 runs.
Team India dismissed the West Indies for 176 earlier in the day with Yuzvendra Chahal taking four wickets. In their first innings, Windies got off to a slow start with Mohammed Siraj removing Shai Hope early. Washington Sundar then picked up two wickets in the innings. During the middle overs, West Indies kept losing wickets and were reeling at 79/7 at one point. Windies were able to reach a respectable total, however, thanks to smart batting by Jason Holder and Fabien Allen. Holder was dismissed for 57(71). In addition, Sundar picked up three wickets and Prasidh Krishna picked up two wickets among the pacers.
