India Vs West Indies: Men in Blue thrash WI by 88 runs to win series 4-1

4 key players rested, captain Rohit Sharma among them and yet, it was a cakewalk for India against the West Indies in the 5th T20I in Florida.

Shreyas Iyer & Deepak Hooda were the star with the bat for India as their 76-run partnership proved instrumental in India reaching a big score.

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While Shreyas Iyer made 64 off 40 opening the innings, Hooda scored 38 off 25 balls. A few lusty blows towards the end from the lower-middle order helped India post 188.

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In reply, the Men from the Caribbean couldn’t survive the trial by spin. No batsman apart from Shimron Hetmyer could cope with the trio of Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav & Ravi Bishnoi, who picked up all 10 wickets.

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While Hetmyer did manage a fifty for his efforts, the next best score for the Indies was just 13. They were bowled out for exactly 100, losing the match by 88 runs and the series 4-1.