Workforce India saved the five-match collection alive by securing a seven-wicket victory over West Indies within the third T20I held at Windfall Stadium, Guyana, on Tuesday, August eighth.

The driving pressure behind India’s 160-run chase was Suryakumar Yadav, who blazed his option to 83 runs off 44 balls, together with 10 boundaries and 4 sixes.

Apart from Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma additionally delivered an important efficiency, remaining unbeaten with 49 runs off 37 balls. He first put up an 87-run partnership with Surykumar Yadav.

Later, he fashioned an unbroken 43-run partnership with Captain Hardik Pandya, who sealed the chase with a six. Nonetheless, the all-rounder got here below heavy criticism for not permitting Tilak Varma to achieve his half-century, which might have marked his second consecutive fifty.

With simply 2 runs wanted from 14 balls and Tilak Varma on the non-striker’s finish, as an alternative of taking a single to let Varma rating back-to-back fifties, Pandya opted to dispatch Powell for a six, wrapping up the run-chase.

Earlier, the Baroda all-rounder was additionally criticised for coming to bat at 5 after Suryakumar Yadav’s match-winning knock and never selling keeper-batter Sanju Samson, who may have gotten some match time.

The ex-India all-rounder Irfan Pathan took an oblique dig at each Hardik Pandya and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He in contrast what Baroda all-rounder did within the third T20I to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s previous situations of ending run-chases.

Right here’s what Irfan Pathan tweeted:

“Mushkil kaam aap karo, Asaan kaam mein Kar leta hoo. Suna suna Sa lagta hai…”

[Translate to: I’ll handle the easy part while others tackle the hard tasks. It looks like this has happened before too.]

Verify Irfan Pathan’s Tweet:

After a convincing victory within the third T20I, India stays alive within the ongoing five-match collection. To safe the collection, India should win the subsequent two video games, whereas West Indies solely must win one of many two remaining matches.