West Indian cricket team in India in 2019–20#1st ODI
{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{distinguish|West Indian cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2019–20}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = West Indies cricket team in India in 2019–20
| team1_image = Flag of India.svg
| team1_name = India
| team2_image = WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
| team2_name = West Indies
| from_date = 6
| to_date = 22 December 2019
| team1_captain = Virat Kohli
| team2_captain = Kieron Pollard
| no_of_ODIs = 3
| team1_ODIs_won = 2
| team2_ODIs_won = 1
| team1_ODIs_most_runs = Rohit Sharma (258)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs = Shai Hope (222)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = Mohammed Shami (5)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = Keemo Paul (6)
| player_of_ODI_series = Rohit Sharma (Ind)
| no_of_twenty20s = 3
| team1_twenty20s_won = 2
| team2_twenty20s_won = 1
| team1_twenty20s_most_runs = Virat Kohli (183)
| team2_twenty20s_most_runs = Shimron Hetmyer (120)
| team1_twenty20s_most_wickets = Deepak Chahar (3)
| team2_twenty20s_most_wickets = Khary Pierre (3)
Sheldon Cottrell (3)
| player_of_twenty20_series = Virat Kohli (Ind)
}}
The West Indies cricket team toured India in December 2019 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/742337 |title=Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=11 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2018/06/20/6dc2c8d4-e1a5-4dec-94b4-7121fab3cd7f/ICC_Tours.pdf |title=Men's Future Tours Programme |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=International Cricket Council}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26887259/tests-south-africa-bangladesh-india-2019-20-home-season |title=Tests against South Africa and Bangladesh in India's 2019-20 home season |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=3 June 2019}} In November 2019, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) swapped the venues for the first and third T20I matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28137330/hyderabad-mumbai-swap-venues-india-west-indies-t20is |title=Hyderabad, Mumbai swap venues for India-West Indies T20Is |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=22 November 2019}} Ahead of the tour, Chris Gayle confirmed that he would not be playing in the ODIs for the West Indies, after he announced he would be taking a break from cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28168238/chris-gayle-says-no-india-odis-takes-break-cricket |title=Chris Gayle says no to India ODIs, takes 'break' from cricket |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=26 November 2019}}
For the first time in international cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the use of technology to monitor front-foot no-balls for all matches during the tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28229179/third-umpire-monitor-front-foot-no-balls-india-west-indies-series |title=Third umpire to monitor front-foot no-balls in India-West Indies series |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=5 December 2019}} The third umpire called the front-foot no-balls, communicating this with the on-field umpires.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/india-vs-west-indies-third-umpire-not-on-field-officials-to-call-front-foot-no-balls-during-series-icc/story-ICuW3N7B5xUy1hGhBjFNBL.html |title=India vs West Indies: Third umpire, not on-field officials, to call front foot no balls during series - ICC |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=5 December 2019}} It was used as a trial to see if it can be implemented further, without a detriment to the flow of the game.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/third-umpire-not-on-field-officials-to-call-front-foot-no-balls-in-india-west-indies-series-icc-1625482-2019-12-05 |title=Third umpire, not on-field officials, to call front foot no balls in India-West Indies series: ICC |work=India Today |access-date=5 December 2019}}
India won the T20I series 2–1, winning the third and deciding match by 67 runs.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19309/report/1187020/india-vs-west-indies-3rd-t20i-west-indies-in-india-2019-20 |title=India take series after Rohit, Rahul, Kohli sixathon |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=11 December 2019}} India also won the ODI series 2–1, after losing the opening match.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/west-indies-in-india/india-vs-west-indies-live-score-3rd-odi-rohit-rahul-solid-in-316-run-chase/articleshow/72922738.cms |title=India vs West Indies Highlights, 3rd ODI: Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja help India seal series 2-1 |work=The Times of India |access-date=22 December 2019}} It was India's tenth-consecutive win in a bilateral ODI series against the West Indies, going back to May 2006, when the West Indies beat India 4–1 at home.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28352331/stats-virat-kohli-continues-ace-big-chase |title=Virat Kohli continues to ace the big chase |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=22 December 2019}}
Squads
Ahead of the series, Shikhar Dhawan injured his left leg and was replaced by Sanju Samson in India's T20I squad.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1208233.html |title=Samson replaces injured Dhawan for West Indies T20Is| work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 November 2019}} Dhawan was later also ruled out of India's ODI squad, and was replaced by Mayank Agarwal.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28267071/mayank-agarwal-replaces-shikhar-dhawan-india-odi-squad |title=Mayank Agarwal replaces Shikhar Dhawan in India's ODI squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=11 December 2019}} Bhuvneshwar Kumar was also ruled out of India's ODI squad due to injury and was replaced by Shardul Thakur.{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/india-vs-west-indies-shardul-thakur-replaces-bhuvneshwar-kumar-dhawan-mayank-agarwal/article30298464.ece |title=India vs West Indies: Shardul Thakur replaces injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Windies ODIs |work=SportStar |access-date=13 December 2019}} Navdeep Saini was added to India's squad for the third and final ODI, replacing the injured Deepak Chahar.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsnation.in/sports/cricket/navdeep-saini-replaces-deepak-chahar-in-india-squad-for-cuttack-odi-vs-west-indies-248061.html |title=Navdeep Saini Replaces Deepak Chahar In India Side For Third ODI Vs West Indies |work=News Nation |access-date=19 December 2019}}
During the West Indies' ODI series against Afghanistan in November 2019, Nicholas Pooran was found guilty of ball tampering.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1494357 |title=Pooran suspended for four games for changing condition of the ball |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=13 November 2019}} He was banned for four T20I matches, therefore missing the three T20I matches against Afghanistan and the first T20I against India.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28070011/nicholas-pooran-banned-four-t20is-ball-tampering |title=Nicholas Pooran banned for four T20Is for ball tampering |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=13 November 2019}}
T20I series
=1st T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 6 December 2019
| time = 19:00
| night = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 207/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Shimron Hetmyer 56 (41)
| wickets1 = Yuzvendra Chahal 2/36 (4 overs)
| score2 = 209/4 (18.4 overs)
| runs2 = Virat Kohli 94* (50)
| wickets2 = Khary Pierre 2/44 (4 overs)
| result = India won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1187018.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
| umpires = Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
| motm = Virat Kohli (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = KL Rahul (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1519908 |title=Virat Kohli's 94* leads India to stunning victory |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=6 December 2019}}
- This was the highest total chased down by India in T20Is.{{cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/india-vs-west-indies-2019-1st-t20i-kohlis-record-knock-indias-biggest-chase-hyderabads-t20i-debut-and-more-stats/ |title=India vs West Indies, 2019: 1st T20I – Kohli's record knock, India’s biggest chase, Hyderabad's T20I debut and more stats |work=Crictracker |access-date=7 December 2019}}
}}
=2nd T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 December 2019
| time = 19:00
| night = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| score1 = 170/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Shivam Dube 54 (30)
| wickets1 = Hayden Walsh Jr. 2/28 (4 overs)
| score2 = 173/2 (18.3 overs)
| runs2 = Lendl Simmons 67* (45)
| wickets2 = Ravindra Jadeja 1/22 (2 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1187019.html Scorecard]
| venue = Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
| umpires = Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
| motm = Lendl Simmons (WI)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
=3rd T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 11 December 2019
| time = 19:00
| night = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| score1 = 240/3 (20 overs)
| runs1 = KL Rahul 91 (56)
| wickets1 = Kieron Pollard 1/33 (2 overs)
| score2 = 173/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Kieron Pollard 68 (39)
| wickets2 = Deepak Chahar 2/20 (4 overs)
| result = India won by 67 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1187020.html Scorecard]
| venue = Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
| umpires = Nitin Menon (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
| motm = KL Rahul (Ind)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Virat Kohli became the first batsman for India to score 1,000 runs at home in T20Is.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/india-vs-west-indies-virat-kohli-becomes-first-indian-to-achieve-massive-t20i-milestone/story-2mJ2SmJRhzvlNbaUHxXYSN.html |title=India vs West Indies: Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to achieve massive T20I milestone |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=11 December 2019}}
- Kieron Pollard became the fourth batsman for the West Indies to score 1,000 runs in T20Is.{{cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/kieron-pollard-completes-1000-runs-in-t20is20191211223122/ |title=Kieron Pollard completes 1,000 runs in T20Is |work=ANI |access-date=11 December 2019}}
}}
ODI series
=1st ODI=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 15 December 2019
| time = 13:30
| daynight = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| score1 = 287/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Rishabh Pant 71 (69)
| wickets1 = Keemo Paul 2/40 (7 overs)
| score2 = 291/2 (47.5 overs)
| runs2 = Shimron Hetmyer 139 (106)
| wickets2 = Deepak Chahar 1/48 (10 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1187021.html Scorecard]
| venue = M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
| umpires = Shaun George (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
| motm = Shimron Hetmyer (WI)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Shivam Dube (Ind) made his ODI debut.
}}
=2nd ODI=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 December 2019
| time = 13:30
| daynight = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| score1 = 387/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Rohit Sharma 159 (138)
| wickets1 = Sheldon Cottrell 2/83 (9 overs)
| score2 = 280 (43.3 overs)
| runs2 = Shai Hope 78 (85)
| wickets2 = Mohammed Shami 3/39 (7.3 overs)
| result = India won by 107 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1187022.html Scorecard]
| venue = ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
| umpires = Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
| motm = Rohit Sharma (Ind)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Khary Pierre (WI) made his ODI debut.
- India scored 31 runs in the 47th over of the match, the most productive over for India in ODIs.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/india-west-indies-shreyas-iyer-most-runs-over-roston-chase-vizag-odi-1629402-2019-12-18 |title=Shreyas Iyer stars in record over for India in one-day internationals |work=India Today |access-date=18 December 2019}}
- Shreyas Iyer scored 28 runs in the 47th over of the match, the most runs scored by a batsman for India in a single over in ODIs.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28324821/stats-rohit-sharma-second-only-sachin-tendulkar |title=Stats - Rohit Sharma second only to Sachin Tendulkar |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 December 2019}}
- Virat Kohli (Ind) and Kieron Pollard (WI) were both dismissed for a golden duck, the first time that both captains were dismissed by the first ball without scoring in the same ODI match.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/virat-kohli-kieron-pollard-golden-ducks-history-odi-cricket-india-vs-west-indies-vizag-1629450-2019-12-18 |title=India vs West Indies: Virat Kohli, Kieron Pollard set unwanted record after golden ducks in Vizag |work=India Today |access-date=18 December 2019}}
- Kuldeep Yadav became the first bowler for India to take two hat-tricks in ODIs.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/west-indies-in-india/india-vs-west-indies-kuldeep-yadav-becomes-first-indian-to-take-2nd-international-hat-trick/articleshow/72873857.cms |title=India vs West Indies: Kuldeep Yadav becomes first Indian to take 2nd international hat-trick |work=Times of India |access-date=18 December 2019}}
}}
=3rd ODI=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 22 December 2019
| time = 13:30
| daynight = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 315/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Nicholas Pooran 89 (64)
| wickets1 = Navdeep Saini 2/58 (10 overs)
| score2 = 316/6 (48.4 overs)
| runs2 = Virat Kohli 85 (81)
| wickets2 = Keemo Paul 3/59 (9.4 overs)
| result = India won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1187023.html Scorecard]
| venue = Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
| umpires = Shaun George (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
| motm = Virat Kohli (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Navdeep Saini (Ind) made his ODI debut.
- Shai Hope (WI) became the second-fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 3,000 runs in ODIs (67).{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/west-indies-in-india/shai-hope-becomes-second-fastest-batsman-to-score-3000-odi-runs/articleshow/72924982.cms |title=Shai Hope becomes second-fastest batsman to score 3,000 ODI runs |work=The Times of India |access-date=22 December 2019}}
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1186986.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
{{International cricket tours of India}}
{{International cricket in 2019–20}}
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