West Indies thrash India, many records created in first ODI, Kuldeep Yadav man of the match

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India defeated West Indies by five wickets in the first ODI of the three-match ODI series. The first ODI played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados was dominated by the Indian bowlers. India achieved the target of 115 runs in just 22.5 overs.

Windies had a poor start

After the Test, the Indian team defeated the West Indies team by five wickets with a great performance in the ODI as well. Batting first after losing the toss, West Indies got off to a poor start and lost three of their wickets for 45 runs. Although Shimron Hetmyer and captain Shai Hope shared a partnership of 43 runs, the team lost the last seven wickets for 26 runs and piled on 114 runs in 23 overs. Seven batsmen could not even score double figures in West Indies' innings.

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India made several changes in the batting line-up

The Indian team had no difficulty in achieving the target of 115 runs. The Indian team also made a surprise change in the batting line-up in view of the low target, with Ishan Kishan sent in to open with Shubman Gill, while Suryakumar came in to bat at number three. Even after five wickets fell, Virat Kohli did not come to bat, while captain Rohit batted at number seven. This was the ninth consecutive victory of the Indian team against the West Indies in ODIs. Kuldeep Yadav, who took 4 wickets in this ODI match, became the player of the match.

The pair of Kuldiya-Jadeja did wonders

This was West Indies' second lowest score in one-day internationals against an Indian team. Apart from this, this was his lowest ODI score against India at home ground. Before this, in the year 1997, the West Indies team could score only 121 runs on the ground of Port of Spain. It was also West Indies' joint third-lowest score at home. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took a total of seven wickets in this ODI. Along with this, Jadeja and Kuldeep made a big record in their name in which the pair of Jadeja-Kuldeep became the first Indian left-arm spin pair to take seven or more wickets in ODIs. It also marked the fourth time in history that India bowled out the opposition in or before 23 overs in an ODI.