India made just one change to their playing eleven – Kuldeep Yadav made way for Yuzvendra Chahal.
The West Indies made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Sheldon Cottrell and Oshane Thomas made way for Fabian Allen and Keemo Paul.
On winning the toss, Jason Holder, the West Indies' skipper, chose to bat.
Rain reduced the match to a 35-overs-a-side match.
The first Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the seventh over. They had scored 63 without the loss of a wicket.
Nine balls into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. The West Indies had scored eight without the loss of a wicket at that point. While Chris Gayle had scored half-a-dozen, Evin Lewis hadn’t opened his account.
The West Indies’ openers scored 50 off 6.1 overs (38 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Lewis’ contribution to it was 16.
The second Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the eighth and the 28th over. They had scored 120 for the loss of four wickets.
The West Indies’ openers scored 100 off 9.1 overs (56 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 54, Lewis’ contribution to it was 43.
Gayle's half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes – came off 30 balls.
Lewis, whose 29-ball innings included five boundaries and three sixes, didn't add to the aforementioned score. Sixty-five balls into the match, he was caught by Shikhar Dhawan. Chahal broke the 115-run partnership.
Gayle, whose 41-ball innings included eight boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 72. Five balls later he was caught by Virat Kohli, India's skipper, the player of the match and the player of the series. Khaleel Ahmed broke the six-run stand.
It was at that point that the drinks break was taken. The West Indies had scored 121 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. Shai hadn’t (H)opened his account.
The West Indies scored 150 off 20.4 overs (125 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
Twenty-two overs into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. The West Indies had scored 158 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Hope was batting on 19, Shimron Hetmyer was batting on 18.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 78 balls. While Hope's contribution to the partnership was 24, Hetmyer’s contribution to it was 25. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Hetmyer, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Seventy-nine balls after Gayle's dismissal, Mohammed Shami broke the 50-run partnership.
The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Hope, whose 52-ball innings included a boundary, didn’t add to the aforementioned score.
The third Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 29th and the 35th over. They had scored 57 for the loss of three wickets.
The West Indies scored 200 off 29.2 overs (177 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point.
Nicholas Pooran, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 30. Twenty-seven balls after Hope’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Manish Pandey. Shami broke the 40-run stand.
Holder, who faced 20 balls, scored 14. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Ahmed broke the 10-run stand.
Carlos Brathwaite, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 16. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Rishabh Pant. Ahmed broke the 15-run stand.
Although he was unbeaten, Allen, whose innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. Paul, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.
India eventually conceded 10 extras. The West Indies scored 240 for the loss of seven wickets off 35 overs. Kedar Jadhav, who bowled four overs, conceded 13. He was wicketless, as was Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 48.
Jadeja, who bowled five overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket, as did Chahal, who bowled seven overs, conceding 32. Shami bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 50, picking up a couple of wickets. Ahmed, who bowled seven overs, conceded 68. He picked up three scalps.
India's target was revised to 255 off 35 overs.
The first Powerplay of their innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the seventh over. They had scored 58 for the loss of a wicket.
India's openers put on 25. Rohit Sharma, whose six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Sixteen balls into the chase, Allen and Roach ran him out.
India scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). The West Indies had conceded four extras at that point.
The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the eighth and the 28th over. They had scored 153 for the loss of a couple of wickets.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 14, Kohli’s contribution to it was 30. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.
Dhawan, whose run-a-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 36. Fifty-eight balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Paul. Allen broke the 66-run partnership.
Pant, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Paul. Allen broke the one-run stand.
India scored 100 off 15.2 overs (92 balls). The West Indies had conceded nine extras at that point.
Seventeen overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 111 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Kohli was batting on 44, Shreyas Iyer had scored a dozen.
Kohli's half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 48 balls.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 44 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 18, Iyer’s contribution to it was 32. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.
India scored 150 off 21.2 overs (128 balls). The West Indies had conceded nine extras at that point.
Iyer’s half-century – which included three boundaries and four sixes – came off 33 balls.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 100 off 75 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 47, Iyer’s contribution to it was 53. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.
India scored 200 off 26.1 overs (157 balls). The West Indies had conceded 11 extras at that point.
The third Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 29th and the 35th over. They had scored 45 for the loss of a wicket.
Iyer, whose 41-ball innings included three boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 65. Ninety-four balls after Pant’s dismissal, he was caught by Holder. Roach broke the 120-run partnership.
Kohli's ton – which included 11 boundaries – came off 94 balls.
India scored 250 off 32.2 overs (194 balls). The West Indies had conceded a dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Kohli, whose 99-ball innings included 14 boundaries, eventually scored 114. He was unbeaten, as was Jadhav, who scored 19. His 12-ball innings included a boundary and a six.
India, who scored 256 for the loss of four wickets off 32.3 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 15 balls to spare under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Brathwaite, who bowled 21 wicketless balls, conceded 38. Holder, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 39. Paul, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 39. Chase, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 43.
Roach, who bowled seven overs, conceded 53. He picked up a wicket. Allen, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 40. He picked up a couple of scalps.
India won the three-match series 2-0.
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