Twitter Reactions: Clinical India skittle Windies for a paltry score of 104

Jadeja was the best bowler for India as he returned with the figures of 4/34.

Published - 01 Nov 2018, 15:56 IST | Updated - 01 Nov 2018, 15:56 IST

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Windies had a great chance to level the ODI series against India in their own den. But their batsmen have blown away an opportunity by putting up a reckless display. They went into this game with a batsman short. Chandrapaul Hemraj was dropped after continuously failures and Oshane Thomas was included while the injured Ashley Nurse was replaced by the leggie Devendra Bishoo.

Much to everyone’s surprise, Windies opted to bat first under overcast conditions and clearly, things didn’t go well for them. The fall of wickets started from the very first over of the innings as Bhuvneshwar Kumar finally looked a decent bowler for the first time on his comeback. He sent back Kieran Powell even as Shai Hope was castled in the very next over by Jasprit Bumrah.

Early wickets pegged the visitors back completely. The duo of Rovman Powell and Marlon Samuels looked to resurrect. They added 34 runs for the third wicket in more than 10 overs and just when it felt that things were coming back on track, the experienced veteran chipped the ball straight to mid-wicket fielder off Ravindra Jadeja to leave his team in trouble.

Jadeja takes over the mantle

The onus was once again on Shimron Hetmyer who has been the star for the Caribbean side in this series. But even he failed to deliver today and was trapped in front by Jadeja. The left-arm spinner came over the wicket to him and the flamboyant batsman fell in the trap and a smart review was taken from the Men in Blue thanks to Jadeja’s repetitive insistence for the same.

Hetmyer’s wicket had all but shattered the hopes of them to post a huge total on the board. Even Powell hit the ball straight to the fielder in the deep. The skipper Jason Holder was once again left to do a lot of repair work and on his part, he tried his best. His 25 runs was the best score of the innings as only three Windies players could cross the double-figure mark. Three of them bagged ducks and they could never recover from the early blows.

The introduction of the spinners never allowed them to make a comeback and fittingly, Ravindra Jadeja picked the last wicket ending with impressive figures of 4/34 in 9.5 overs. This turned out to be his second four-wicket haul since making a comeback in the format. India are expected to canter to victory and win yet another ODI series at home with a margin of 3-1.

Here’s how Twitter reacted during the innings:

Avg opening stands for teams post WC 2015:
55.42 SA
50.33 Aus
48.17 Pak
47.53 Ind
44.55 Eng
39.72 SL
39.47 Ban
38.80 NZ
33.47 Ire
31.58 Afg
29.75 Zim
25.00 WI #INDvWI
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) November 1, 2018

smart tactics from windies to ensure neither rohit nor kohli can get a ton today #INDvWI
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) November 1, 2018

Kohli must have about 11 different ways of taking the DRS review.#INDvWI
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) November 1, 2018

The @windiescricket have been dismissed for 104 in Thiruvananthapuram – their lowest total against India in ODIs . #INDvWI
— Arun Gopalakrishnan (@statanalyst) November 1, 2018

#INDvWI
Westindies be like pic.twitter.com/siW3HTBDDO
— Arpu🙌 (@AptArpit) November 1, 2018

West Indies finally back to their usual self… After suprising the Indians by scoring so many runs in the 1st 2 ODIs… Brilliant bowling as well from the bowlers… Very accurate! #INDvWI
— Samay Turakhia (@samay_srt) November 1, 2018

Kedhar 😂 What a Catch #INDvWI Crowd trolled WI team.. Standing ovation after they got to 100 😂
— abhishek masand (@abhishekmasand) November 1, 2018

Probably for the first time in a long, India took last 5 wickets in less runs than the first 5 wickets. #INDvWI #INDvsWI
— Parth Gandhi گاندھی 🏳️‍🌈 (@iPGandhi) November 1, 2018

Outstanding bowling effort from @imjadeja , @Jaspritbumrah93, Khaleel to restrict Winides to just 104 runs. Well Done @BCCI #INDvWI
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) November 1, 2018

#INDIA 🇮🇳 need 105 runs to Win ✌🏻
This is the Only option for opponents to Stop @imVkohli scoring century…!!#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/EkBjgLYEWZ
— Mukesh (@Mukesh3101) November 1, 2018

Who all wants dhoni to open the innings vs windies as we just need 105 to win #indvwi
— lavi (@cryptoLavi) November 1, 2018

Bhuvi will have to wait untill next series to complete his 100 wickets, courtsey: Kohli. #INDvWI
— Arjun (@iam_arjunk) November 1, 2018

ICC doesn't let single man bat or Jadeja would have completed his fifer. Preplanning against sir?
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) November 1, 2018

Lowest totals for Windies v India in ODIs:
104, Thiruvananthapuram, 2018*
121, Port of Spain, 1997
123, Kolkata, 1993
126, Perth, 1991#indvwi2018
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) November 1, 2018

After two impressive performances West Indies back to the familiar, inept ways. Very disappointing batting performance. Paltry score of 104 makes it virtually impossible to defend
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 1, 2018

Absolutely plumb this …!!! Wat a spell this from Jadeja completing his four-for n getting the last nail in the coffin !! All the bowlers stood up today n have demolished this #Windies lineup . Now upto the batters 2 chase it as quickly as possible. #INDvWI #INDvsWI #WIvIND
— Tejas Pujare (@tejas_pujare) November 1, 2018