After the toss went Gill’s way, the West Indies were put in to bat first in Thiruvananthapuram.
Openers Justin Greaves and John Campbell got the visitors off to a flying start. The duo fired in boundaries at regular intervals to keep the scorecard ticking at over six an over.
Campbell made a breezy 60-ball 62 that was laced with six fours and three wickets before Kuldeep Yadav’s magical wrist brought the first wicket. Campbell and Greaves made 135 for the opening wicket in just 19.2 overs.
Greaves kept going and despite India disrupting their momentum now and then, the all-rounder brought up his maiden ODI century but fell soon after to Kuldeep.
Amir Jangoo’s late surge of 58* from 43 ensured the West Indies reached 295/7.
Kuldeep finished his superb spell with 4/40, while Prasidh Krishna struck twice (2/60) and Nitish Reddy chipped in with a wicket (1/45).
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