Rohit Sharma smashed a swashbuckling knock of 86 runs,stroking five fours and two sixes in 91 balls to steer India to a three-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third One-Day International in Antigua to clinch the series win.India leads the series by 3-0.In spite of loosing six wickets for just 92,India successfully chased the target of 226 loosing 7 wickets.Harbhajan Singh showed an excellent performance with the bat,stroking 41 runs in 64 balls.Parthiv Patel continued his good form,making 46 runs.Praveen Kumar smacked the vital 25 not out in 15 balls.
Earlier,West Indies once again struggled with the bat,loosing seven wickets for just 96.But West Indies made a strong comeback with the help of a powerful performance from Andre Russell,who smashed 92 in 64 balls,hitting eight fours and five sixes.Carlton Baugh contributed with 36 runs.Finally,West Indies reached a fighting total of 225 runs.Amit Mishra was a star of the show with the ball,grabbing three wickets for 28.
Russell was named as the man of the match.
The fourth match of five match-series will be played at the same venue - the Sir Viv Richards Stadium - on 13th June.
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