Kieron Pollard smashed 70 in 72 balls,hitting two sixes and Simmons stroke 67 runs to guide the West Indies to their first victory in the series by 103-runs against India in Antigua.Carlton Baugh contributed with 39 runs and Russell made 25 runs.Pravin Kumar picked up three wickets for 37.
Chasing the target of 250 runs,India were bowled out for 146 runs.Anthony Martin grabbed 4 wickets for West Indies.Rohit Sharma was the highest scorer,who made 39 runs.No other batsmen could score much.
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.
