India vs West Indies, 3rd ODI: 'Tough one for us' - West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran after series whitewash

28.07.2022 - 07:55 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran said that though the 0-3 scoreline is "tough" on the team, the hosts are looking forward to the T20I series up next.

Top bowling spells from spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and pacers Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur helped India crush West Indies by 119 runs (DLS method) in the rain-hit third and final ODI of the series here at the Queen's Park Oval on Thursday. "It was a tough one for us.

We did a lot of right things in the first two games. I think we tried our best, the boys performed well. But there were a lot of games in a short span of time," said Pooran at the post-match presentation.

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