Yadav leads India T20I sweep over WIndies

India have beaten West Indies by 17 runs in the third and final Twenty20 international thanks to a brilliant innings by Suryakumar Yadav at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.

The hosts completed their series sweep thanks to Yadav's superb 65 which got them out of a hole on Sunday and earned him awards as both player of the match and the series.

His knock also ensured that the West Indies will fly home without a single victory on the tour, having also lost the one-day international series 3-0.

Yadav walked in with India in dire straits at 3-66 at the halfway mark and he went after the bowling, smashing seven sixes - including three in the final over - to guide India to a competitive total of 5-184.

West Indies then lost wickets cheaply at regular intervals before wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran nearly silenced the sparse crowd with his knock of 61.

Pooran and Romario Shepherd (29) scored in boundaries to give India captain Rohit Sharma cause for concern before Pooran skied a swirling catch to Ishan Kishan and Harshal Patel (3-22) cleaned up the middle order.

"For us as a team, whether we chase or bat first, we have a challenge. We just want to keep improving," Rohit said.

"Our middle order is relatively new. We just wanted to tick the boxes. (We're) happy with the series, I think we got what we wanted from this series."

India, asked to bat after losing the toss, decided to send in Ruturaj Gaikwad to open in place of Rohit.

But he fell cheaply in the third over to Jason Holder before Kishan (34) and Shreyas Iyer (25) shared a 53-run partnership.

Rohit, who came in instead at number four, failed to get going before his frustration spilled over and he was bowled when he went down the track trying to attack Dominic Drakes.

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