After levelling the one-day series with West Indies, the Men in Blue will now gear up for the series-decider that will set either teams’ fate in the series. However, ahead of the last game with the visitors, Indian cricketer Shivam Dube had an interesting match with Windies’ star Jason Holder. The two cricketers played table tennis on Friday night.
West Indies cricketers surprised the hosts along with everyone else when they opened the first ODI with a victorious gameplay. The best of the Indian cricketers were bested out by the Windies’ pacemen, and India stumbled down to a total of 287 scores which the visitors made it seem like a jack’s play. The Caribbeans won the match by eight wickets with more than two overs to spare.
Nevertheless, the fiery Men in Blue took the next game in their hands and levelled the series by 1-1. India gave away a target of 388 runs that was studded with a sizzling century of Rohit Sharma (159) and KL Rahul (102). West Indies, on the other hand, could not reach the target and were taken down by the hosts within 44 overs for 280 runs.
Dube and Holder enjoying the night before the series decider:
However, ahead of the series decider on Sunday, West Indies Cricket’s official Instagram account shared a video where Dube and Holder were seen playing few rounds of table tennis. The game looked even with each of them getting points on one another. Both teams were seen enjoying the match going on between the two cricketers before they’d lock horns in the final ODI of the series on Sunday.
In the meantime, India will be looking forward to getting their 10th ODI series win against West Indies in their kitties on Sunday in a match that will end Windies’ tour of India. Earlier this year, Virat Kohli & CO. had already won the all the international series when they visited West Indies.