India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first ODI in Ahmedabad. Team India made the 1000th ODI more memorable by defeating West Indies. There were quite a few changes in India team. Ishan Kishan was picked as an opener while Deepak Hooda, who also bowls off-spin, was given his maiden ODI cap. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna were selected as the frontline seamers and Shardul Thakur was picked as the seam-bowling all-round option.
Skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field first. Openers Shai Hope and Brandon King mustered eight and 13 runs respectively as skipper Kieron Pollard bagged a golden duck. Nobody could really get going besides Jason Holder smashing a half-century and Fabian Allen notching up 29 runs to take West Indies to 176. Yuzvendra Chahal reached his milestone of 100 wickets in the 50-over format and Washington Sundar also picked three wickets.
Chasing the target of 177, captain Rohit Sharma slammed a fifty as Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav chalked up 28 and 34 runs respectively. The Indian captain got out on 60(51) and soon after his dismissal Virat Kohli too returned to the pavilion on 8. Later Suryakumar Yadav 34(36) and debutant Deepak Hooda 26(32) wrapped up the proceedings, completing the 177-run chase in just 28 overs.
The second ODI will now take place at the same venue on Wednesday, February 9. Kieron Pollard will be looking for a better batting performance from West Indies team in the next match as it has been their big issue for the last few years now.