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Keemo Paul missed an absolute sitter. West Indies could have gotten rid of the India National Cricket Team captain Shubman Gill early in the 1st of the 3-match ODI series tonight (September 27) at the Greenfield Stadium.
The ball travelled straight into the fielder, but Keemo Paul could not hold on to it and created a mess. What could have been an easy catch, the fielder let the entire West Indies National Cricket Team down at that moment.
Keemo Paul drops a sitter off Shubman Gill
On the first delivery of the fifth over of the second innings, West Indies pacer Jayden Seales placed the ball full and wide. Shubman Gill sliced the ball towards the point region where Keemo Paul was posted.
Keemo Paul was exactly on the line of the ball, but he failed to manage himself in the position to grab the ball. The ball hit Keemo Paul's palms and fell on the ground. Shubman Gill survived.
India will have to overcome a stiff target to win the match and take a 1-0 lead in the One Day International series against West Indies. West Indies was considered the underdog against the Indian cricket team in India.
Kuldeep Yadav delivers the best for India with the ball
In the first innings, Justin Greaves and John Campbell exposed the bowling unit of the hosts. India missed some of their key ODI players because of the clash of schedules with the ongoing 2026 Asian Games. The bowling line-up the Men in Blue created for today's game was without Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, and many other well-established bowlers.
Apart from Kuldeep Yadav, most of the bowlers looked not effective enough in today's match. As a result, the openers of West Indies secured a hundred-plus-run partnership for the opening stand.
Justin Greaves scored 101 off 108, and his opening partner, John Campbell,l scored 62 off 60. Standing strong in the opening partnership, West Indies registered 295 runs in 50 overs. Kuldeep Yad, with 4 wickets, was the best bowler of the night for the Indian cricket team.
Record for Shubman Gill
India is required to score 296 runs in 50 overs to win the match. As the target is near three hundred, the home side was looking to establish a good partnership in the opening wicket.
Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma started the innings well for the team; both of the batters looked comfortable against the opposing bowlers until the first ball of the fifth ball when the Indian skipper somehow managed to dodge his fall.
If Keemo Paul could have grabbed the ball, the contest could have been a lot spicier. Now, it will be interesting to see how the West Indies cricket team reacts after the dropped catch.
With the extra lifeline, Shubman Gill got to claim a massive milestone as an Indian opener and completed his half-century in the match as well. Gill has now become the eighth, but the fastest batter to complete 3,000 runs as an Indian opener.
