Twiiter Reacts As Nicholas Pooran & Kieron Pollard Help West Indies Reach 315

It was a good day at the office for the West Indies team with the bat on the field at Cuttack. Right from Evin Lewis, almost all the batsmen delivered the goods for the team by knocking the boundary fence more often than not. Once again, the young Nicholas Pooran stood tall for the team alongside the skipper Kieron Pollard, who gave a perfect finish in the end for the innings.

After losing the toss in the first couple of games, the Indian Skipper Virat Kohli finally managed to win the toss on Sunday to opt for bowling. However, Evin Lewis and the ever-consistent Shai Hope started things well by adding 57 runs for the first wicket. It was Ravindra Jadeja, who gave the first wicket for India by knocking down Evin Lewis.

Nicholas Pooran scored 89 runs off 64 balls:

He was quickly followed by Shai Hope when Mohammed Shami delivered a peach of the delivery to the wicket-keeper of West Indies. Later, Roston Chase and Shimron Hetmyer settled things in the middle to make things fall in place. But, just when things are going in a positive manner, Navdeep Saini removed the thorn Hetmyer to bring smiles in the Indian camp.

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Following him, Roston Chase walked back when Navdeep Saini bowled a stunning yorker, which reminded Waqar Younis for the cricket fans. Despite losing Chase, Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard stood tall for West Indies to make the Indian fielders chase the leather more often than not.

Surprisingly, Kuldeep Yadav had an ordinary outing in the ongoing ODI. The left-arm wrist-spinner has conceded 67 runs in 10 overs without picking up a wicket. He was smashed for 5 sixes — 2 in his last over of the match. Alongside Kuldeep Yadav, the fast bowlers of India leaked runs with ease in the final overs.

It was a day to remember for Nicholas Pooran, as he showed his class with the bat. He never settled the bowlers in the middle and received all the accolades from the Indian stalwart players in the dugout.

Twitter Reactions for the game:

A delicious Yorker from Saini dislodges the off-stump of Chase! He picks up his 2nd wicket! Saini is spewing ???
WI- 144/4#INDvsWI #PlayBold

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) December 22, 2019

Lefties are destroying India since last 10 days. #INDvsWI #CABBill

— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 22, 2019

Rishabh Pant ending the career of Kuldeep Yadav from behind the wicket. #INDvsWI

— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 22, 2019

With Christmas round the corner we all remember Saint Nicholas who inspired modern ? Santa Claus. For @windiescricket Christmas came early with their own Nicholas! @nicholas_47 #INDvsWI

— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) December 22, 2019

https://twitter.com/firkey_/status/1208714825976565761

https://twitter.com/brahmarajRF/status/1208714781152047105

https://twitter.com/Rajkumaarsingh/status/1208713153355190273

* Whenever I got grace marks in maths *

my dad to my mom " ye karenge khandaan ka naam roshan! "#INDvsWI pic.twitter.com/egqVhGFDVH

— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 22, 2019

https://twitter.com/Ashu_0023/status/1208716243206729728

Regardless of the result here, the Windies’ revival is the story of this series #IndvsWI

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) December 22, 2019

If Kedar is playing as a proper batsman in the team, what wrong did Manish Pandey do to sit out? He's a better option, an able player down the order and a brilliant fielder. The wrong pick of players from Kohli again!!! #INDvsWI

— ?????? ????? (@GautamSodhi1) December 22, 2019

Very impressed with Navdeep Saini. Hits pace easily, good bouncer, very good yorker. Imagining him in red ball cricket….

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 22, 2019

West Indies in last 11 overs:

Runs – 127.
Wickets – 1.
Fours – 12.
Sixes – 8.

•Terrific comeback by the Windies, at one stage they were doubtful for 250 also. All credit goes to Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 22, 2019

https://twitter.com/JSingh20_/status/1208717353732726784

That's insane level of hitting from Kieron Pollard #INDvsWI #INDvWI

— Kartik O ?⚽? (@KOCricket528) December 22, 2019

Kieron Pollard's inning sums up #INDvsWI pic.twitter.com/VudkYNmxge

— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 22, 2019

Tumhaare paas kya hai? Hamare paas power hai!#Windies

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 22, 2019

Nicholas Pooran = Power + Skills.#INDvsWI

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 22, 2019