{"id":55685,"date":"2026-09-28T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T02:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=55685"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T02:45:28","slug":"india-beat-west-indies-by-eight-wickets-in-first-odi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/india-beat-west-indies-by-eight-wickets-in-first-odi\/","title":{"rendered":"India beat West Indies by eight wickets in first ODI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Agency, Sep 28:<\/strong> India began their three-match ODI series against the West Indies with a convincing eight-wicket victory at home on Sunday, taking a 1\u20130 lead in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a target of 296 runs, India reached 300 for the loss of two wickets in 41.4 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli both scored centuries to anchor India\u2019s successful chase. Kohli remained unbeaten on 139 off 88 balls, smashing 10 fours and nine sixes, while Gill scored 110 off 108 balls, with 13 fours and a six.<\/p>\n<p>Rohit Sharma contributed 32 runs, while Ruturaj Gaikwad remained unbeaten on 13.<\/p>\n<p>For the West Indies, Alzarri Joseph and Roston Chase took one wicket each.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, after being asked to bat first at the Greenfield International Stadium, the West Indies posted 295 for seven in 50 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Greaves led the West Indies\u2019 batting effort with a century, scoring 101 off 108 balls with 12 fours. John Campbell added 62 off 60 balls, including six fours and three sixes, while Aamir Jangoo scored 58 off 43 balls with seven fours and a six.<\/p>\n<p>Roston Chase scored 24, Keacy Carty made 13 and Shai Hope contributed 12.<\/p>\n<p>For India, Kuldeep Yadav was the standout bowler, claiming four wickets for 40 runs in 10 overs, including one maiden. Prasidh Krishna took two wickets, while Nitish Kumar Reddy claimed one.<\/p>\n<p>India now lead the three-match series 1\u20130, with the second ODI to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agency, Sep 28: India began their three-match ODI series against the West Indies with a convincing eight-wicket victory at home on Sunday, taking a 1\u20130 lead in the series. Chasing a target of 296 runs, India reached 300 for the loss of two wickets in 41.4 overs. Captain Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli both scored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55688,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55685\/revisions\/55688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}