India’s captain Virat Kohli, right, celebrates the dismissal of West Indies Shimron Hetmyer with Kuldeep Yadav
during the third Twenty20 international cricket match between India and West Indies in Mumbai, India,
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Associated Press / Rafi q Maqbool, File
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VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AP) —
Kuldeep Yadav’s hat trick led India to
a convincing 107-run win as the West
Indies was bowled out for 280 in the second
one-day international on Wednesday
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he decider will be played in Cuttack
on Sunday. West Indies won the opener
by eight wickets in Chennai.
Chasing a mammoth total of 388 the
West Indies lost five wickets for 18 runs
in the space of 23 balls as Yadav (3-52)
snared Alzarri Joseph for a golden duck
on his hat-trick ball. On a day of batting
feats, he became the sixth bowler
to take two or more ODI hat tricks
having done so against Australia two
years ago.
Mohammed Shami also finished with
three wickets (3-39), but he didn’t even
need to complete his 10 overs as India
controlled the contest after the prolific
Rohit Sharma (159 runs) and Lokesh
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West Indies off-spinner Rahkeem
Cornwall.. West Indies cricket
Cornwall
ranks high
By Azad Ali
West Indies off-spinner, Rahkeem Cornwall
has made some strides in the International
Cricket Council (ICC) bowling rankings
following his outstanding performance
in the inaugural one-off Test against
Afghanistan recently.
Cornwall, 26, has been rewarded for his
10-wicket haul by jumping 63 places in the
bowling rankings to 47th.
He claimed l0 for 121 as West Indies
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Four players
found guilty
By Azad Ali
Four players and one team official
have been found guilty of breaching the
Cricket West Indies (CWI) Code of Conduct
during the recent Colonial Medical
Insurance regional Super50 Cup.
The four players are T&T Red Force’s
Akeal Hosein, Barbados Pride’s Jonathan
Carter and West Indies Emerging
Player’s Joshua da Silva and Keon Harding,
while Red Force coach Mervyn Dillion
was also found guilty of a breach.
Four of the five admitted to their
offences and accepted the imposition of
the proposed sanctions, so there was no
need for a formal hearing. In the case
of Harding, he was charged with two
breaches in the same game- a Level 1
to which he admitted and accepted the
proposed sanction and a Level 2, which
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HAT
TRICK
Yadav’s bowling leads India to victory
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