Ahmedabad: Shreyas Iyer's brilliant 80 and Rishabh Pant's responsible half-century (56) on Friday drove India to 265 runs after the top-order collapse in the third ODI against West Indies here at the Narendra Modi Stadium here.
Useful contributions from Washington Sundar (33) and Deepak Chahar (38) did help the hosts to build on the foundation of Shreyas' innings and cross the 250 run mark.
For West Indies, Alzarri Joseph and Hayden Walsh took two wickets each while Jason Holder was the highest wicket-taker for the team with four wickets.
Shreyas and the flamboyant Pant resurrected the innings with their 110-run stand after India suffered a top-order collapse to be reeling at 42/3.
The duo toyed with the opposition attack even as the southpaw displayed his hard-hitting prowess, striking six fours and a six. At 119/3 after 25 overs, the stage was set for a big total.
The Mumbaikar, who was playing his first game after COVID recovery, looked in his elements, as he mixed caution and aggression. He completed his ninth ODI fifty with a single to deep extra cover.
After his fifty, Shreyas upped the ante as he and Pant completed their 100-run stand in 112 balls.
Pant too notched up his fifth ODI 50 with a single. But in the 30th over, he perished, giving leggie Hayden Walsh (2/59) his first wicket and Suryakumar Yadav (6) followed suit, as India lost half their side for 164.
But a determined Shreyas played his shots at will before giving a sitter to Darren Bravo at long-off in the 38th over. In his 111-ball knock, he hit nine boundaries.