Heading to Florida, the series was hanging at an equal level (2-2), India lost the first two matches, and the opposition lost the next two matches. In the last match, Brandon King’s heroic inning and Shepherd’s four wickets helped the team to win the last match and the series as well.

In the last match of the series, India batted first. Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal, both openers, could not display their class in the game as they got out early. Surya Kumar Yadav again came to the rescue and helped India set a decent target of 166 on the scoreboard.

He played a brilliant innings of 61 in just 45 balls, and Tilak Verma was also looking good with his 27 in 18 balls. The rest of the Indian batters could not score much. Somehow, the team in blue managed to score 165. West Indian allrounder Romario Shepherd drilled the Indian batting lineup with his stunning bowling, and Akeal Hosein picked both the openers early.

In reply, Arshdeep Singh went through Kyle Mayers, but Nicholas Pooran came to the crease and showed his aggression. The partnership between Pooran 85 (55) and King 47 (35) took the game from the men in blue.

Hardik Pandya’s poor tactics again came into play.

His captaincy has not been on point, he has been trying unwanted things in the series. Through all five matches, we saw surprising things from skipper Pandya. He made so many mistakes, which resulted in India losing the series. In the first two matches, he did not use Axar Patel and Yuzi Chahal properly, and the batting order was also shattered.

Sanju Samson wasted another opportunity.

In the absence of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson is getting opportunities as a wicketkeeper, but unfortunately, he could not grab the opportunities. He could not even cross the 20-run mark in the matches he got to bat in. Many cricket experts and former players are saying that he has not cashed in on the opportunities.