India beat West Indies by 5 wickets in first ODI
Bridgetown, Jul 27: India beat West Indies by five wickets in the first ODI to go 1-0 up in the three-match series here on Thursday.
Ishan Kishan top-scored with a 46-ball 52 as India chased down the small target of 114 with 163 balls to spare.
Captain Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja remained not out on 12 and 16 respectively.
Earlier, India bowled West Indies out for 114 runs in just 23 overs.
Sent in to bat, West Indies suffered a batting collapse with skipper Shai Hope (43 off 45 balls) being the top scorer.
For India, Kuldeep Yadav (4/6) picked up four wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja (3/37) accounted for three batters.
Debutant Mukesh Kumar (1/22), Hardik Pandya (1/17) and Shardul Thakur (1/14) also chipped in with a wicket each.
Brief Scores:
West Indies: 114 all out in 23 overs (Shai Hope 43; Kuldeep Yadav 4/6, Ravindra Jadeja 3/37).
India: 118 for 5 in 22.5 overs (Ishan Kishan 52, Gudakesh Motie 2/26).
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Fire breaks out at shopping mall in Hyderabad, no injuries
Hyderabad (PTI): A fire broke out at a shopping mall in Jubilee Hills area here on Thursday, though no one was injured in the incident, police and Fire department officials said.
The fire started at around 11.20 AM in the building, housing a saree showroom and other garment outlets, where renovation work was going on, they said, adding five workers, who were inside were brought out.
Three fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was extinguished. TV visuals showed flames erupting and thick smoke emanating from the exterior of the building.
"The building was vacant and there was no material inside. The fire has been brought under control. No one was injured in the incident," a fire department official said.
The exact cause of the blaze was under investigation, he said.
