Twitter Reactions: Another lax performance by the hosts against sharp India

West Indies had clearly come out with a plan for the fourth game in Antigua. For starters, they won the toss, for the fourth straight time, but opted to bat first for the first time in the series. They got off to a sedate start but were in a position to get somewhere around 250 but wickets falling at regular intervals meant that they could only manage to get 189 for 9 in their 50 overs.

India induced three changes in their XI – Shami for Bhuvneshwar, Karthik for Yuvraj and Jadeja for Ashwin. Playing his first ODI in 27 months, Shami bowled tidily with the new ball to return with figures of 0/33 in 10 overs. Jadeja, like Shami, also did not pick any wickets but was disciplined during the middle overs to concede 48 from his 10 overs. Kuldeep Yadav impressed everyone yet again from his crafty bowling returning with 2/31 whereas Pandya (3/40) and Umesh Yadav (3/36) bagged three wickets apiece to dismantle the West Indies batting in the middle overs.

The plan of the hosts was to spend time in the middle and lay a solid foundation. The openers batted without taking any risks to stitch a 50-run partnership but the innings run rate was hovering around 3 runs an over. When Kohli replaced the new ball bowlers with Pandya and Jadeja, Kyle Hope and Evin Lewis wanted to break free which brought the downfall of the former. Hope stepped out to Pandya in an attempt to hit him over mid-off but could only slice it to be taken by the deep cover fielder. Lewis too followed suit four overs later as both openers were dismissed for identical scores of 35.

The other three batsmen – Shai Hope (25), Roston Chase (24) and Jason Mohammad (20) – took their time to get their eye in but got out at the wrong time to push West Indies into the doldrums. All the top 5 batsmen went past the 20 run mark but not a single of them failed to register a half-century. A target of 190 will not be an easy one to defend for the West Indies bowlers against a strong Indian batting line-up.

We bring you the best tweets during the host’s innings as following:

Admit It. Sir Jadeja Is Best When It Comes To Runout,Be It Opposition Or Teammate. No Partiality. #Legend#INDvWI #WIvIND #INDvsWI #WIvsIND

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) July 2, 2017

Really not a pretty site watching the incompetency of the West Indies in 50 over and Test Cricket. The deterioration is unending.#INDvWI

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 2, 2017

Last time a team failed to score 200 after batting out full 50 overs against India was Sri Lanka (181/8) in 2013 at Cardiff. #WIvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) July 2, 2017

West Indies are restricted to 189/9 against India in the 4th ODI in Antigua, Umesh Yadav and Hardik Pandya taking 3 wickets each #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/orBh5Xmtq0

— ICC (@ICC) July 2, 2017

The smile that umesh yadav gave evertime he bowled ,is exactly the same as my life gives me when i'm being optimistic #INDvWI

— PRASHANT PANDEY (@I_feel_jokes) July 2, 2017

#INDvPAK, Hardik Pandya And Sir Jadeja, All Are Trending Together. Feeling Nostalgic. ?#INDvWI #WIvIND #INDvsWI #WIvsIND pic.twitter.com/IH5JzXvRLQ

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) July 2, 2017

Only interesting thing about this series is Kuldeep Yadav 's emergence
&
Long awaited Mohammed Shami 's comeback#WIvIND #INDvWI #WIvsIND

— Freaky ~ DRaval (@_DRaval) July 2, 2017

Ravindra Jadeja or Yuvraj Singh, someone's demise from Int Cricket has been announced by Kuldeep Yadav .Its gonna be Jadeja though,right?

— Arjuna (@unheardb4) July 2, 2017

Jadeja and direct hits is one of the best stories of Indian Fielding success.
Brilliant pickup and throw in a single motion.#INDvWI

— Sai Veer (@SaiVeer07) July 2, 2017

#PicOfTheDay #TeamIndia #BleedBlue msdhoni imVkohli #MSDhoni #Viratkohli BCCI #INDvWI #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/uk0pLB4iYC

— BCCI #WIvIND #INDvWI (@LiveBCCISports) July 2, 2017

Just when you needed to up the ante,the west indies batsman failed miserably..india did really well to restrict west indies to189-9 #INDvWI

— Noushad (@Noushad7995) July 2, 2017

Jadeja Is Best When It Comes To Runout,Be It Opposition Or Teammate… ? #INDvWI

— Shubham Pundir (@iShubham24) July 2, 2017

In today's scenario, @westindies need more batsmen than topsy turvy bowlers. Team is missing narine, bravo bros, pollard n gabriel. #INDvWI

— CricketCasanova Buzz (@cricketsourabh) July 2, 2017

If you're not going to play Rishabh then at least let him hang out @ the beach. Maybe he'll learn surfing. #WIvIND #INDvWI

— Fickle (@theficklefan) July 2, 2017

Zak @ImZaheer in commentary box ..
Bollywood hero ki e matram takkuva kadu ???????#Dadaboy#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/hbWvBudXGg

— INSPECTOR DAYA (@udaynarra33) July 2, 2017

Ajay Jadeja says there is no excitement in this #INDvWI contest. @SonySIX might not extend his contract.

— Twelfth Man (@D_Misplaced1) July 2, 2017

These people chase 190 in T20's leave alone 50 #INDvWI

— Pujara's biggest fan (@JpkPreet) July 2, 2017

#IndvWI At least #WI were not all out.

— Talk Time (@zoominfire) July 2, 2017

When will Rishabh Pant play? #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/RqLiEWg2eF

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 2, 2017

Great performance by Indian Bowling unit.Good to see Umesh back in wickets and Shami impressive come back. Kuldeep keeps surprising#INDvWI

— Unknown (@nervecode) July 2, 2017

Apart from @bhogleharsha commentary there is nothing much in this #INDvWI series @SonySIX

— Anand Kumar (@iamanandkr) July 2, 2017

For the 1st time Womens team overshadowed mens team who are playing west indies. #IndvPak #IndvWI

— Venkat (@OfficeOfVsn) July 2, 2017

Some of the shot's West Indians are playing, shouldn't be telecasted live. ?? #INDvWI

— Chelseafc?Agonist (@SirStaphAureus) July 2, 2017

The current WI team is very similar to SL team before 1996..u know they will fight but won't be able to win #INDvWI

— Ajit Gaud (@AjitGaud) July 2, 2017