Richa, Smriti take India to series win

Smriti Mandhana (77) and Richa Ghosh (54) led the charge in an emphatic win for India as they defeated West Indies by 60 runs in the third T20I, clinching the series 2-1 at the DY Patil in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

- Samreen Razzaqui

NEW DELHI: India's dominant batting display saw them post 217/4 - their highest team total in the format after being put to bat.

Skipper Mandhana led from the front after Uma Chetry was dismissed for a duck off Chinelle Henry's bowling. The elegant southpaw stroked seven boundaries in a row, piling on 30 runs off Henry and then Deandra Dottin. Combining with Jemimah Rodrigues for a 98-run second wicket-partnership, Mandhana brought up her third consecutive T20I fifty off 27 balls.