Young West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer showed great composure and temperament to score his third century in the first ODI against India.
Coming to bat with his side struggling at 86/3, Hetmyer was ruthless in tackling the spinners and impressed everyone with his batting technique. The 21-year-old made 106 off 78 deliveries with six fours and six maximum hits over the fence.
His carefree innings full of stokes across the field impressed many including India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who took to social media to predict that the dashing left-hander could well be the next ‘million dollar baby’ in the next IPL auctions.
The southpaw has already scored three ODI centuries in 13 One-Day Internationals. On Sunday, stepping in to bat with his side three-wickets down, Hetmyer shared two consecutive half-century stands with the sixth and seven-wicket to take his to a respectable score.
West Indies eventually scored 322/8 but fell on the way of a ruthless Virat Kohli and equally aggressive Rohit Sharma, who registered centuries to take India home with still seven over to spare.
“He had a lean patch in the Test series and pretty innocuous dismissals as well, so it’s good to see him get a score on the board. He has been doing pretty well in the limited-overs format for us, so it’s good to see him put up his hand and score a hundred today,” said West Indies skipper Jason Holder talking of Hetmyer’s innings.
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