In yet another tepid display with the bat, the West Indies were bowled out for 169 in their final ODI against India on Friday to lose by 96 runs as the home side swept the series 3-0.

By contrast, the hosts were in fine form with Shreyas Iyer (80) leading the way with the bat as India scored 265 in their 50 overs at the crease. Rishabh Pant made 56 in support.

Deepak Chahar with a run-a-ball 38 and Washington Sundar, 33, provided late impetus to the Indian innings.

Jason Holder was the best of the West Indies bowlers with 4-34 while Alzarri Joseph (2-54) and Hayden Walsh (2-59) provided able support.

Meanwhile, it was India’s bowlers Mohammed Siraj (3-29) and Prasidh Krishna (3-27) who shone brightest, combining to destroy the West Indies batting line up that was only able to muster up 169 before they were bowled out in the 38th over.

The West Indies have now lost eight straight ODI series in India, against no other opponent have they lost more such series in a row on the road.

In what has been a trend in recent matches, the West Indies lower order has put the specialist batsmen to shame as Odean Smith with 36 and Alzarri Joseph (29) were among the best producers for the West Indies, as only Nicholas Pooran with 34 delivered any score of note along the top order.

Joseph and Smith at least instilled some pride into West Indies’ display.

Since the start of 2019, Windies tailenders have hit 142 boundaries (45 sixes and 97 fours), more than any other nation.

Nicholas Pooran lamented the poor form of the batsmen during the series and acknowledged that the team has some hard work ahead.

“We have a lot of work to do with bowling and batting, more so batting this series,” he said afterwards.

“The way the boys bowled was fantastic. It seems like we are better at the shorter format, but we need to put in work in the longer format.”