Time to move on - Brathwaite

CHENNAI, India, (CMC):

Captain Carlos Brathwaite refused to be drawn into speculation over what could have been, after West Indies lost the third Twenty20 International in a dramatic last-ball finish.

With scores tied on 181 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Manish Pandey (four not out) and Dinesh Karthik (nought not out) scrambled a single off the final delivery of the contest, to seal a six-wicket win for India and a 3-0 series clean sweep.

"You can't look back at it [and think] if one of the fours had gone for one, we would have won by three runs," Brathwaite said afterwards.

"So you can't look at every single ball and think 'this one decision or that one decision' cost us the game. I think you have to give credit to Shikhar (Dhawan) and Rishabh (Pant) who played very, very well and also give credit to my group of guys who started well with the ball.

KEPT OUR BELIEF

"[With] the partnership [between Dhawan and Pant] it seemed as if the game was kind of taken away from us and we stuck in, we kept our belief and we played valiantly to the end.

"It was a good game of cricket and we don't want to ruin the spectacle and entertainment ... by niggling at a one call here and a one call there."

West Indies gathered 181 for three off their 20 overs behind Nicholas Pooran's unbeaten 53 and Darren Bravo's 43 not out - the pair adding 87 in an unbroken fourth wicket stand.

In reply, India were stumbling at 45 for two in the sixth before Dhawan punched a career-best 92 and Pant, 58, in a 130-run partnership for the third wicket, which laid the foundation for victory.

However, the game was still close with five required from the final over bowled by left-arm spinner Fabian Allen, but West Indies just found themselves outplayed in the end.

"Eventually we want to be turning those into the wins but for now we're happy with the effort and the belief."