After sweeping the ODI series, team India started the five matches of the T20 series with a massive victory. Captain Rohit Sharma played the captain’s innings and lead from the front and Dinesh Karthik showcased a real firework in the middle which helped the team to present a big total in front of the host. Without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between India versus West Indies in the 1st T20 match of the series.
West Indies won the toss and elected to field the first and Rohit Sharma joined the team after a gap as he was not available for the ODI series against the host. Suryakumar Yadav came out to open the innings alongside Rohit Sharma and Surya looked promising but was dismissed for 24 after facing 16 deliveries. The middle-order of team India totally failed as Shreyas Iyer went back to the pavilion without opening his account while Rishabh Pant added 14 and Hardik Pandya dismissed for just one.
However, the captain Rohit Sharma played sensible innings without losing the momentum as he smashed 64 runs from just 44 deliveries. Ravindra Jadeja contributed 16 in his account. Dinesh Kartik showcased a real firework in the middle as he smashed 41 from just 19 deliveries and remained unbeaten. Ravichandran Ashwin added 13 in his account and India finished the innings at 190/6.
The bowling department of team India removed wickets of West Indies in regular intervals as Kyle Mayers was dismissed for 15 while his partner Shamarh Brooks went back to the pavilion after scoring 20 in his account.
Jason Holder came out in the 3rd position but was dismissed without opening his account. The captain of the side Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell went back to the pavilion after scoring 18 and 14 respectively.
Shimron Hetmyer added 14 in his account while Akeal Hosein scored 11 and Keemo Paul added 19 but that was not enough for West Indies as they lost to India by 68 runs.
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