| 0.2 : 0.2: W Sundar to J Campbell, OUT! Caught! The plan to start with an off spinner gives reward straightaway! Washington tosses it up outside off, Campbell gets down on one knee and looks to clear deep mid-wicket. He does not get the elevation and ends up hitting it straight to Krunal Pandya at deep mid-wicket. He takes a good catch and India get a very early breakthrough. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: B Kumar to E Lewis, OUT! Bowled! The knuckle ball does the trick and West Indies in big trouble in the very second over of the game. Bhuvi delivers his knuckle ball on middle, Lewis swings his bat at it but the lack of speed in it means that he is way too early in his shot. The ball deflects off his thigh pad onto the off pole, disturbing the bails. Two wickets in two overs. Both the openers are back for early showers. India have started this tour with a bang! |
| 2.1 : 2.1: W Sundar to N Pooran, FOUR! First boundary of the innings coming from the bat. Sundar drags his length short and lands it on middle, Pooran goes back and pulls it powerfully through mid-wicket. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: W Sundar to N Pooran, SIX! High and this is handsome as well. Brilliant start to the over for West Indies after losing two wickets in two overs. Sundar shows the courage to flight and lands it on middle, Pooran lines himself behind the delivery and pummels it over the bowler's head. |
| 4.2: N Saini to N Pooran, SIX! Stand and deliver stuff from Nicholas. He is a batsman with a lot of style and panache. Brilliant to watch. The way he lines up the bowler is something that can be called as his strength. Saini tries to follow the batsman down the leg side but he ends up delivering in Pooran's hitting zone. Nicholas winds up for a big shot and towers it over long on. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: N Saini to N Pooran, OUT! Pooran falls and it's sweet revenge for the debutant. He gives a bit of a sendoff to Pooran. Nicholas is very disappointed. He has thrown away a start. Was certainly looking in his elements. Back of a length ball on middle and off, angling away at 139 kph, Pooran camps back to muscle it over the leg side but it takes the top edge and balloons up in the air. Rishabh Pant walks forward a bit from his position and then stretches forward to complete the catch. This is |
| 4.5 : 4.5: N Saini to S Hetmyer, OUT! Saini's is on fire in his debut game! He has removed Hetmyer for a golden duck. Extra bounce has done the trick for Navdeep. He serves it a bit short and in the line of the stumps. Shimron sticks back with the intention of dabbing it down in the direction of third man. But the ball shoots up more than expected, takes the inner half of his blade and cannons onto the stumps. NS jumps in join as a shell-shocked Hetmyer looks down in despair. West Indies have lost fou |
| 5.4 : 5.4: K Ahmed to R Powell, FOUR! Bat on ball and it just races away to the fence in no time. Poor delivery to begin with. Khaleel offers room to the batsman to free his arms. Rovman needs no second invitation. He latches onto it and cracks it through backward point for a boundary to open his account. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: K Ahmed to R Powell, OUT! Half the side is back in the hut! Talk about temperament and Powell has shown none here. This is a very ordinary shot attempted by him. Smart change in pace from Ahmed. He takes this length delivery away with the angle and Powell goes chasing after it. He tries to drill it through the line but gets an outside edge to the keeper. A good low catch by Pant and West Indies are 33/5 at the end of Powerplay. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: K Pandya to K Pollard, EDGY FOUR! No slip for Pollard and he gets a lucky boundary. Pandya fires one in around off, Pollard tries to punch it through the line but it takes the outside edge and speeds away to the third man fence. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: R Jadeja to K Pollard, SIX! Pollard shows his power there! He jumps down the track to reach the pitch of the ball and launches it over the bowler's head. His bottom hand comes off the handle but still it has enough venom to fly into the stands. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: K Pandya to K Pollard, SIX! What a shot! Pandya darts in a flatter delivery on middle, Pollard walks forward and across before flicking it with nonchalance over mid-wicket. It goes the distance. This man is so powerful! |
| 14.2 : 14.2: K Pandya to C Brathwaite, OUT! Caught and bowled! The brief resistance is over! Krunal has his first wicket. He sends across a flatter and shortish ball on off at 99 kph. Brathwaite shifts his weight on the back leg and tries to power it across the line. But he fails to turn it on the leg side and ends up smashing it straight back to the bowler. Pandya accepts the return catch gleefully and then tosses the ball up in celebration. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: R Jadeja to S Narine, OUT! It's a legal delivery. Narine knows just one way to bat, we told you! He will swing at everything thrown in his path. A short delivery on off, Narine sticks back and pulls it across the line. But it takes a large chunk of the inside half of his blade and as a result there isn't enough meat on the shot. Khaleel takes the skier safely at deep square leg and West Indies lose their 7th wicket! |
| 16.5 : 16.5: B Kumar to K Pollard, FOUR! Pulled and pulled away delightfully! Kumar goes short and Kieron picks the length early. He has also guessed the change in pace there as he pulls it with control to the deep mid-wicket fence. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: N Saini to K Pollard, SIX! You need to be more clinical against this batsman. Once again Saini misses his attempted yorker and Pollard has dismissed the full toss over mid-wicket. Not quite from the middle of the blade but when Pollard gets even half a connection, it's enough to clear most grounds. Into the 40s, the giant batsman! |
| 18.1 : 18.1: B Kumar to K Paul, OUT! Number 8 goes down on the score of 88! Kumar delivers it slightly short and around off, Paul shapes up for a big swing over the leg side but gets a top edge. It flies in the air and Kohli moves across to his right from extra cover to complete the catch. Can West Indies even get to the 100-run mark? |
| 18.4 : 18.4: B Kumar to K Pollard, SIX! This is what Kieron Pollard is eyeing now, biggies. Kumar darts in a short delivery, a slower one, Pollard thumps it via a pull shot over square leg. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: N Saini to K Pollard, OUT! Excellent suggestion from Rishabh Pant and India have removed Kieron Pollard with 3 balls to go. Saini delivers a rank full toss, in the line of the stumps, Pollard swings early and is hit high on the back leg. A stifled appeal from the bowler follows which is turned down but Rishabh Pant is adamant that it's quite straight and hitting the stumps. Kohli is convinced, DRS is taken and the Ball Tracker shows that it's dipping in and going on to hit the stumps. No f |
| 1.6 : 1.6: S Cottrell to S Dhawan, OUT! Dhawan is adjudged lbw! Dots after dots after dots and that results in a wicket. Dhawan was struggling to find the gap on the off side and hence decides to go over the leg side. Cottrell angles in a length ball on middle and off, Shikhar finds the angle to his use as he attempts to heave it over mid-wicket. But he fails to put bat on ball and is rapped right in front of the wickets. The appeal is made and the finger goes up in no time. Dhawan knows he is a dead |
| 2.2 : 2.2: O Thomas to R Sharma, SIX! Not in much control but still it has gone all the way. Such is the pace of this bowler. He delivers it short around middle and leg, Rohit top edges his attempted pull shot and it flies over fine leg. |
| 4.2: S Narine to R Sharma, FOUR! Poor ball. Short and wide outside off, Rohit goes back and cuts it superbly between backward point and short third man. Excellent bisection. |
| 5.2: S Cottrell to R Sharma, FOUR! This was what Kohli was trying on the previous ball. A length ball outside off, Rohit heaves it wide of long on and gets a boundary! |
| 5.4 : 5.4: S Cottrell to R Sharma, SIX! GORGEOUS! Wow. Rohit is slowly getting into good flow. Full and outside off, Rohit leans and lofts it cleanly over extra cover! It is an 87-metre hit. |
| 6.3 : 6.3: S Narine to R Sharma, OUT! Caught! Rohit finds his Mumbai teammate to perfection. This is the 8th time Narine has dismissed Sharma in all T20s combined. Full and outside off, RS looks to heave it over the on side but does not get any elevation. Simple catch to Kieron Pollard at long on. |
| 6.4 : 6.4: S Narine to R Pant, OUT! Caught as well! Unbelievable. Utterly needless cricket by Pant. For the second time in the game, a bowler is on a hat-trick. Pant will have to probably give a long lecture to Kohli on being asked as to why, why, why mate why, this shot on the first ball of the tour. Full and outside off, Pant gets down and mows the slog sweep. But there is a top edge which goes towards Sheldon Cottrell at deep backward square leg, who completes the catch running to his right. Pant l |
| 7.1 : 7.1: K Paul to M Pandey, FOUR! FEROCIOUS! Full and outside off, Pandey hammers this straight back past the bowler and beats mid off. Great shot. |
| 9.1: O Thomas to M Pandey, FOUR! GLORIOUS! Full and outside off, Pandey leans and drives it wide of cover for a boundary! |
| 10.1: C Brathwaite to V Kohli, FOUR! FETCH THAT! Kohli welcomes his counterpart in style. A length ball, outside off, Kohli jumps out of his crease and slaps it over point for a boundary. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: K Paul to M Pandey, OUT! Off stump goes cartwheeling! Manish Pandey is gone and Virat Kohli is not looking too impressed. Keemo Paul slants in a fuller length ball on off, the pace is right up there, at 135 kph, Pandey plays all over it as he tries to whip it across the line. The ball sneaks under his bat and uproots the off stump. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: S Cottrell to V Kohli, OUT! Here comes the salute! Virat Kohli has disappointment written all over his face. He is completely fooled here by a slower delivery bowled at 112 kph. The length is short and outside off, Virat has his weight on the back leg as he tries to fetch it and pull it on the leg side. But the ball arrives late, takes the top edge and lobs up towards mid-wicket. Kieron Pollard won't drop those. Are we in for something here? 27 still needed off 37 balls. |
| 14.5: O Thomas to K Pandya, FOUR! Cracking sound of the bat meeting the ball! Short in length, around middle at 123 kph, Krunal picks it early and dismisses it from his sight by pulling it to the deep square leg fence. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: K Paul to K Pandya, OUT! Another wicket goes down! Paul steams in from 'round the wicket and angles in a length ball around middle and off at 128 kph. Pandya is early into his attempted flick shot and hence misses the ball completely. The ball doesn't miss the stumps though. India are 8 runs away from a win with 4 wickets left. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: K Paul to W Sundar, SIX! All over! INDIA WIN BY 4 WICKETS! A slower delivery, shorter in length around off, Sundar attacks it with all his power and dismisses it over long on for a maximum. |
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