| 0.3 : 0.3: S Cottrell to KL Rahul, SIX! That is some way to get off the mark! What a shot. Authoritative. Rahul comes down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball. He lofts it over mid off's head and it goes all the way. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: O Thomas to S Dhawan, OUT! Straight to the man! A soft, soft dismissal that. Dhawan must be gutted at the moment. West Indies though will rejoice as they get the start they want. Oshane Thomas draws first blood. He bowls it short and on the body of Dhawan. Dhawan pulls but hits it straight to short fine leg where Cottrell makes no mistake. A little to that fielder's left or right and it would have been a boundary. India need 137 from 108. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: S Cottrell to KL Rahul, FOUR! Poor ball and put away! Way too short and on the pads, Rahul helps it on its way to the fine leg fence. Not a good option with the fine leg up. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: O Thomas to KL Rahul, In the air... just wide! FOUR! Rahul is flirting with danger here. Oshane Thomas bowls this short and outside off, Rahul slashes at it. The ball goes off the outside edge to the left of third man. The fielder runs to his right and dives with one hand stretched out but can't reach it. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: F Allen to KL Rahul,OUT! Stumped! Allan strikes it in his very first over. Allan bowls it slower through the air outside off, Rahul loses his patience and he looks to go aggressive. He comes down the track but gets a feather of an inside edge to the keeper. Pooran takes the catch and in no time whips the bails off quickly. Not a successful comeback into the side for KL Rahul. |
| 5.4: O Thomas to R Pant, FOUR! Very good shot from Pant! These are the shots that has seen him get all the praise. Back of a length ball around off, Pant uses the extra bounce and slams it through covers for a boundary. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: F Allen to V Kohli, FOUR! Well played! Short in length and outside off, Kohli immediately goes deep inside the crease and slaps it through backward point for a boundary. |
| 7.4 : 7.4: S Narine to R Pant, FOUR! Smashed away! Narine is on the shorter side again, wide outside off, Rishabh camps back and spanks it past the right side of the backward point fielder for a boundary. 50 up for India! |
| 10.3 : 10.3: C Brathwaite to V Kohli, FOUR! Cracking shot from the Indian skipper! Brathwaite delivers it on a length outside off, plenty of room there, Kohli latches onto it and strokes it elegantly through covers. Hit on the up and gloriously timed. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: K Paul to R Pant, SIX! Thumped! Pant is on the attack. Paul delivers an off-pace delivery, fullish and outside off, Rishabh picks it early and lifts it over extra cover. Brilliantly timed and it has gone all the way over the rope. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: C Brathwaite to V Kohli, FOUR! That nearly went all the way. Sublime this time from the Indian skipper. He gets width outside off, decides to go aerial again and hammers it over extra cover. The onfield umpire gets it checked upstairs before signalling a boundary. Touch and go, that. 10 coming off this over, 52 needed more in the remaining 6 overs. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: K Paul to V Kohli, FOUR! Shot! Too full in length just outside off, Kohli takes a half stride forward and smashes it across the line through mid-wicket for a crackling boundary. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: K Paul to R Pant, SIX! Pant is reminding everyone of Raina with his big shots over extra cover. He picks the line early, it's outside off on a length and Rishabh goes inside-out. Rifles his shot all the way for a biggie. 14 from the over, India are marching towards the target, 38 needed more off 30 balls. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: S Narine to V Kohli, FOUR! Stroked with excellent timing! Fifty comes up for Kohli, his 21st in T20Is. Look at the determination and focus on his face. As soon as Narine drags his length short on middle, Kohli goes back and powers it through mid-wicket. It races away and beats the valiant dive from Hetmyer in the deep. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: S Narine to R Pant, FOUR! Well played! Tossed up ball landing full on middle, Pant brings out the reverse sweep and nails it through the gap between backward point and short third man. 11 from the over, 27 needed more. Narine is done for the evening, 4-0-29-0! |
| 16.6: S Cottrell to R Pant, FOUR! Shots like these make him a special batsman. Fifty up for Rishabh Pant, his 2nd in T20Is! Cottrell sprays a length ball down the leg side, Pant picks it off his pads, brings his wrists into play and powers it behind square leg. A boundary to reach his fifty, well played young man. 100-run stand comes up too. 18 needed off 18 balls. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: O Thomas to V Kohli, FOUR! Bang! Plenty of bottom hand on this pull shot. Short ball by Thomas this time, Kohli rides the bounce and pummels it to the deep mid-wicket fence. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: O Thomas to V Kohli, OUT! Against the run of play, West Indies have a wicket. Kohli won't be there to finish things off. A very full ball outside off, Virat reaches out for it and squeezes it out behind square on the off side. It's aerial and Lewis stretches across to his left to complete the with both hands. No real celebration from anyone, understandably so. 14 needed off 15 balls. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: O Thomas to R Pant, SIX! This is typical Rishabh Pant. Another 7 needed now. A low full toss on the pads, Pant picks it up and slogs it over square leg for a biggie. Effortless. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: C Brathwaite to R Pant, SIX! Dismissive! What a way to finish the chase! Brathwaite delivers it full and on middle, Pant gives it the full whack of his bat and launches it over the bowler's head for a maximum. Handshakes on the field, India win by 7 wickets and have clean swept the 3-match T20I series. |
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