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WI VS IND

1st T20I, 6-Oct-2026

171/10 19.1 oversRun Rate: 8.95
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172/2 14.4 overs Run Rate: 11.94
India beat West Indies by 8 wickets
West Indies First Innings
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Akeal Hosein
Shamar Joseph
A Patel|3.1|1|26|2
019.119.1: Axar Patel to Akeal Hosein, OUT! CAUGHT! That is it! West Indies have been bowled out for 171, with 5 balls left in the innings. Axar Patel comes back to bowl the final over, against two left-handers, but that's no worry for him. Axar bowls it on a good length, pushing it across the left-hander. Akeal Hosein goes deep in the crease, trying to tonk the ball over deep mid-wicket, but gets more height than distance. The ball sails down to cow corner, where Ishan Kishan reverse-cups it with ease, and Patel ends with two wickets to his name.
018.618.6: Mayank Yadav to Shamar Joseph, Banged in short, angling it across off. Shamar Joseph backs away to take it on, but misses by a long way.
6 Over | Run: 171/9 | Run Rate: 9.00
018.518.5: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, OUT! CAUGHT! Sherfane Rutherford pays the price for turning down the single on the previous ball, and he is livid with himself. Another cutter from Mayank Yadav, but this time it is bowled fuller and at the stumps. Rutherford moves inside the line, looking to whip it away into the gap at deep mid-wicket, but he ends up hitting it straight down the throat of the fielder in the deep. Naman Dhir takes a straightforward catch, and Rutherford's fine knock has come to an end. West Indies are 171/9.
018.418.4: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Oh, Rutherford refuses the single here. Very interesting. Full and straight, driven with great timing and back down the ground, towards long off. Akeal Hosein is halfway down the pitch when Rutherford tells him to go back.
618.318.3: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! Mayank Yadav persists with the slower one, and Rutherford keeps putting them away. Short and over middle and leg, enough time for the batter to line it up. Rutherford waits back and swings it high and behind square leg for a biggie.
018.218.2: Mayank Yadav to Akeal Hosein, Slower one, angled across off. Akeal Hosein swings and misses. Sanju Samson gets a bad bounce and parries it behind, conceding a bye.
418.118.1: Mayank Yadav to Akeal Hosein, FOUR! Nicely struck by Akeal. Bashed in on a hard length, around off. Akeal Hosein stands tall and slaps it down the ground, to the left of long off for a boundary.
417.617.6: Arshdeep Singh to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Sublime timing from Sherfane Rutherford to bring up his FIFTY. This has been a fine counter-attacking knock from the southpaw. Full and around off, looking for some reverse swing. Rutherford gets nicely forward and drills it wide of long off. Shreyas Iyer runs to his right and slides across to cut it off, but his legs are touching the ropes when he flicks the ball back in.
6 Over | Run: 160/8 | Run Rate: 8.89
117.517.5: Arshdeep Singh to Akeal Hosein, Slower again, pitched up wide outside off. Hosein caresses the square drive to the left of point for a single.
617.417.4: Arshdeep Singh to Akeal Hosein, SIX! Picked up and dispatched! The slower balls aren't quite working out for the Indian pacers. Dug in short over middle and leg, Hosein gets inside the line and swings it off his hips, over long leg for a biggie. 150 up for West Indies.
217.317.3: Arshdeep Singh to Akeal Hosein, Hard length over middle, Hosein uses his wrists to maneuver the ball to the left of the diving mid-wicket fielder, picking up a couple of handy runs in the deep.
117.217.2: Arshdeep Singh to Sherfane Rutherford, Top delivery! The inswinging yorker on off, tailing back in a bit, late, too. Rutherford jams the bat down, squeezing it through short fine leg for a run.
117.117.1: Arshdeep Singh to Akeal Hosein, Back of a length, angled in over middle at 136.1 kph. Akeal Hosein hops back and dabs it down through point for a single.
416.616.6: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Mayank Yadav is overdoing it with the slower balls right now. Pace off again, fractionally short and wide outside off. Rutherford waits back and cuts it down to the vacant deep backward point region for another boundary.
6 Over | Run: 145/8 | Run Rate: 8.53
416.516.5: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Sloppy in the deep by Abhishek Sharma, but that was nicely controlled by Rutherford. Slower and shorter, around hip height. Rutherford pulls it away to the right of deep square leg and picks up a boundary.
016.416.4: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Yadav spears it in at the pads, pitching the ball outside leg. Rutherford fails to pick it up over the leg side and gets hit on the pads.
016.316.3: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Short of a good length, around leg. Sherfane Rutherford looks to swivel and pull but is undone by the extra pace and gets hit around the midriff.
116.216.2: Mayank Yadav to Akeal Hosein, Hard length, slanting it across off and middle at 143.7 kph. Hosein gets a bit squared up but manages to nudge it through backward point for a run.
116.116.1: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Length ball on middle and leg, Rutherford whips it off the pads, hitting it aerially and on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for a single.
015.615.6: Naman Dhir to Akeal Hosein, A dot to finish, and Naman Dhir finishes with excellent figures of 3/31 on his T20I debut. Flighted ball, on a length and attacking off stump. Akeal Hosein gets forward to make the block.
6 Over | Run: 135/8 | Run Rate: 8.44
015.515.5: Naman Dhir to Shamar Springer, OUT! CAUGHT! Surely not again, right? For a third time this evening, Naman Dhir has picked up a wicket instantly after being hit for a six, and West Indies are now 8 down for 135. Dhir goes back to cover the wicket, floating it up very full on middle and leg. Shamar Springer takes the front leg out, looking to club it over deep mid-wicket but mistimes it in front of mid-wicket. Axar Patel comes in a bit from the deep and pouches it safely.
615.415.4: Naman Dhir to Shamar Springer, SIX! That's been swatted down the ground. Bowled from around the wicket, flatter and on a good length, pushing it across the right-hander. Shamar Springer rocks back and drags it flat over long on for a biggie.
015.315.3: Naman Dhir to Shamar Springer, On the shorter side and over middle, Springer looks to whack the pull over mid-wicket but gets a big inside edge onto the pads.
115.215.2: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, Fuller one, drifted into the pads, and Dhir gets it to turn as well. Rutherford leans on and smothers it in front of mid-wicket for a single.
115.115.1: Naman Dhir to Shamar Springer, A genuine half-tracker, angled down leg. Shamar Springer rocks back and pulls it down to deep backward square leg for just a single. That should have been put away.
014.614.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, On the pads, on a length. Sherfane fails to help it away and gets hit on the pads.
6 Over | Run: 127/7 | Run Rate: 8.47
114.514.5: Kuldeep Yadav to Shamar Springer, Was that a chance? Short and around off, Springer hangs back to deal with the googly. He is beaten on the inside edge before the ball pings Sanju Samson on the left knee and deflects behind. The batters cross over. Given as a run, so there might have been an inside edge.
114.414.4: Kuldeep Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Drifts it on the pads, on a length. Rutherford flicks it behind square leg and turns the strike over.
114.314.3: Kuldeep Yadav to Shamar Springer, Floated up, on middle. Springer knocks it to long off for a single.
014.214.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Shamar Springer, Another googly, full and around off. Shamar does not pick the variation and defends inside the line. He is beaten past the outside edge.
014.114.1: Kuldeep Yadav to Matthew Forde, OUT! CAUGHT! Ishan Kishan has surprised himself and everyone with how he has pulled off that grab. Not the best of balls by Kuldeep as he drags it down, it is the googly, on middle. Forde rocks back for the pull but does not quite get the desired elevation. Hits it flat towards deep mid-wicket. Ishan Kishan loses sight of the ball against the lights and the backdrop of the crowd, but keeps running to his left, hoping to get close enough. At the last moment, he slides and sticks out both hands. The ball somehow sticks in his left hand, and he manages to cling on.
113.613.6: Naman Dhir to Matthew Forde, Fired in full, on middle. Forde clips it in front of square on the leg side and picks up a single.
6 Over | Run: 124/6 | Run Rate: 8.86
013.513.5: Naman Dhir to Matthew Forde, On a length, on off and middle. Forde gives the bowler a pre-meditated charge and nudges it to mid-wicket.
113.413.4: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, Angled in at the pads, Rutherford clips it wide of mid-wicket for a single.
113.313.3: Naman Dhir to Matthew Forde, On a good length, on middle. Forde goes back in the crease and flicks it away through mid-wicket for a single.
013.213.2: Naman Dhir to Romario Shepherd, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Clever bowling by Naman Dhir, and he has his reward. Romario Shepherd tries to repeat the dose, but it does not come off for him. Dhir is brave to toss it up again but makes the batter reach for it by bowling it full and wide. Romario is tempted by the flight and has a swing at it. Ends up slicing it high in the air and he does not get enough bat on it to clear the fence. Tilak Varma steadies himself on the long off boundary and takes a safe catch. From 107/3, West Indies are now 121/6.
613.113.1: Naman Dhir to Romario Shepherd, SIX! Swung away with the spin! Flighted delivery, a bit too full and it spins back in the arc, on middle and leg. Shepherd clears the front leg and clubs it with the turn over deep square leg for half a dozen.
112.612.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Romario Shepherd, This is on a good length, on middle. Shepherd rocks back and knocks it to long on for a single.
6 Over | Run: 115/5 | Run Rate: 8.85
012.512.5: Kuldeep Yadav to Romario Shepherd, Shorter and on middle. Shepherd tucks it to mid-wicket from the crease.
012.412.4: Kuldeep Yadav to Romario Shepherd, Around off from around the wicket, on a length, on off. Romario angles it to backward point.
012.312.3: Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, OUT! LBW! Trapped in front. Kuldeep Yadav gets his radar right and strikes. It is the leg break bowled on a flatter trajectory, turning back in on middle. Chase goes back in the crease to a ball he was better off being forward to. He plays all around it, with the ball spinning past the inside edge and hitting the pads right in front of the stumps. India go up in unison, and the finger is raised. West Indies are now 5 down for 114.
412.212.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Roston Chase, FOUR! Nicely done. Kuldeep attempts the googly but dishes out a low full toss, on middle. Chase reaches out in front and presents the full face of the bat. He does not try to overhit this one and just drives it back past the bowler's left, leaving the long off fielder no chance of cutting it off.
112.112.1: Kuldeep Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Full and on middle, driven back past the diving bowler for a single.
111.611.6: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, Had to hurry! Full and on off. Rutherford taps it wide of extra cover and scampers through for a quick single. Shreyas Iyer charges across to his left but fails to pick the ball up cleanly, allowing Sherfane to make his ground.
6 Over | Run: 109/4 | Run Rate: 9.08
111.511.5: Naman Dhir to Roston Chase, Spinning back in sharply, fractionally short, on middle. Chase goes deep in the crease and nurdles it square on the leg side for a single.
011.411.4: Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, OUT! CAUGHT! Naman Dhir answers right back to pick up his maiden T20I wicket. Fifty and out for Shai Hope. Dhir drags the length back and slows it down as well, on middle. Hope hops back in the crease and shapes up for the pull. He does not quite get hold of it, and it goes only as far as deep mid-wicket, where Axar Patel takes a reverse-cup catch around his chest. A timely breakthrough for India as the 63-run stand comes to an end.
611.311.3: Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, SIX! High and handsome. Shai Hope brings up his FIFTY in style, the 13th of his T20I career. Twin hundreds in the ODI series and the Windies skipper has carried that form into the T20Is. At the sticks, on a length, not all that full but Hope clears the front leg and pumps it over wide long on for a biggie.
011.211.2: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, Speared in at the pads, on a good length. Rutherford swings to get it away behind square leg with the angle but fails to make any connection.
011.111.1: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, Full and drifting in, on middle. Rutherford blocks it out.
110.610.6: Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, On the pads, on a nagging length. Sherfane wrists it through mid-wicket for a single. 18 runs off the over and the 100 is up for West Indies.
6 Over | Run: 100/3 | Run Rate: 9.09
610.510.5: Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! Into the stands! Sherfane Rutherford is taking down India's best bowler on show tonight. Flighted up, on middle and leg. Right in the wheelhouse for Rutherford, who nails the slog sweep and dumps it way beyond the deep mid-wicket fence.
410.410.4: Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Innovative and mighty effective. From around the wicket, darted across the left-hander. Rutherford gets into the position early and brings out the reverse. He gets it over backward point, and the outfield does the rest.
210.310.3: Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, Fired in at the pads, on the fuller side. Rutherford sinks to a knee and swipes it away to the left of the man at deep square leg for a couple of runs.
110.210.2: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, Flatter and shorter, on off, that is punched off the back foot past cover for a single.
410.110.1: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, FOUR! Off the edge. Floated up, on off. Hope has a big swing at it. It goes behind towards short third off an outside edge. Mayank Yadav moves to his left and dives. He gets a bit of hand on it but it is not enough as the ball trickles to the fence. Axar feels Mayank should have done better there.
09.69.6: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, A dot ball to end, and after 10 overs, West Indies are 82/3. Tossed up on off and middle, Rutherford decides to lean on and just block it out. 6 runs off Dhir's first over.
6 Over | Run: 82/3 | Run Rate: 8.20
09.59.5: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, More evidence of turn on this deck. Dhir imparts more revs on the ball, floating it up fuller on off. Rutherford is drawn forward to defend but the ball turns away past the outside edge.
49.49.4: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Put away nicely by Rutherford. A tad too short and wide, Rutherford rocks back and cuts it well to the right of the fielder at sweeper cover, who can't cut it out with a dive.
09.39.3: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, This is lobbed up wide outside off, landing it just inside the tramline. Rutherford leaves it alone in hopes of a wide, but won't get it.
19.29.2: Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, On a good length, turning into the pads. Hope stays back and tucks it through mid-wicket for a run more.
19.19.1: Naman Dhir to Sherfane Rutherford, Gets away with it, does Naman Dhir. Floated up fuller and down leg. Rutherford sits down and sweeps it straight to the fielder at fine leg for just a single.
68.68.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, SIX! Slogged away by Hope, making it 15 runs in the over. Tossed up at the stumps, Shai Hope sets up for the slog-sweep but has to reach for the ball, and he still ends up powering it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.
6 Over | Run: 76/3 | Run Rate: 8.44
18.58.5: Kuldeep Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Flatter trajectory, bowled around off, and this one skids through after pitching. Rutherford hangs back to cut, but ends up chopping it towards backward point for a single.
18.48.4: Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, Dragged shorter on off, Hope presses back and works it to deep square leg for a run.
08.38.3: Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, Pushed through flatter and at the stumps, Hope plays it back down the pitch.
18.28.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Good, positive running from these two. Floated up around off, Rutherford leans on and pushes it away to covers for a quick single.
68.18.1: Kuldeep Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! Clean hit! Tossed up on off, turning away, and a bit too full as well. Rutherford hits with the turn and slams it over wide long off for a biggie.
07.67.6: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR LEG BYES! Yet another pace-off delivery, this time bowled into the deck. Shai Hope reaches forward for the pull shot but is undone and the ball eventually goes off his body, rolling away past the keeper and into the deep third fence.
6 Over | Run: 61/3 | Run Rate: 7.63
07.57.5: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, Hope tries to get funky here. Good length around off, Hope goes for the reverse scoop but manages to get very little bat on it, miscuing it towards the keeper. Replays later show that the ball actually grazed the off stump, but the bails didn't fall off.
27.47.4: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, Another slower one from Mayank to Hope. At just 108.2 kph and on a good length, angled into the pads. Hope flicks it down to long leg and picks up two runs.
17.37.3: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Back of a length, angling it across the left-hander. Rutherford leans back and mistimes the pull through mid on for one.
17.27.2: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, Pace off from Yadav, a tad shorter as well. Hope swipes across the line, hitting it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
07.17.1: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, Bashed in on a hard length and pushed wide outside off. Shai Hope goes chasing after a wide one, but fails to reach it.
06.66.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, A ripper from KD to end the over! Tossed up on off and middle, dipping on the batter. Sherfane Rutherford gets forward to block but the ball turns away sharply and beats the outside edge by a mile.
6 Over | Run: 53/3 | Run Rate: 7.57
46.56.5: Kuldeep Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Rutherford nearly gets undone but will collect a streaky boundary instead. A flatter wrong'un, on off and coming back in. Rutherford is stuck on the crease, trying to block, but he gets an inside edge through the legs and the ball runs away to the fine leg fence. 50 UP FOR WEST INDIES.
16.46.4: Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, Flatter and drifted into the legs, Hope works it off the back foot and through square leg for a run.
26.36.3: Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, Flighted delivery on off, this one goes away from the right-hander. Hope goes inside-out with the spin, lifting it between sweeper cover and long off for a couple of runs more.
06.26.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, A bit fuller now, on off. Hope reads the length really late and jams it back down the pitch.
26.16.1: Kuldeep Yadav to Shai Hope, Nagging length, bowled flatter and turning it into middle and leg. Shai Hope hops back and across a bit, tucking it behind square leg for a brace.
05.65.6: Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, Wow, a double-wicket maiden to close out the Powerplay. Axar Patel comes over the wicket to the left-hander, pushing the ball in from around off stump. Sherfane Rutherford lunges ahead to defend.
6 Over | Run: 44/3 | Run Rate: 7.33
05.55.5: Axar Patel to Rovman Powell, OUT! BOWLED! Oh, deary me. Rovman Powell tries to put some pressure back on the bowler, but pays a hefty price. Axar Patel keeps drifting the ball in with the arm, and bowls this one on a nagging length on off and middle. Powell sits down for the big slog sweep, trying to swing it with the angle, but he is beaten in the flight. The ball sneaks under the bat and crashes into the stumps, leaving West Indies reeling at 44/3. Powell walks back for a three-ball duck.
05.45.4: Axar Patel to Rovman Powell, Stump-to-stump again from Patel. Powell shows him respect by blocking it out.
05.35.3: Axar Patel to Rovman Powell, Axar drags the length back, darting it back in towards the stumps. Rovman Powell watchfully defends.
05.25.2: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, OUT! HETMYER IS RUN OUT! A wicket out of nowhere, and that is lazy running from these two batters. Shimron Hetmyer feels he shouldn't be given out, but with no part of the bat being grounded inside the crease, he has to walk back. Axar Patel tosses the ball up full and on off. Shai Hope makes room to drive but Axar dives to his left and parries the ball to extra cover. The batters set off for a quick single, but Shreyas Iyer attacks the ball really well and fires in a throw towards the keeper. Sanju Samson collects and dislodges the bails. Hetmyer dives in but the bat thuds into the surface and lobs up before going inside the crease, and West Indies are now 2 down for 44.
05.15.1: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, The in-drifter, on a fullish length and attacking the stumps. Shai Hope tentatively gets forward to defend.
14.64.6: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, Keeping it near the tramline, it is the off-pace delivery, on a good length. Hope reaches out and cuts it wide of cover without much timing for one.
6 Over | Run: 44/1 | Run Rate: 8.80
14.54.5: Arshdeep Singh to Shimron Hetmyer, Much better by Arshdeep. A hint of away shape, on a length, around off. Shimron waits on it and dabs it to the right of backward point for a single.
44.44.4: Arshdeep Singh to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Hetmyer is off the mark straight away. A little too straight by Arshdeep, on the pads and too full as well. Hetmyer brings his wrists into play and flicks it behind square leg. The ball skips across the turf and the man in the deep is beaten to his left.
04.34.3: Arshdeep Singh to Kamil Pooran, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Arshdeep Singh gives India the first breakthrough. Slips in the yorker, just outside the off stump, and it swings back ever so slightly. Pooran gets his bat down, looking to work the angle and play it behind point. Ends up dragging the ball onto the off stump off an inside edge. End of a 38-run opening stand for West Indies.
04.24.2: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, Bye! Slower one, angled away from the right-hander but it is within the tramline. Hope extends his hands to push it away but fails to make any connection. Sanju Samson gets on his knee to make the stop but it is parried away off his body to his left and the batters are quick to sneak in a bye.
14.14.1: Arshdeep Singh to Kamil Pooran, At 131.9 kph, very full, around off. Kamil backs away and drills it to deep cover for a single.
13.63.6: Axar Patel to Kamil Pooran, Angled in again, full and on off. Pooran lofts it towards wide long off and retains the strike with a single.
6 Over | Run: 36/0 | Run Rate: 9.00
43.53.5: Axar Patel to Kamil Pooran, FOUR! Good movement in the crease. Floated up, on middle. With the field up on the off side, Pooran backs away and gets a bit low to be able to get under the ball. Carves it over the in-field on the off side and picks up a boundary.
13.43.4: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, This is pushed through, on a length, on middle. Hope presents a straight bat and eases it to long off for one.
13.33.3: Axar Patel to Kamil Pooran, Slower and shorter, on middle. Pooran hangs back and nurdles it square on the leg side for a run.
13.23.2: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, Slower through the air and a bit of air given, full and on middle. Hope makes a bit of room and slams it towards wide long off, where the fielder picks it up on the bounce. They cross.
03.13.1: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, Sliding on with the arm from around the wicket, on a length, at the sticks. Hope shapes up to go through the off side but mistimes the shot back towards the bowler.
02.72.6: Arshdeep Singh to Kamil Pooran, Gets the yorker in, outside off. Pooran tries to steer it behind point but ends up miscuing it towards cover off the toe end of the blade. A good comeback by Arshdeep after the error on the first ball.
7 Over | Run: 28/0 | Run Rate: 9.33
02.62.5: Arshdeep Singh to Kamil Pooran, Arshdeep bends his back and digs it in short, over middle. Pooran swings across for the pull but the ball sails over his blade.
12.52.4: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, Pace taken off, bowled at 119.4 kph, on a back of a length, outside off. Shai reaches out and taps it wide of extra cover for a single.
12.42.3: Arshdeep Singh to Kamil Pooran, Nails the yorker, on off. Kamil digs it out on the off side and takes a single.
02.32.2: Arshdeep Singh to Kamil Pooran, Pushed across the right-hander, full in length. Kamil flashes but the ball stays out of his reach.
02.22.1: Arshdeep Singh to Kamil Pooran, Very full, on middle and leg. Pooran can't get under it and mistimes the drive to mid off.
42.12.1: Arshdeep Singh to Kamil Pooran, NO BALL, FOUR! Kamil Pooran is up and running in international cricket.  Arshdeep goes full in search of swing but ends up serving an above-waist full toss, outside off. Pooran arches back and uses the pace and angle of the ball, gliding it behind point for his first boundary. Free Hit coming up.
41.61.6: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR! That has rocketed to the fence. Mayank Yadav has been taken to the cleaners. At pace, full and attacking the sticks. Hope exposes all three stumps, gets his hands through the line of the ball and smashes it through covers for the 4th four of the over. 
6 Over | Run: 21/0 | Run Rate: 10.50
41.51.5: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR! Mayank becomes predictable with the slower one and Hope makes him pay. On a good length, it is the off-cutter, on off. Hope waits for the ball to arrive and holds his bat swing before tonking it over mid off for a four.
01.41.4: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, Bowled by holding the seam upright but it comes on slower than the batter anticipated, on a short of a length, on off. Hope has an ungainly hoick across the line but gets a bottom edge and it dribbles behind towards the keeper.
01.31.3: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, Good change-up by Mayank as he takes pace off and floats it up, on off. Hope backs away and has a swing at it but he does not pick the change of pace. Mistimes it off the toe end to the left of the bowler.
41.21.2: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR! Hit with absolute authority. Hope has picked up from where he left off in the ODIs. Mayank drags the length back but this sits up to be hit, on middle. Hope makes room for himself and spanks with a horizontal bat over the bowler's head, leaving the mid on fielder no chance. 
41.11.1: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR! Nicely done. Speared in at 147 clicks first up, bowled on a length and it is angled into the pads. Hope shuffles a bit towards the leg side and gets the front pad out of the way before whipping it over mid-wicket for a four.
10.60.6: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, At 129.4 kph, low full toss and it curves back in, on middle and leg. Hope calmly tucks it to the right of mid on for a single.
6 Over | Run: 5/0 | Run Rate: 5.00
00.50.5: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, Tailing back in this time, on a length. Shai knocks it on the up towards mid off.
40.40.4: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, FOUR! Lovely shot. Singh goes fuller in search of swing, around off. Hope opens up the front hip and swings through the line of the ball. Launches it up and over mid off for the first boundary of the contest.
00.30.3: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, This is pushed across the right-hander, on a back of a length. Hope extends his hands and attempts to punch it away on the up but mistimes the shot and chops it down on the off side.
00.20.2: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, Half a shout for LBW! Arshdeep brings it back into the right-hander this time and the length is pulled back too. Hope hangs back to deal with it but is beaten on the inside edge and gets hit in the unprotected area between the pad and the thigh pad. It is in line with the leg stump, but the front-on replays indicate that the ball might have gone over the sticks. India contemplate but eventually decide against the review.
00.10.1: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, A little bit of swing up front for Arshdeep. Moving away in the air, on a length. Hope pushes out in front of his body. The ball seemed to have stopped on him as he checked his drive to mid off.
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114.414.4: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, India blitz their way home in 14.4 overs and go 1-0 up in the five-match series. Chase pushes it through at the sticks. Iyer taps it to the right of the bowler. Ishan is backing up a bit far, and Chase gets to the ball quickly. He turns around and fires in a throw at the bowling end but misses, conceding an overthrow as the ball rolls towards deep cover. 
614.314.3: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! There it is, a maiden T20I ton for Shreyas Iyer. What a way to return to form for the Indian skipper. Right from the outset, the way he struck the ball gave you the feeling that something special was brewing, and it only got better as the innings progressed, with Iyer going through the gears beautifully. Shreyas brings up his hundred in just 42 balls, the fastest by an Indian in a T20I against West Indies, inform the on-air commentators. This is fired across off by Chase from around the wicket. Iyer walks across the off stump and swings it high and handsome over long on for half a dozen. Shreyas takes off his helmet and turns towards the dugout, raising both hands aloft in celebration. A special moment for the Indian skipper.
114.214.2: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Floated up, on middle and leg. Kishan lunges and ease it to long on for a single. He brings Iyer back on strike, who is on 95 and India need 7 more runs for the win.
014.114.1: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Darted in at the pads. Kishan misses out on the glance and gets hit on the pads.
613.613.6: Matthew Forde to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Iyer is in a hurry here, and what a knock this is turning out to be. He's on 95. Back of a length and over middle, trying to angle it across. Shreyas Iyer leans across to the off side and clobbers it over wide long on for a biggie.
6 Over | Run: 164/2 | Run Rate: 11.71
413.513.5: Matthew Forde to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! That's too easy. Bowled from around the wicket, a full toss on the pads, and Iyer flicks it away down to fine leg or a boundary.
113.413.4: Matthew Forde to Ishan Kishan, Pitched up around off, pushed down through mid off for a single.
113.313.3: Matthew Forde to Shreyas Iyer, PUT DOWN! That is a simple catch spilled by Shamar Joseph. Length ball over off and middle, Shreyas Iyer looks to power it down the ground but hits it flat and straight to the fielder at long on. Joseph is late to get forward and ends up getting hit on the wrists, rather than pouching it safely into the hands.
613.213.2: Matthew Forde to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! One more! Dug in shorter this time and straighter, too. It is a back-of-the-hand slower ball as well. Iyer picks it right out of the hand and swings it high over deep mid-wicket for another biggie.
613.113.1: Matthew Forde to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Straight as an arrow! Back of a length, it is the leg cutter. Iyer picks it early, moves to the off side and tonks it towards the sightscreen for a biggie.
412.712.6: Akeal Hosein to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Powered away to the fence. Floated up on a length and around off. Ishan Kishan goes deep in the crease and moves to the off side, drilling it down with a straight bat and to the right of the bowler for a boundary. 19 big runs off that over.
7 Over | Run: 140/2 | Run Rate: 10.77
112.612.5: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, Fractionally shorter on the pads, worked away to deep square leg for one more.
112.512.4: Akeal Hosein to Ishan Kishan, Flatter and darted well across off, Ishan Kishan rocks back and tries to muscle it over deep mid-wicket. Kishan gets rushed and mistimes it on the bounce to the fielder in the deep for a single. The 100-run stand is up between these two as well.
112.412.4: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, A bit fuller and straighter, worked away through wide mid on for a single. Uh, oh! There's a late call for a front-foot No Ball, and that is a cardinal sin for a spinner. Free Hit loading...
412.312.3: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Iyer has been prolific in that region this evening. Good length at the stumps, bowled flatter, and once again Iyer makes a bit of room and hits it hard and flat over the leaping extra cover fielder for a boundary.
612.212.2: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! One of, if not the, shots of the day. Hosein drags the length back a bit, on off, looking to turn it away. Shreyas Iyer backs away and just slams it handsomely over deep cover for a biggie.
112.112.1: Akeal Hosein to Ishan Kishan, On a length and drifted across the off stump. Kishan stays back and slaps it down to long off for a single.
211.611.6: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, Agricultural from Shreyas this time. Floated up on middle, slogged away between deep backward square leg and deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. 7 runs off Chase's returning over. 51 needed now off 48 balls.
6 Over | Run: 121/2 | Run Rate: 10.08
111.511.5: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Five singles in a row now. Nicely flighted, drifted into middle and leg. Kishan clips it in front of mid-wicket and turns the strike over.
111.411.4: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, Bowled really quick, at 110.1 kph and outside off. Iyer tries to go over the off side, but miscues it down to long on for yet another single.
111.311.3: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Pushed through quicker and flatter, Kishan hops back and taps it wide of point for a quick single.
111.211.2: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, Dragged length, turning back into the stumps. Iyer stays back and works it through mid-wicket for one more.
111.111.1: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Floated up, full and on leg. Kishan makes room and drives it along the turf to long on for a single.
610.610.6: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Oh, that will really hurt the bowler. Dug in a bit short and around off, Shreyas Iyer stays upright and flat-bats it back down the ground for a biggie.
6 Over | Run: 114/2 | Run Rate: 10.36
110.510.5: Shamar Springer to Ishan Kishan, What a let-off! The West Indian players are dumbfounded by the decision, but it was a really close call. Shamar Springer dishes out a wide full toss, and Ishan Kishan is taken aback by it. Kishan ends up slicing it with one hand and towards deep cover. Matthew Forde comes in from the deep but is a bit lazy and has to lunge at the last second. Forde takes it with both hands, but the fingers are a bit splayed on the impact. The third umpire has a look at it, and after watching it from many different angles, he feels that some part of the ball is touching the ground. It will be just a single, then.
010.410.4: Shamar Springer to Ishan Kishan, There to be hit, but Kishan finds the fielder. Short and wide, smacked down straight to the man at short cover.
110.310.3: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, The length is pulled back a bit, bowling it over the stumps. Shreyas Iyer tucks it down in front of square leg and picks up a single to break the drought and bring up his 11th T20I FIFTY.
410.210.2: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Shreyas Iyer moves to 49 with that boundary. Length ball at a gentle 122.4 clicks, and wide outside off. Iyer moves to the off side and smashes it to the right of mid off for four runs.
010.110.1: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, Springer starts with a slower one, on a good length and around off. Iyer dabs it down to short third, looking for a single, but Kishan sends him back.
19.69.6: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, Darted in fuller and on off. Iyer gets down on a knee and brings out the reverse, playing it to deep cover for a single.
6 Over | Run: 102/2 | Run Rate: 10.20
09.59.5: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, Dropped short again, on off. Iyer taps it to extra cover from the crease.
09.49.4: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, Nice and tight, fractionally short, on the off stump. Iyer knocks it to cover.
29.39.3: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, Good running! Slower through the air, on a nagging length, on off. Iyer nurdles it in the vacant mid-wicket region and comes charging back for the second run. The 100 is up for India.
19.29.2: Akeal Hosein to Ishan Kishan, Across off, flatter trajectory. Kishan cuts it late towards deep backward point for a single.
49.19.1: Akeal Hosein to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! That should have been stopped. A half-tracker, and Akeal offers width too. Kishan reaches out and slaps it on the bounce to cover. Kamil Pooran can't get his body behind the ball as the ball bounces past him and races away.
28.68.6: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, PUT DOWN! A very tough chance. One of those catches that either they stick or they don't. Into the deck, on off. Iyer swats it with a flat bat back towards the bowler. Shepherd sticks out the right hand on his follow-through but can only get his fingertips to it. It goes wide of long on and the batters pick up a couple. Shepherd goes for 19 runs in his 2nd over after a tidy first over. 78 needed from 66 balls.
6 Over | Run: 94/2 | Run Rate: 10.44
48.58.5: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Rinse and repeat. Slightly on the shorter side, on off. Iyer takes a step back in the crease and stands tall as he slams it over extra cover for four more.
48.48.4: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Up and over. This is on the fuller side, outside off. Iyer walks across to the off side just as the bowler is about to release the ball. Shreyas gets his hands through the line of the ball and thumps it over, leaving the sweeper cover no chance. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters.
48.38.3: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Shimron Hetmyer's effort goes in vain. Shepherd bangs it into the deck, outside off. Iyer walks across the stumps and gets on top of the bounce before dragging it in front of square on the leg side. Hetmyer covers good ground to his left at deep mid-wicket and dives but cannot prevent the boundary.
18.28.2: Romario Shepherd to Ishan Kishan, The length is pulled back, on middle and leg. This sits up to be hit as Kishan pulls it hard to deep mid-wicket for one.
48.18.1: Romario Shepherd to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Too straight and Romario Shepherd is made to pay for it. On the pads, on a length. Kishan brings his wrists into play and flicks it behind square leg, picking the big gap between short fine leg and deep square leg.
17.67.6: Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, Back to bowling at pace. 139.5 kph on the speed gun, but it looked a lot quicker than that. Banged in short, around the left shoulder. Kishan goes for the pull but is rushed. One hand comes off the bat handle as Kishan pulls it square on the leg side for a single. 39 runs off the last 4 overs. India require 97 runs in 72 balls.
6 Over | Run: 75/2 | Run Rate: 9.38
47.57.5: Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Powered away! Joseph takes pace off, bowling it at 118.2 kph, full and wide on off. Kishan reaches out, collapses his back knee and smacks it in the gap between extra cover and mid off for a boundary.
07.47.4: Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, A little too straight, slightly on the fuller side, on the pads. Kishan leans inside the line to play the pick-up shot but is beaten for pace and gets hit on the thigh pad.
17.37.3: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, Hits the hard length, on off. Iyer takes a step across towards the off side and punches it to long on. They cross.
17.27.2: Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, In and around the off stump, skidding through. Kishan whips it through mid-wicket and crosses over.
17.17.1: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, In the channel, on a good length. Iyer stays back and glides it to the left of backward point for a single.
16.66.6: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, Bowled on a back of a length, on middle. Iyer turns it in front of square on the leg side and picks up a single.
6 Over | Run: 67/2 | Run Rate: 9.57
06.56.5: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, Banged in short, outside off. Iyer sways away and lets it be.
26.46.4: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, Dug in short, over middle. Iyer gets his hands high and pulls it to the left of deep square leg for a brace.
16.36.3: Romario Shepherd to Ishan Kishan, Romario hits the top of off, Kishan presses up on his toes and hurriedly gets his bat down as he chops it wide of point and hurries to the other end.
06.26.2: Romario Shepherd to Ishan Kishan, Across off, on a good length. Kishan steers it to backward point.
16.16.1: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, Slanted in at the pads, on a good length. Shreyas nudges it wide of mid-wicket for a single.
15.65.6: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, In the air...but safe! Heart-in-mouth moment for Shreyas Iyer. A well-directed short ball by Shamar around the right shoulder. Iyer tries to take it on but is rushed and the ball gets big on him. It catches him high on the bat and it is skied behind square leg. Kamil Pooran in the deep does not quite judge it well and runs around the ball rather than charging in. Perhaps, had he judged it better, he was in with a chance there. A single taken. 15 runs off the over as India end the Powerplay on a high. The Men in Blue are 62/2, needing 110 from 84 balls.
6 Over | Run: 62/2 | Run Rate: 10.33
05.55.5: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, Shamar goes searching for the yorker but ends up bowling a low full toss, on off. Iyer jams it out back to the bowler.
45.45.4: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Deft placement. 4th boundary in 9 balls for the Indian skipper. Joseph's pace is working against him. Skidding through, on a back of a length, on off. Shreyas lets the ball come on and opens the face of the bat at the last moment. He glides it to the right of the diving short third fielder.
45.35.3: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Easy pickings. Iyer is off to a flier here. Joseph tries to attack the stumps with a full ball but ends up being a bit too full. Iyer plants his front foot across and flicks it over mid-wicket.
45.25.2: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! One bounce and over the ropes. Hits the good length, outside off. There is just enough width for Iyer, and he cashes in. He stands tall and plays it on the rise, lofting it over cover. India's 50 comes up.
25.15.1: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, At 141.3 kph, on a good length. angled in towards the off stump before it nibbles away. Iyer is squared up in defence. It squirts off the outer half behind point for a couple of runs.
14.64.6: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, Dragged length again, at the stumps, Iyer moves inside the line and stabs it down through mid-wicket for a single. 125 more needed off 90 balls.
6 Over | Run: 47/2 | Run Rate: 9.40
44.54.5: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Clinical from the Indian skipper. Good length around off, Shreyas Iyer transfers his weight onto the back foot and slaps it down to the left of Shamar Joseph at point, picking up a boundary.
14.44.4: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Nagging length, in and around off. Kishan dabs it into the off side and picks up a single.
44.34.3: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Onto it in a flash! Marginally short again, around off. Ishan Kishan rocks back and smacks it down through cow corner for a boundary.
04.24.2: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Oh, a bit of hold in the deck now. Fractionally short of a good length, on off, and this one turns as well. Kishan is taken aback and has to fend it down.
14.14.1: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, Flighted ball, a bit full and outside off. Iyer leans on and pushes it towards cover-point for a quick single.
03.63.6: Akeal Hosein to Ishan Kishan, Fast hands from Kishan, but he can't pierce the infield. Angled across the off stump, Kishan slams it away towards cover-point, where Shamar Joseph makes a sharp stop.
6 Over | Run: 36/2 | Run Rate: 9.00
13.53.5: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, A touch fuller and on off, Iyer takes a step to the off side and punches it down to long off for a single.
03.43.4: Akeal Hosein to Shreyas Iyer, The arm ball now, speared back in from outside off. Shreyas Iyer stabs it away into the off side.
03.33.3: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! A complete miscue, and Akeal Hosein picks up a wicket in his 100th T20I game. This is darted in quicker by Hosein and bowled into the turf, over middle. Sanju Samson looks to rock back and whack it over mid-wicket but splices it back to the bowler. Hosein hops up a bit in his follow-through and snaffles it with both hands. Samson's dry run of form continues, and India are now 35/2 inside the first 4 overs.
03.23.2: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, Another in-drifter, a bit fuller and on leg. Samson makes a bit of room and pushes it to the left of the bowler.
03.13.1: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, Drifted well into the pads, looking to turn it away. Samson presses back and plays it with a straight bat to mid on.
32.62.6: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, That's brilliant work in the field by Shamar Joseph. Shortish length, turning back in towards off. Sanju Samson hops back and punches it sweetly past cover. Joseph sprints after it and flicks the ball back in play, saving a run for his side.
6 Over | Run: 35/1 | Run Rate: 11.67
12.52.5: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Dropped well short and outside off, this is cut away behind point for a single.
22.42.4: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Nagging length, on middle. Ishan Kishan leans on to work it leg side, but gets an inside edge past the short fine leg fielder, picking up a couple of runs.
02.32.3: Roston Chase to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Abhishek Sharma lives and dies by the sword, and that is a really good take by Shimron Hetmyer. Roston Chase changes the angle by coming over the wicket, and he darts this one across the left-hander. Sharma keeps moving around in his crease, and he yet again backs away to go over the off side. However, Sharma miscues it high over extra cover and Hetmyer comes charging across from long off, putting in a late dive to pouch it brilliantly with both hands. The third umpire has a quick look at the legality of the catch, but it's all fine.
42.22.2: Roston Chase to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Slammed away this time by Abhishek. Flatter one around off, Sharma makes room leg side and gets enough width to slap it over the point region for a boundary.
12.12.1: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, Straighter one at 93 clicks, Sanju Samson taps it down to long on and milks a single.
21.61.6: Akeal Hosein to Abhishek Sharma, Forced over the off side. Pushed through on a length and on leg, Abhishek Sharma once again backs away and ends up slicing it over the cover region. Sherfane Rutherford at extra cover runs after it and chases it down, keeping it down to two runs.
6 Over | Run: 24/0 | Run Rate: 12.00
11.51.5: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, The attempted arm-ball now. Full and straight, Sanju Samson defends it off the inside edge to mid-wicket and pinches a run.
11.41.4: Akeal Hosein to Abhishek Sharma, Not enough power behind it. Good length around leg, Abhishek Sharma backs away and lofts it straight back over the bowler's head. The ball lands well to the right of Rovman Powell at long on and plugs, and the batters pick up a single.
01.31.3: Akeal Hosein to Abhishek Sharma, Pitched around the leg stump, pushing the ball towards the pads. Sharma nudges it 'round the corner on the leg side.
11.21.2: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, Hosein gets lucky here. The length is pulled back, and this is bowled short and wide outside off. Samson goes after it but finds the man at covers, who makes a half-stop, and it will only be a single.
41.11.1: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, FOUR! An eye-catching shot from Samson. Floated up wide outside off, slightly turning away. Samson extends his arms, smacking it down through covers for a boundary.
00.60.6: Matthew Forde to Abhishek Sharma, Forde comes over the wicket and gets the ball to nip away from the left-hander. Sharma leaves it alone. 15 off the first over, and India's chase is off to a flier.
6 Over | Run: 15/0 | Run Rate: 15.00
40.50.5: Matthew Forde to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Too straight this time. Sliding it into the pads, not looking to actually swing the ball. Sharma just flicks it off the legs and the ball skips down to long leg for a boundary.
00.40.4: Matthew Forde to Abhishek Sharma, Much better length from Forde. Pitched fuller on off and middle, Abhishek Sharma gets his hands out in front to make the block.
40.30.3: Matthew Forde to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! It all seems too easy for Sharma at the moment. Back of a length again from Forde, wider of the off stump. Abhishek stands tall and punches it through covers for a boundary.
60.20.2: Matthew Forde to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Abhishek Sharma gets off the mark in Abhishek Sharma style. Back of a length over off and middle, sitting up a bit. Sharma just lays into it and clubs it over long on for a biggie.
10.10.1: Matthew Forde to Sanju Samson, Some swing right away for Forde. Good length, slanting back into the pads. Sanju Samson tucks it down through square leg and gets off the mark with a single.