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Ravi Bishnoi is named the Man of the Match for his fantastic figures of 4-0-17-2!
A comfortable win in the end. West Indies were below par in the first innings and that cost them. With the dew factor coming in and short boundaries they needed the cushion of a good competitive total. The Indian spinners bowled well and apart from Iyer, all the batsmen chipped in with wickets as they restricted the Windies to 157/7. It was under par.
Rohit gave India a brisk start. Kishan struggled a bit but still those 35 runs were vital. Kohli and Pant couldn’t bat long but Suryakumar finished the match off with a brisk 34 off 18 balls along with Iyer who made 24 off 13 balls.
India win the 1st T20I by 6 wickets.
SIX! Venkatesh Iyer finishes it in style with a SIX. Iyer heaves it over deep mid-wicket, off Allen and it sails over the fielder.
FOUR! Brilliant placement. It’s full outside off, Suryakumar drives it through point but oepning the face of the bat. Lot of wrist involved. Just 3 needed now.
After 18 overs,India 149/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 28 , Venkatesh Iyer 17)
Sensible stuff from India. They don’t need to do anything out of the box and extraordinary. They take singles and twos off the first four balls then there was one full toss to be hit but Suryakumar miscues it to the off side for a single. Shepherd then delives a full toss again, it’s the dew effect it seems, Iyer smacks it to long on for a FOUR. 10 runs off the over. 9 NEEDED OFF 12 NOW.
FOUR! Crunched! Full toss outside off, Iyer thumps it to long on.
After 17 overs,India 139/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 26 , Venkatesh Iyer 9)
It was turning out to be a good over before Cottrell bowled a couple of poor deliveries and it turned the tide in India’s favour. After three singles from four balls, Cottrell goes full and wide, Suryakumar smackes it for FOUR through covers and then hammers the next one, a short and slower ball down the leg side, for a SIX over fine leg. 13 off the over. 19 needed off 18 now.
SIX! Slower and short down the leg side. Poor, poor ball. Suryakumar waits and pulls it over fine leg for a SIX.
FOUR! Lovely shot. Full and wide outside off, it’s the slower one, Suryakumar smacks it through covers, it races away.