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IND VS WI

2nd T20I, 9-Oct-2026

249/5 20.0 oversRun Rate: 12.45
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83/3 6.4 overs Run Rate: 12.97
India First Innings
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Naman Dhir(4 | 1)*
Tilak Varma(44 | 18)
S Springer|4|0|64|2
419.619.6: Shamar Springer to Naman Dhir, FOUR! A teaser for Shimron Hetmyer and it will be a boundary to end the innings. India finish on 249/5. Springer digs it in short again, over middle. Dhir swings across for the pull and skies it wide of deep mid-wicket. Shimron Hetmyer runs across to his right and slides but the ball does not carry to him. He does not manage to get his body behind the ball to save the boundary as the ball bounces past him and trickles into the fence.
6 Over | Run: 249/5 | Run Rate: 12.45
019.519.5: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Shreyas Iyer holes out. Shamar bangs it in short, angled into the right-hander. Iyer does not quite get the room to get his hands through the line for the pull. The ball hits the splice of the bat and goes only as far as deep mid-wicket, where Shimron Hetmyer runs in off the ropes and bends to take the catch just above the turf. End of a breezy cameo by the Indian skipper.
119.419.4: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, Varies his length as he goes full now, on middle. Varma can't get under it and knocks it to long on for a single. India move to 245, this is now India's highest score in T20Is against West Indies.
619.319.3: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, SIX! High and long enough. A hat-trick of sixes from Tilak Varma. Bowled into the deck again, on off. Tilak picks up the length early and sets up a solid base for himself. Even though he gets it high on the bat on the attempted pull, he gets enough to clear the deep mid-wicket fence.
619.219.2: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, SIX! Two in two for Tilak. Springer goes searching for another yorker, this time on off stump, but errs in length and serves a full toss. Tilak Varma takes a step across to the off side, gets under it and slams it towards the sightscreen for a biggie.
619.119.1: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, SIX! Stand and deliver. Slower one, on a back of a length, on off. Varma stands tall and slams it with a high elbow over wide long off for a biggie.
218.618.6: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, Low full toss, on off and middle. Iyer clears the front leg and smears it away wide of deep mid-wicket. Keemo Paul is quick to his left in the deep and slides to prevent the boundary. He releases the ball before his feet come in contact with the boundary cushions. Two runs taken. 11 runs off the 19th over.
6 Over | Run: 226/4 | Run Rate: 11.89
118.518.5: Shamar Joseph to Tilak Varma, Had to hurry! Off-pace delivery, angled away from the left-hander, on a good length. Varma walks across for the scoop but does not have much pace to work with. Toe-ends it onto the pads and he is called through for a quick single. Iyer scampers through and gets home as Joseph tries to deflect the ball onto the stumps with his right boot but misses.
018.418.4: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, An optimistic shout for LBW. Tailing back into the right-hander, on a length. Iyer has a swipe across the line but is beaten for pace and gets hit on the front pad. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes away on the off side. Shamar Joseph goes up in appeal, but there is not much interest shown by Shai Hope, and the skipper does not mind taking a chance and sends it upstairs. No bat involved, but the Ball Tracking has the ball going past the leg stump. The on-field call of Not Out stays. West Indies have no reviews left.
418.318.3: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Nearly went the distance. Joseph bends his back and digs it in short, over off. Not the best of balls with third man inside the circle. Iyer stands tall on his toes and gets his hands high to play the upper cut. The pace of Joseph nearly carries the ball all the way as it bounces just in front of the boundary cushions.
118.218.2: Shamar Joseph to Tilak Varma, Very full, not allowing the batter to get under the ball. Tilak smashes it to long off for a single.
218.118.1: Shamar Joseph to Tilak Varma, Mishit but safe. Dug in short, skidding through to hurry the batter. Tilak tries to take on the short ball but gets it high on the bat. It lands in the vacant mid-wicket region and the batters pick up a couple of before any of the deep fielders can get in off the ropes.
417.717.6: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Exquisite from the Indian skipper. The 50-run stand comes up in 22 balls. Springer nails the yorker but Iyer is one step ahead as he hangs deep in the crease and manages to scythe it away to the right of the man at deep backward point for a boundary. 21 runs off the over.
7 Over | Run: 215/4 | Run Rate: 11.94
017.617.5: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, No damage done. Banged in short, angled in towards the right-hander. Iyer attempts the hook but the ball sails over his blade. Iyer has a look at the square leg umpire as he feels that the ball went over his head but the umpire is unmoved. 
117.517.5: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, Taken at deep cover but it won't matter. Springer gets it all wrong as he slips in a chest-high full toss, on off. Varma has a swing at it and gets it away towards deep cover, where Kamil Pooran charges in and dives to take the catch. They cross. No Ball given. Free Hit coming up.
417.417.4: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, FOUR! One bounce and over the ropes. Springer pulls the length back and keeps it around the tramline. Varma moves across to the off side and slices it over backward point. There is a man in the deep at a wide deep third but he is beaten to his left.
417.317.3: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Hit hard and wide enough. A low full toss, dipping on the batter. Varma hangs low and swings through the line. Hits it to the left of the man at mid off and the long on fielder stands no chance. Tilak brings up 5,000 runs in T20 cricket with this boundary.
117.217.2: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, Spears in the yorker, outside off. Iyer runs it down to deep third and turns the strike over.
617.117.1: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Clean as a whistle. The 200 comes up for India. Springer goes searching for the yorker but fails to get it full enough. This is right in the slot, in and around the off stump. Iyer hangs deep in the crease, clears the front leg and mows it over cow corner for a maximum.
116.616.6: Rovman Powell to Shreyas Iyer, Gets the yorker in this time, does Powell. Iyer slices it to deep point for a single. 7 runs off Powell's 2 balls but the over goes for 16 runs.
6 Over | Run: 194/4 | Run Rate: 11.41
616.516.5: Rovman Powell to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Launched down the ground. Powell begins from around the wicket and tries to angle the yorker across the right-hander. It ends up being a low full toss. Iyer reaches out in front and tonks it towards the sight screen for a biggie.
116.416.4: Romario Shepherd to Tilak Varma, Banged in short, around the left shoulder. Tilak presses back for the pull but is rushed. He mistimes the shot to deep mid-wicket. They cross.
116.316.3: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, Tighter line but the length stays full, on off. Iyer has a swing at it but does not get hold of it. He gets it away towards deep mid-wicket for just a single.
616.216.2: Romario Shepherd to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! That is an incredible shot. Shepherd tries to keep it full and wide. Iyer reaches out and collapses his back knee. He opens the bat face and carves it over point for his first six of the night.
116.116.1: Romario Shepherd to Tilak Varma, At 131.2 kph, very full, near the tramline. Varma moves across to get closer to the line of the ball. He chops it down wide of point for a single.
115.615.6: Shamar Joseph to Tilak Varma, Yes, he does. Keeping it away from the batter's arc, on a back of a length. Tilak is made to reach out as he tries to force it through the off side. Ends up hitting it a lot straighter towards mid off and the batters pick up a quick single. 9 runs off the over, not a bad one from the Windies perspective in the context of the game.
6 Over | Run: 178/4 | Run Rate: 11.13
115.515.5: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, Slips in the yorker, around off. Iyer gets his bat down and glides it to short third for a quick single. This has been a good comeback from Joseph after being hit for a four. Can he finish well?
115.415.4: Shamar Joseph to Tilak Varma, Another off-pace delivery, leaving the left-hander on a length. Tilak shanks it off the inner half towards wide long on for one.
115.315.3: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, Takes pace off and goes into the wicket, on off. Iyer flat bats it without much timing towards long off for a single.
415.215.2: Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Up and over. Not the correct option to bowl full with mid off up inside the circle and Joseph is made to pay for it. Iyer gets under the ball, and even though the bat turns in his hand, he gets enough wood on it to clear the leaping Shamar Springer at mid off.
115.115.1: Shamar Joseph to Tilak Varma, Pace taken off straight away, bowled on a good length, on off. Varma stands with an open stance, punching it to deep cover for a single.
114.614.6: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, A single to end a productive over from Springer. The attempted wide yorker and Varma has to reach for it, managing to hit it towards sweeper cover for a run.
6 Over | Run: 169/4 | Run Rate: 11.27
214.514.5: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, Back of a length and over middle, this is pulled away to the left of Shimron Hetmyer at deep mid-wicket for a couple of more runs.
414.414.4: Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Fine timing on the very first ball. Full and around off, ends up being a bit too full. Tilak Varma hangs deep and moves to the off side before drilling it to the left of mid off for a boundary. Sherfane Rutherford puts in a valiant dive but only ends up hurting himself a bit.
014.314.3: Shamar Springer to Sanju Samson, OUT! CAUGHT! West Indies are just getting a bit more teeth in this contest now, and it is Kamil Pooran who makes amends for an earlier dropped catch. Still, the damage has been done as Sanju Samson walks back after a fine knock. Shamar Springer cleverly takes pace off and digs it in short, outside off. Samson leaps up and goes after it, trying to uppercut it over deep third but doesn't get all of it. The ball sails down the throat of the fielder in the deep, and Pooran makes no mistake this time around.
014.214.2: Shamar Springer to Sanju Samson, That's a top delivery. Springer goes wider on the crease and spears in a perfect yorker around the middle stump line. Sanju Samson just about manages to get his front boot out of the way and jams it out.
114.114.1: Shamar Springer to Shreyas Iyer, Very full and around off, nearly a perfect yorker, but ends up being a low full toss. Iyer hits it off the inside half of the blade to deep mid-wicket and turns the strike over.
113.613.6: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, Another single to close out a fine spell from Roston Chase. Fullish length around off, smacked away towards long off for a run more. Chase finishes with figures of 4-0-24-3.
6 Over | Run: 161/3 | Run Rate: 11.50
113.513.5: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, Full and at the toes, Samson clips it through square leg and turns the strike over.
113.413.4: Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, Nagging length on off and middle, Shreyas Iyer covers the line and pushes it down to long on for a single.
013.313.3: Roston Chase to Shivam Dube, OUT! PLAYED ON! A third wicket for Roston Chase and for West Indies. Slightly unlucky for Shivam Dube, but he has to walk back here. Chase bowls this one from the front of the hand, at around 92 kph and on a good length around off. Dube leans back and swipes across the line but gets an inside edge that goes on to catch his back leg and then deflects onto the stumps. The bails fall off and India are now 158/3.
013.213.2: Roston Chase to Shivam Dube, Really slowed up, full and angled well wide of the off stump. Dube reaches out and ends up smothering it into the off side.
413.113.1: Roston Chase to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Dube decides to pull the trigger now. Floated up around leg stump, Shivam Dube clears the front leg and swings across the line, slogging it towards cow corner for a boundary.
112.1012.6: Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, Hard length around leg, worked away behind square leg for a single. 12 off the over, including four wide balls.
10 Over | Run: 154/2 | Run Rate: 11.85
012.912.5: Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, Good from Shepherd. A length ball on leg, trying to shape it into the left-hander. Shivam Dube hangs back and to the leg side, trying to heave it away but is beaten between bat and pad.
112.812.4: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, A low full toss on middle, Sanju gets low and uses the wrists to whip it away towards deep mid-wicket for a run more.
012.712.4: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, WIDE! This is turning into a long over. Full and wide, trying to get the ball away from the hitting arc, but does end up past the tramline again.
112.612.3: Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, Hard length over middle and leg, tucked away down to deep mid-wicket for one more.
112.512.2: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, Pushed well wide of the off stump, Samson reaches for it, slashing it away down to deep third for a single. 150 is now up for India.
412.412.1: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Bowling to his field this time, Shepherd, but Samson still manages to get a boundary. Short and around off, Samson hops up and ramps it down to fine deep third, and because there is also a short third in place, the fielder in the deep is well wide and it will be a boundary.
012.312.1: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, WIDE! That's a howler from Romario Shepherd. Shepherd goes wider on the crease and tries to bash it into the deck, but ends up pitching it almost beyond the cut strip on the off side.
012.212.1: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, WIDE! And again, but on the leg side this time. Full and angled into the pads, but Romario fires it down leg.
012.112.1: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, WIDE! Full and wide outside off, dragged beyond the tramline outside off. Samson leaves it alone.
111.711.6: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, Speared in a bit, fuller and on middle. Samson covers the line well and drives it to long on for a single.
7 Over | Run: 142/2 | Run Rate: 11.83
111.611.5: Roston Chase to Shivam Dube, Good length around off, punched off the back foot and a bit uppishly past the non-striker for a single.
011.511.4: Roston Chase to Shivam Dube, Floated up now, on leg stump. Dube leans on and pushes it down to the left of the bowler. Chase dives and deflects it to mid-wicket. Another dot ball.
011.411.4: Roston Chase to Shivam Dube, WIDE! The faster ball, spilled down the leg side at 113.1 kph. 
011.311.3: Roston Chase to Shivam Dube, Shorter this time, on off. Dube stays back and pushes it down to extra cover.
011.211.2: Roston Chase to Shivam Dube, Slower and on a good length, sliding it across off. Shivam Dube pats it down to cover.
011.111.1: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, OUT! BOWLED! Roston Chase has been West Indies' best bowler in this T20I series, and once again, he is the one to break a big stand. Ishan Kishan is a bit too early to back away and exposes all three of his stumps as he moves leg side. Chase holds it back a touch before darting it in a bit fuller and on off. Kishan tries to cut, but the ball skids through and sneaks past the blade, hammering into the off pole and knocking it out of the ground. Chase gives Kishan a bit of a send-off as well.
110.610.6: Shamar Springer to Ishan Kishan, Dug in short again, angled across off. Kishan leans across and mistimes the pull down to long on for a run.
6 Over | Run: 139/1 | Run Rate: 12.64
410.510.5: Shamar Springer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! A first real attempt at a bumper, and unfortunately, it's gone to the fence. Dug in short and over middle, Kishan is rushed as he tries to pull and gets a top edge that flies down to deep third for four runs.
110.410.4: Shamar Springer to Sanju Samson, Looking for the yorker, Springer errs on the fuller side a bit. Samson toe-ends the low full toss down to long on and pinches the single.
110.310.3: Shamar Springer to Ishan Kishan, Full and straight now, Kishan swings it away flat and down to long on for just a single this time around.
410.210.2: Shamar Springer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Kishan is starting to get on a roll now. Full again, dished out wide of the off stump. Kishan reaches out and spanks it between mid off and cover for a boundary.
110.110.1: Shamar Springer to Sanju Samson, A very full ball outside off, Sanju Samson just opens the bat face and squeezes it away down to deep third for a single.
49.79.6: Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Put away with disdain! An expensive first over from Shamar Joseph as he concedes 20 runs. Bowled into the deck by Joseph, but this sits up to be hit, on off. Kishan climbs all over it as he drags the pull in front of square, and the ball skips across the turf, beating the man in the deep to his right.
7 Over | Run: 127/1 | Run Rate: 12.70
09.69.6: Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, Half a shout for caught behind, a belated one at that. It is turned down by the umpire. Shai Hope takes the review almost immediately. Down leg, on a back of a length. Kishan hops to pick it away behind square leg but is beaten for pace as the ball goes through to the keeper, Shai Hope, who moves quickly to his right and snaffles it. Flat line on UltraEdge, much to the surprise of the Men in Maroon. The on-field call of Not Out stays, as does the call of Wide. West Indies lose their first review.
49.59.5: Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Easily done. Joseph looks to go full but ends up with a low full toss, on middle. Kishan brings his wrists into play and flicks it through square leg, leaving neither of the two deep fielders with any chance of cutting it off.
69.49.4: Shamar Joseph to Ishan Kishan, SIX! That has gone back many a mile. Joseph hurls it on a good length, on middle. Kishan leans across and collapses his back knee. He plays the pick up shot and parks it deep into the stands behind square leg for a maximum.
19.39.3: Shamar Joseph to Sanju Samson, Fuller in length, even quicker this time at 145 kph, on the off stump. Samson leans on for the drive but the bat turns in his hand. He miscues it off the inner half to deep square leg for a single.
09.29.2: Shamar Joseph to Sanju Samson, That has flown through. At 143.6 kph, on a short of a good length, outside off. Sanju makes room and flashes but is beaten for pace and bounce as the ball sails over the blade.
49.19.1: Shamar Joseph to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Welcomed with a boundary. Joseph begins too straight, on a back of a length, around the thigh pad. Samson gets on his toes and helps it to the left of the man at short fine leg for an easy four.
18.68.6: Gudakesh Motie to Sanju Samson, Darts in a yorker, following the batter as he backs away. Samson jams it out to deep mid-wicket for a single.
6 Over | Run: 107/1 | Run Rate: 11.89
48.58.5: Gudakesh Motie to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Nearly went the distance. Not all that short, on off. Samson opens up the front hip and keeps a still head as he slams it inside out over cover. It is hit well wide to the right of the man at sweeper cover.
08.48.4: Gudakesh Motie to Sanju Samson, Speared in at the toes, very full. Samson can't help it away and wears it on the boot.
18.38.3: Gudakesh Motie to Ishan Kishan, Across off, on a good length. Kishan clears the front leg and has an ungainly swipe across the line. Mistimes it through mid-wicket for one.
18.28.2: Gudakesh Motie to Sanju Samson, Short and fast at 93.8 kph, on middle. Sanju pulls it hard and wide of deep mid-wicket. Romario Shepherd is quick to his left and tidies up. Just a single.
68.18.1: Gudakesh Motie to Sanju Samson, SIX! High and handsome! Motie drops it short, bowled slower through the air, on off. Samson makes room for himself and unleashes the pull off the front foot over wide long on for a biggie. The 100 comes up for India.
17.67.6: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, Gets it very full, on middle. Samson digs it out past extra cover for one.
6 Over | Run: 94/1 | Run Rate: 11.75
17.57.5: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, On off, not all that short, that is cut away through point for a single.
47.47.4: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! The 50-run stand comes up with this boundary. A little too straight, on the shorter side, on leg. Kishan leans inside the line and sinks to a knee. Shovels it behind square leg and beats the man in the deep to his left.
07.37.3: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, On a good length, on middle. Kishan steps out and punches it on the up to cover.
07.27.2: Roston Chase to Ishan Kishan, Full and darted in at the pads. Kishan sweeps with the angle but can't get it past the man at short fine leg.
17.17.1: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, Short and a hint of turn, on middle. Sanju nudges it to wide long on for a single.
06.66.6: Gudakesh Motie to Ishan Kishan, Fractionally short, outside off, Kishan flashes but fails to connect.
6 Over | Run: 87/1 | Run Rate: 12.43
66.56.5: Gudakesh Motie to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Put away. Motie errs in his length as he dishes out a juicy full toss, on middle. Kishan does not miss out as he clubs it over cow corner for half a dozen.
06.46.4: Gudakesh Motie to Ishan Kishan, Skidding through, short and on off. Ishan chops it down the deck.
06.36.3: Gudakesh Motie to Ishan Kishan, Nails the wide yorker, does Motie. Kishan lets it go but the ball is within the tramline.
16.26.2: Gudakesh Motie to Sanju Samson, Flat and short, on middle. Sanju taps it to long off for one.
16.16.1: Gudakesh Motie to Ishan Kishan, Full and across off, Kishan eases it wide of cover for one.
45.65.6: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Lovely stroke and that brings up a FIFTY for Sanju Samson, his 9th in T20Is. A much-needed return to form for Samson after a string of low scores. Full and on off. Samson stays beside the line of the ball and leans into the drive. Plays it all along the ground in the gap between cover and mid off for a boundary. 15 runs off the final over of the Powerplay. At the end of 6 overs, India are 79/1.
6 Over | Run: 79/1 | Run Rate: 13.17
45.55.5: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Insult to injury. Following the batter as he backs away with a full ball. Samson has a hack across the line. It  comes more off the inner half and goes wide of mid-wicket to his left for a boundary.
25.45.4: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, Did that carry? It just about did, the replays indicate. Another reprieve for Samson. Pitched up by Romario, on middle. Samson backs away and looks to go over mid off. Hits it flat towards mid off, where Gudakesh Motie is on the edge of the ring at mid off. The ball dies on Motie, who dives forward to take the catch but the ball yorks his fingers and he can't get his hands under the ball. It goes behind for a couple of runs.
15.35.3: Romario Shepherd to Ishan Kishan, A mix-up and Ishan Kishan was gone had the throw hit. On a back of a length, on off. Kishan stabs it down wide of point. A bit of yes and no before Samson calls his partner through for a quick single. Roston Chase is quick to his left and has a shy at the bowling end but misses. Kishan was struggling to make his ground and would have been short.
45.25.2: Romario Shepherd to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Punished. Short and wide on off. Kishan cashes in on the width as he frees his arms and spanks it away with no intention of keeping it down. Roston Chase at point flings himself to his left and goes for the catch with his left hand but the ball stays out of his reach and races away into the fence.
05.15.1: Romario Shepherd to Ishan Kishan, Nearly dragged it back onto the stumps. At 130.5 kph, on a good length, on off. Kishan tries to angle it behind point with the angle but the ball is a bit too close to his body. He chops it down at his feet before the ball bounces over the sticks.
14.64.6: Akeal Hosein to Ishan Kishan, Back to over the wicket for the left-hander. A bit fuller and on middle, Ishan Kishan leans on and clips it through mid on for a single to get off the mark. India are flying at 64/1 after 5 overs.
6 Over | Run: 64/1 | Run Rate: 12.80
14.54.5: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, Good length, pushing it across from middle and off. Samson stays back and slaps it down to long off, picking up a single.
44.44.4: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, FOUR! That's a tough pill to swallow for the bowler. Akeal comes over the wicket and floats it around the leg stump line. Samson has a slog across the line but gets an inside edge that runs way wide of short fine leg and beats the chasing fielder into the fence.
64.34.3: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, SIX! A short-arm jab now. Fired in at the toes, ends up being a slot ball. Sanju Samson clears the front leg and slams it over long on for another six. 16 off the first 3 balls in this over.
64.24.2: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, SIX! Even better! Full and straight, sliding onto the bat nicely. Sanju Samson keeps the formula simple and backs away yet again, and cleanly thwacks it well over the cover fence for a biggie. 50 UP FOR INDIA.
44.14.1: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Glorious from Samson. A bit more floated up by Hosein, on off and middle. Sanju backs away and opens the face of the bat, lifting it over square covers and the ball skips away to the fence.
03.63.6: Roston Chase to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Roston Chase's length to Abhishek Sharma has been impeccable, and he does break this fiery opening stand. Chase bashes the hard length again, keeping the line fairly straight. Sharma stays back and looks to bludgeon it over mid-wicket, but mistimes it badly. The ball lobs up over mid on, where Gudakesh Motie moves back and takes it safely to his left. India are 42/1 after 4 overs.
6 Over | Run: 42/1 | Run Rate: 10.50
03.53.5: Roston Chase to Abhishek Sharma, Short of a length, on middle and leg, and skidding through. Sharma forces it out to cover.
13.43.4: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, Full and fast, darted in on middle and leg. Samson keeps the front leg out of the way and jams it down to long on for one more.
13.33.3: Roston Chase to Abhishek Sharma, Dragged length, angling in from middle to off. Sharma stays back to pull but ends up slicing it down towards long off for just a single.
13.23.2: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, This one is speared in at the toes, at 112.6 kph. Sanju waits back and clips it through square leg for a single.
43.13.1: Roston Chase to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Forced over the off side. On a good length and around off, Sanju Samson goes through with the lofted shot against the spin and he gets it over wide mid off for a boundary.
12.72.6: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, A bit fuller, sliding back into off and middle. Samson shows the full face of the bat and pushes it down to long off for a single.
7 Over | Run: 35/0 | Run Rate: 11.67
22.62.5: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, Again, Samson looks to muscle the ball and doesn't find enough purchase on it. Fuller one, Sanju Samson stays back and swings across the line, only managing to cue-end it in front of square leg for a couple of runs.
02.52.4: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, Pushed through flatter on off, there's no spin on offer and Samson just taps it in front of point.
62.42.3: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, SIX! Sanju Samson takes full toll of the freebie. Fuller and angled into the batter. Samson takes the front leg out and tonks it high over cow corner for a biggie.
02.32.3: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, No ball! Now, now. That is a cardinal sin from the bowler. Flatter and attacking off stump, Samson stays leg side of the ball and smacks it down to point. Akeal Hosein has overstepped and a Free Hit will now follow.
02.22.2: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, DROPPED! Kamil Pooran has not had the best of starts to his T20I career, and this drop will only frustrate him further. Good length around off, it is the one that slides on with the arm. Samson backs away and laces it flat to the left of cover. Pooran lunges across but the ball hits him on the wrists and the ball spills out on the ground.
42.12.1: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, FOUR! A genuine edge! Quicker one, short of a good length and around off. Sanju Samson goes after it, trying to muscle it through the off side but gets an outside edge down to deep third for a boundary.
41.61.6: Romario Shepherd to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! The change-up doesn't work for the bowler. Slower one at 104.5 kph, pitched up on middle. Sharma hits through the line, pummeling it straight back down the ground for another boundary, making it another productive over for his side.
6 Over | Run: 21/0 | Run Rate: 10.50
21.51.5: Romario Shepherd to Abhishek Sharma, Romario pulls the length back by a couple of inches, keeping the line tight around off. Sharma punches it on the up and gets it wide of the fielder at deep cover for a couple of runs.
41.41.4: Romario Shepherd to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Wowza! Length again from Shepherd, in and around off, not a bad ball at all. Abhishek Sharma just taps it down towards cover and times it exceptionally well and the ball races through the gap for a boundary.
01.31.3: Romario Shepherd to Abhishek Sharma, Good line and length. Hitting the deck hard and attacking the top of off and middle at 130-odd clicks. Abhishek Sharma stabs it in front of covers.
11.21.2: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, Hard length, angled back into the batter. Samson tucks it off the back foot and gets it through square leg for a single.
01.11.1: Romario Shepherd to Sanju Samson, A lucky escape for Romario Shepherd. Length ball, sliding down leg, Sanju Samson flicks it on the bounce to the fielder at short fine leg. A yard on either side and that would have run away to the fence.
60.60.6: Akeal Hosein to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Launched over the off side! Full and on off, right in the slot. Sharma backs away and hits with the angle, whacking it over the cover fence for a biggie. 10 off that first over from Akeal Hosein.
6 Over | Run: 10/0 | Run Rate: 10.00
00.50.5: Akeal Hosein to Abhishek Sharma, Darted in a bit fuller, attacking middle and leg. Abhishek Sharma stays leg side of the ball and pushes it down to mid off.
20.40.4: Akeal Hosein to Abhishek Sharma, Not perfectly timed, but enough to clear the infield. Good length, in and around off, Abhishek Sharma makes room and goes after it, slashing it over cover-point for a couple of runs.
00.30.3: Akeal Hosein to Abhishek Sharma, On a length, darted across the left-hander. Sharma stays upright and goes after it, but mistimes it to covers.
10.20.2: Akeal Hosein to Sanju Samson, That's angled back in a fair bit. Fullish length, sliding back in from off to leg. Sanju Samson backs away to open up the off side but gets an inside edge towards backward square leg for a single.
10.10.1: Akeal Hosein to Abhishek Sharma, Off the mark right away. Floated up down the leg side, Abhishek Sharma glances it away to the left of short fine leg. Romario Shepherd puts in a lunging dive to save the boundary and Sharma gets off the mark with a single.
West Indies Second Innings
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Shai Hope
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26.66.5: Shivam Dube to Shai Hope, 2 runs, the batter goes back in the crease and flicks it away through mid wicket for a couple.
06.56.5: Shivam Dube to Shai Hope, WIDE! Dube goes wide of the off stump, taking some pace off and ends up spilling it beyond the tramline.
16.46.4: Shivam Dube to Sherfane Rutherford, A low full toss on middle, flicked away through mid-wicket for a single.
46.36.3: Shivam Dube to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Another shot filled with class. Hard length, slanting it wide of the off stump. Rutherford lets the ball come on and just angles it down behind point for another boundary.
16.26.2: Shivam Dube to Shai Hope, Very full and speared in towards middle and leg. Hope drills it with a straight bat and down to long on for a single.
46.16.1: Shivam Dube to Shai Hope, FOUR! Excellent placement. Just back of a length and outside off. Hope presses back and glides it between short third and backward point for a boundary.
05.65.6: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Bowled from around the wicket, quicker and fuller on off. Rutherford nudges it back down the pitch. Yadav fails to gather it cleanly on the follow-through, and the ball rolls to mid off. Rutherford wants the single, but Hope sends him back. West Indies are 72/3 at the end of the Powerplay.
6 Over | Run: 72/3 | Run Rate: 12.00
65.55.5: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! What a shot! A length ball on the pads, not as quick as the rest of the delivery, a shade under 140 clicks. Rutherford nonchalantly whips it off his legs, sending the ball sailing over deep square leg for a biggie.
45.45.4: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Cracking shot. Pitched up wide outside off, at 145.7, and Rutherford is waiting for it. Rutherford leans on and creams the drive through square covers, making it back-to-back boundaries.
45.35.3: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! Dug in a bit shorter around off, Sherfane Rutherford leans back to pull and forces it more off the toe end of the blade between mid on and mid-wicket for a boundary.
05.25.2: Mayank Yadav to Sherfane Rutherford, Full of a good length, angled across off. Sherfane Rutherford lets the ball come on and eases it to point.
05.15.1: Mayank Yadav to Rovman Powell, OUT! BOWLED! It is truly Mayank Yadav's day - a searing delivery at almost 150 kph, and he breaks the budding stand between West Indies' two most experienced batters. Yadav steams in and serves it on a good length on off, at 149.5 kph and gets the ball to skid through. Rovman Powell makes the big mistake of trying to hit across the line, that too off the back foot and is undone by sheer pace. The ball just flicks the flap of his pads and hammers into the stumps, sending the off stump cartwheeling. Yadav has three, and West Indies are 58/3 inside the Powerplay.
14.64.6: Arshdeep Singh to Rovman Powell, Low full toss, on off and middle. Powell drives it wide of mid on for a single.
6 Over | Run: 58/2 | Run Rate: 11.60
44.54.5: Arshdeep Singh to Rovman Powell, FOUR! Not in control but they all count. Dug in short, over middle. Powell takes it on but the ball climbs onto him and catches the top edge. It flies down to the vacant deep fine leg fence for a four.
44.44.4: Arshdeep Singh to Rovman Powell, FOUR! Just a chip, and it is enough to find the fence. Singh pushes the length up, on off. Rovman presents the full face of the bat and just checks his lofted hit. He still manages to clear the infield comfortably, getting it over wide mid off for a boundary. The 50 comes up for West Indies.
04.34.3: Arshdeep Singh to Rovman Powell, Arshdeep bangs it in short, outside off. Powell lets it go through to the keeper. That looked high but the umpire is happy with the height.
14.24.2: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, Pace off, into the wicket, near the tramline. Shai reaches and taps it wide of extra cover for a single.
14.14.1: Arshdeep Singh to Rovman Powell, Low full toss, on off. Powell does not try to muscle this one and just tries to thread the gap. He angles the drive wide of mid off, where Shreyas Iyer moves to his left and slides to cut it off. Just a single.
03.63.6: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, Very full, around the off stump. Hope can't squeeze it through the off side and ekes out an inside edge onto the pads. 16 runs off the over.
6 Over | Run: 47/2 | Run Rate: 11.75
03.53.5: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, Patel gets away with it. Axar slides onto the pads with square leg up inside the circle. Hope fails to flick it away and wears it on the pads.
63.43.4: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, SIX! Sent into the crowd! At 105.8 kph, pushed through, short and on middle. Shai backs away and frees his arms before launching it over long with relative ease for the second six of the over.
03.33.3: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, Slows it down, slower through the air, on off. Hope chops it down to point.
63.23.2: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, SIX! Up, up and away! West Indies on the charge, 20 runs in 4 balls. Axar bowls into the wicket, on middle. Hope has ample time to rock back in the crease and hit through the line of the ball, tonking it over long on for half a dozen.
43.13.1: Axar Patel to Shai Hope, FOUR! Lovely shot. Darted into the left-hander, on a length, on middle. Hope backs away, opens up the front hip and goes inside out over cover for a boundary.
42.62.6: Mayank Yadav to Rovman Powell, FOUR! Through the gap. Fractionally short and equally wide on off. Powell stays back in the crease and gets his hands through to play a firece cut past point for a boundary.
6 Over | Run: 31/2 | Run Rate: 10.33
62.52.5: Mayank Yadav to Rovman Powell, SIX! All the way. That's what can happen when you have express pace but don't get it right. Mayank bowls the short ball but the line is a little too straight this time. Powell just uses the angle and hooks it away over long leg for a maximum.
02.42.4: Mayank Yadav to Rovman Powell, Serious heat from Mayank Yadav. It read 140 kph on the speed gun, but the ball seemed to gather pace off the track. Powell is in two minds about whether to hook it away or let it go. He eventually lets it through as the ball flies past him and Sanju Samson gathers it around his head.
32.32.3: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, A run saved. On a back of a length, around the off stump. Hope stays beside the line and plays the lofted hit on the rise. Shai is early into the stroke and gets it off the bottom half of the blade. He manages to clear mid on and picks up three runs as Arshdeep Singh gives chase and slides to haul it in.
02.22.2: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, A swing and a miss! Mayank bashes the hard length, over off. Hope gives himself room and swings across for the pull but can only connect with thin air.
02.12.1: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, That took off. At 144.9 kph, Hope anticipates the length to be on the shorter side, and he backs away early. Shai shows his cards early and Mayank follows him with a hard-length ball. Hope presents a straight bat to keep it out but is beaten past the outside edge.
01.61.6: Arshdeep Singh to Rovman Powell, Oh, nearly another ball that dragged onto the stumps. The length is pulled back ever so slightly, on off. Powell hangs back to play it square of the wicket on the off side but the ball tails back in late to clip the right elbow of the batter before it rolls away towards slip.
6 Over | Run: 18/2 | Run Rate: 9.00
01.51.5: Arshdeep Singh to Rovman Powell, At 133.9 kph, on a good length, a hint of inward shape. Powell defends with the bat close to his front pad and stabs it down on the off side.
11.41.4: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, Going away, on a back of a length. Shai stands tall on top of the bounce and knocks it past cover. There is protection in the deep and it will be just a single.
01.31.3: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, Arshdeep dishes out a bumper, over off. Hope drops his wrists and sways away from the line of the ball.
41.21.2: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, FOUR! Nicely done. On the fuller side, swinging back in, on middle and leg. Hope brings his wrists into play, gets under the ball and whips it over wide mid on for four more.
41.11.1: Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, FOUR! No need to run for that. Bowled across off, on a back of a length. Hope gets the width and he cashes in. He rides the bounce nicely and slaps it past cover for a boundary.
00.60.6: Mayank Yadav to Rovman Powell, Goes past the bat! In the channel, on a good length, angled in before moving away off the seam. Powell has a tentative poke at the ball away from his body. Gets beaten on the outside edge does, Rovman. End of a probing first over by Yadav.
6 Over | Run: 9/2 | Run Rate: 9.00
40.50.5: Mayank Yadav to Rovman Powell, FOUR! Does not carry and it seeps through. Mayank goes full in search of swing but ends up dishing out a low full toss and drifts onto the pads. Powell flicks it a bit uppishly towards mid-wicket, where Ravi Bishnoi dives forward but the ball reaches him on the bounce and goes under his hands before racing away.
00.40.4: Mayank Yadav to Shimron Hetmyer, OUT! DRAGGED ON! A golden duck for Shimron Hetmyer. West Indies have been rocked early in a big chase. Hooping back into the left-hander at 145 kph, on a back of a length, on middle. Hetmyer takes a step or two down the track as he looks to deal with it. The ball cuts back in to graze the inside edge, and it clips the top of the leg stump as the bails fall off. Two in two for Mayank and he is on a hat-trick now. West Indies are 5/2, chasing 250.
00.30.3: Mayank Yadav to Kamil Pooran, OUT! CAUGHT! A steepler taken well by Ravi Bishnoi as he makes an impact as a sub fielder. End of a short stay for Kamil Pooran, who is enduring a rough start to his T20I career, having dropped Sanju Samson earlier in the night. Dug in short pace by Mayank, on middle. Pooran makes room for himself and has a swing at it. Skies it a long way up towards mid-wicket. Ravi Bishnoi steadies himself under the skier and keeps his eyes on the ball all the way through before snaffling it close to his body.
40.20.2: Mayank Yadav to Kamil Pooran, FOUR! That should have been stopped. Shreyas Iyer will be disappointed with himself. Around off, on a nagging length. Pooran gives himself room and slams it over mid off. He does not quite get hold of it but manages to clear Shreyas Iyer there. Iyer gives chase and overruns the ball with the slide. He has a couple of cracks at pushing the ball away from the fence but fails to lay a hand and the ball trickles into the fence.
10.10.1: Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, Nearly went to hand! Mayank steams in from over the wicket and hits the hard length at 144 kph. Hope stands tall and tries to bash it down the ground with a horizontal bat but he plays it well in front of his body. Gets it right off the toe end of the blade and it spoons back towards the bowler. Yadav sticks out the right hand but the ball stays out of his reach and dribbles wide of mid on.