India vs West Indies 1st T20I Match Highlight: The West Indies team has started the T20 series against India with a win. The first match of this 5-match T20 series was played at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, in which the Windies team won the match by 4 runs. Chasing the target of 150 runs, the Indian team was very strong in the match at one time, but in the 16th over of the innings, captain Hardik and Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion and the match was completely overturned.
The Indian team needed 10 runs in the last over of this match to win. But Kuldeep Yadav returned to the pavilion on the very first ball, after that Chahal took 1 run and gave strike to Arshdeep Singh on the second ball. With 2 runs coming on the third ball, India needed 7 runs in the last 3 balls, but the fourth ball was doted. Arshdeep Singh was run out with 1 run coming on the 5th ball. India needed 6 runs to win off the last ball, with 1 run coming off the last ball, West Indies won the match by 4 runs.
Bad start of the Indian team, Surya and Tilak handled
Chasing the target of 150 runs, the Indian team did not start well. The first blow on Team 5’s score came in the form of Shubman Gill. At the same time, after scoring 28, Ishaan Kishan also returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs. From here, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma handled the Indian innings and took the score to 45 runs in the first 6 overs.
A 39-run partnership was seen for the third wicket between Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma. Surya returned to the pavilion after playing an inning of 21 runs in 21 balls in this match. The Indian team had lost its third wicket on the score of 67.
Jason Holder’s over turned the whole match
After getting the third wicket, the West Indies team gave India the fourth blow in the form of Tilak Verma at the score of 77. After this, there was a 36-run partnership for the 5th wicket between captain Hardik Pandya and Sanju Samson. Both had almost ensured the victory of the Indian team in this match, but an over by Jason Holder changed the entire course of the match.
In the 16th over of the Indian innings, Jason Holder bowled Hardik Pandya on a personal score of 19 and made a big breakthrough. After this, on the third ball of the same over, Sanju Samson was run out and returned to the pavilion. Due to this, suddenly the Indian team’s score became 6 wickets for 113 runs.
Akshar tried but the Windies bowlers did not allow him to succeed
With Sanju Samson and Captain Hardik returning to the pavilion, all eyes were on Akshar Patel. Akshar tried to win the team but he also returned to the pavilion after playing an inning of 13 runs in 11 balls. The Indian team was able to reach the score of 145 at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Romario Shepherd, Obed McCoy and Jason Holder took 2-2 wickets in bowling for the West Indies. Apart from this, 1 wicket also came in the account of Akil Hussain.
Captain Powell and Pooran’s batting showed in West Indies’ innings
Talking about the innings of West Indies in this match, the batting of Captain Rovman Powell and Nicholas Pooran was amazing. Where Powell played an inning of 48 runs, Pooran also scored 41 runs. Apart from this, Brandon King also scored 28 runs from West Indies. In bowling from India, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2-2 wickets.
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