Rain D(hon)isappoints India and WI

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Stuart Binny made way for Amit Mishra.

The West Indies made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the West Indians.

Owing to rain, the start of play was delayed.

The Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 54, and lost a couple of wickets.

Although his six-ball (Ev)innings included a boundary, Lewis had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 20 balls into the match, he was caught by Mishra. Mohammed Shami broke the 24-run stand.

Johnson Charles, whose 25-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 43. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Ajinkya Rahane. Mishra broke the 26-run stand.

The West Indies scored 50 off five overs (30 balls). India hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Lendl Simmons, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scoreD(ho)nineteen. Twenty-eight balls after Charles’ dismissal, he was stumped by the man from Ranchi off the bowling off Ravichandran Ashwin, who broke the 26-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Marlon Samuels, who faced 10 balls, scored five. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Dhoni off the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah.

Kieron Pollard, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. Ten balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ashwin, who broke the 16-run stand.

Andre Fletcher, who faced nine balls, scored just three. Seven balls later, Bumrah broke the six-run stand.

The West Indies scored 100 off 13.2 overs (81 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Dwayne Bravo, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Fourteen balls after Fletcher’s dismissal, Mishra broke the 13-run stand.

Andre Russell, whose 15-ball innings included a six, scored 13. Ten balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli. Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the 12-run stand.

Carlos Brathwaite, the West Indies’ skipper, scored 18. His 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six. Five balls later, Mishra broke the 10-run stand.

Sunil, whose seven-ball innings included a six, scored N(ar)ine. He was unbeaten.

Samuel Badree, who faced four balls, scored a run. Eleven balls after Brathwaite’s dismissal, Shami broke the 10-run stand.

India eventually conceded nine extras. The West Indies were dismissed for 143 off 19.4 overs. Ravindra Jadeja, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 11.

Kumar, who bowled four overs, conceded 36. He picked up a wicket.

Shami, who bowled 2.4 overs, conceded 31. He picked up a couple of wickets. Ashwin, who bowled three overs, conceded 11. He picked up a couple of wickets. Bumrah, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Mishra, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up three scalps.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over.

Rohit Sharma, whose eight-ball innings included a six, was unbea‘ten’. Rahane, who bowled four overs, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies eventually conceded an extra.

The rain reduced the chase to just two overs, off which India scored 15 without the loss of a wicket.

Russell and Badree bowled a wicketless over each, conceding seven apiece.

The match ended without a result, and the West Indies won the two-match series 1-0.