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India made no changes to their playing eleven.

The West Indies made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Denesh Ramdin made way for Nicholas Pooran.

On winning the toss, Kieron Pollard, the West Indies’ skipper, inserted the hosts.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 42, for the loss of a wicket.

Lokesh Rahul, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Nineteen balls into the match, he was caught by Shimron Hetmyer. Khary Pierre broke the 24-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave the West Indies no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Rohit Sharma, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Twenty-seven balls later, Jason Holder broke the 32-run stand.

Shivam Dube’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and four sixes – came off 27 balls.

He eventually scored 54 off 30 balls, which included three boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Seventeen balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Hetmyer. Hayden Walsh, Jr. broke the 41-run stand.

India scored 100 off 11 overs (67 balls). The West Indies had conceded a dozen extras at that point.

Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, scored 19 off 17 balls, which included a couple of boundaries. Seventeen balls after Dube’s dismissal, he was caught by Simmons. Kesrick Williams broke the 23-run stand.

Rishabh Pant, whose 22-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 33. He was unbeaten.

Shreyas Iyer, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Brandon King. Walsh, Jr. broke the 24-run stand.

India scored 150 off 17 overs (104 balls). The West Indies had conceded 13 extras at that point.

Ravindra Jadeja, who faced 11 balls, scored nine. Sixteen balls after Iyer’s dismissal, Williams broke the 20-run stand.

Washington Sundar, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, he was caught by Sheldon Cottrell, who broke the three-run stand.

Deepak Chahar, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies eventually conceded 18 extras. India scored 170 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Pollard, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Pierre, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 11. He picked up a wicket, as did Holder and Cottrell, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 27.

Williams and Walsh, Jr. bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 28.

The first Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, without the loss of a wicket.

The West Indies’ openers put on 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. While the contribution of Lendl Simmons, the player of the match, to the partnership was 10, Evin Lewis’ contribution to it was 37.

Forty-six balls into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Lewis was the batsman. It was struck down by umpire Anil Chaudhary.

Lewis, whose 35-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 40. Fifty-nine into the chase, he was stumped by Pant. Sundar broke the 73-run partnership.

The West Indies scored 100 off 13.1 overs (80 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

Hetmyer, whose 14-ball innings included three sixes, scored 23. Twenty-four balls after Lewis’ dismissal, he was caught by Kohli. Jadeja broke the 39-run stand.

Simmons’ half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 38 balls.

The West Indies scored 150 off 17 overs (103 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 25 balls. While Simmons’ contribution to the partnership was 21, Pooran’s contribution to it was 28. Extras’ contribution to it was a run.

Simmons, whose 45-ball innings included four boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 67. He was unbeaten, as was Pooran, who scored 38. His 18-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes.

The West Indies, who scored 173 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 18.3 overs, won by eight wickets with nine balls to spare.

Dube bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 18.

Yuzvendra Chahal bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 36.

Chahar bowled 3.5 wicketless overs, conceding 35.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 36.

Jadeja, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket, as did Sundar, who bowled four overs, conceding 26.

The three-match series was levelled 1-1.