India (Var)made five changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, and Umran Malik made way for a couple of Twenty20 International debutants (Tilak and Mukesh Kumar), Sanju Samson, Axar, and Yuzvendra Chahal.
The West Indies made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played
the Indians – Shamarh Brooks, Devon Thomas, Keemo Paul, Dominic Drakes, Odean
Smith, and Hayden Walsh, Jr. made way for Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson
Charles, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, and Alzarri Joseph.
On winning the toss, Rovman Powell, the West Indies’ skipper, chose to
bat.
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.
Mayers had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a run.
Twenty-five balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chahal,
who broke the 29-run stand.
Twenty-seven balls (4.3 overs) into the match, the West Indies sought a
batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. King, the batsman,
scored 28 off 19 balls, which included four boundaries and a six. It was struck
down by the West Indian umpire Gregory Brathwaite. He was trapped leg before
wicket by Chahal, who broke the one-run stand.
The West Indies scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). India hadn’t
conceded any extras at that point.
Charles, who faced (Cha)half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Eighteen balls
after King’s dismissal, he was caught by Varma. Kuldeep Yadav broke the 28-run
stand.
Forty-six balls (7.4 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling
review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Powell was the batsman. It
was struck down by the West Indian umpire Patrick Gustard.
Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. The West Indies
had scored 69 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Nicholas
Pooran was batting on 33, Powell was batting on three.
Pooran, whose 34-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as
many sixes, eventually scored 41. Forty balls after Charles’ dismissal, he was
caught by Varma. Hardik Pandya, India’s skipper, broke the 38-run stand.
The West Indies scored 100 off 14.2 overs (86 balls). India had conceded
three extras at that point.
Shimron Hetmyer, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-four
balls after Pooran’s dismissal, he was caught by Axar. Arshdeep Singh broke the
38-run stand.
Powell, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries and as many
sixes, eventually scored 48. Four balls later, he was caught by Suryakumar
Yadav. Arshdeep broke the run-a-ball stand.
Shepherd, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. He was unbeaten, as
was Jason Holder, the player of the match, who faced five balls, scoring half-a-dozen.
India were forced to have five fielders inside the circle for the last
over, because they went over time.
They eventually conceded eight extras. The West Indies scored 149 for
the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.
Axar, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 22. He was wicketless, as was
Mukesh, who bowled three overs, conceding 26.
Hardik and Kuldeep bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece.
While the former conceded 27, the latter conceded 20.
Chahal, who bowled three overs, conceded 24. He picked up a couple of
wickets, as was Arshdeep, who bowled four overs, conceding 31.
The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay –
was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 48, and lost a couple of
wickets.
Shubman Gill, who faced nine balls, scored three. Fourteen balls into
the chase, he was stumped by Pooran. Hosein broke the five-run stand.
Ishan Kishan, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored
half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Powell. Obey McCoy broke
the 23-run stand.
India scored 50 off seven overs (42 balls). The West Indies had conceded
five extras at that point.
Suryakumar Yadav, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six, scored 21. Twenty-three balls after Kishan’s dismissal,
he was caught by Hetmyer. Holder broke the 39-run stand.
It was at that point that the drinks break was taken. India had scored 67
for the loss of three wickets at that point. Varma was batting on 32.
Varma, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three
sixes, eventually scored 39. Ten balls after Suryakumar’s dismissal, he was
caught by Hetmyer. Shepherd broke the run-a-ball stand.
India scored 100 off 14.1 overs (86 balls). The West Indies had conceded
eight extras at that point.
Hardik, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19.
Twenty-five balls after Varma’s dismissal, Holder broke the 36-run stand.
The sixth-wicket pair put didn’t get off the mark. Samson, whose
run-a-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. A couple of balls later,
Mayers ran him out.
The West Indies were forced to have five fielders inside the circle for
the 18th over, because they went over time.
Axar, whose 11-ball innings included a six, scored 13. Sixteen balls
after Samson’s dismissal, he was caught by Hetmyer. McCoy broke the run-a-ball
stand.
Kuldeep, who faced nine balls, scored three. Half-a-dozen balls later,
Shepherd broke the 11-run stand
The ninth-wicket pair put on four. Arshdeep, whose seven-ball innings included
a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Four balls later, Hetmyer and the
wicketkeeper (Poo)ran him out.
Chahal and Mukesh faced a ball each, scoring a run apiece. They were
unbeaten.
They eventually conceded 15 extras.
India, who scored 145 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by
four runs.
Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Joseph, who was wicketless, conceded 39.
Hosein, who conceded 17, picked up a wicket.
Shepherd and McCoy conceded 33 and 28 respectively. They picked up two scalps
apiece, as did Holder, whose spell included a maiden. He conceded 19.
The West Indies led the five-match series 1-0.
