Match Details

IND vs WI 1st Match, WI vs IND 2022

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WI
305-650.0
India won by 3 runs 🏆
IND
50.0308-7
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48th Over:
4lb
0
1
1
4
1
 
= 11
Last Over:
6
0
0
1
1
4
 
= 12
This Over:
0
1
4
2
wd
2
1b
 
= 11

Player of the Match

Shikhar Dhawan Logo
Shikhar Dhawan Jersy
Shikhar Dhawan
India
97(99)
WIWI - 2nd Innings
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10 Over 4852
15 Over 7588
20 Over 116103
25 Over 134137
30 Over 161152
35 Over 185189
40 Over 217219
INDIND - 1st Innings
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10 Over 4973
15 Over 98103
20 Over 132127
25 Over 154152
30 Over 183184
35 Over 213225
40 Over 258248
50 Over 334308

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That brings us to the end of our coverage for the 1st ODI between West Indies and India. Till the next time, it's goodbye and good-night from me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty), my fellow commentators Akshaya Krishna Polya, Saurabh Saket along with our scorer Manish Bishnoi
Shikhar Dhawan (India and the winning captain): "Yeah, it was a bit of disappointment for getting out at 97. But I am happy to score them for my team. It was nipping around a bit and sticking on the surface too.

Yeah, I and Shubman talked about this and we knew that the new batters will find it hard to get it away. So we batted patiently and scored using good cricketing shots. It was a close game. Our bowlers did well to hold their nerves. There were a flurry of boundaries through the fine region. But I said to keep it simple and not to come under pressure.

I asked them to use the big side of the ground. They did well to do that. I am happy for them and happy with the overall performance of the team."
Nicholas Pooran (West Indies and the losing captain)- "Feels like a win for us. Bittersweet moment. As a group we are trying to figure out ODI cricket and justify our talent. Everyone was talking about playing out 50 overs and everyone saw that we can do this. Looking forward to the other games.

We are trying to improve with each game and take it forward. Must give credit to the bowlers. We didn't got off to a great start with the ball. Akeal, Motie and Alzarri executed their skills. We spoke about different boxes we want to tick. We ticked three boxes.

Batting fifty overs,  fielding well and bowling well in the death overs. We have to keep developing something new. We are happy that we are going forward and in the right direction." 
Shikhar Dhawan is the Player of the Match!

Arya- It was West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran who won the toss and put the visitors in. The second-string Indian team under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan decided to give Shubman Gill an opportunity at the top of the order and he didn’t disappoint. Dhawan was a bit circumspect to start his innings while Gill was the attacking partner. He looked in great touch from the outset and played some delightful shots to get his innings going. Dhawan also struck some exquisite shots but he took his time to get going. 

Gill used the fielding restrictions very well as India collected 73 runs in the mandatory powerplay. Gill used the depth of the crease to perfection and played shots all around the wicket. He was given amicable support by Dhawan as the duo stitched together a hundred runs stand in quick time. Gill went on to reach his maiden ODI half-century and continued the good work before a lazy bit of work cut short his innings. Nicholas Pooran inflicted a terrific direct hit which brought about his downfall. 

Out came Shreyas Iyer and the West Indies paces targeted him with short stuff. It has become apparent for the teams around the world that you have to attack Iyer with short deliveries. He played a few mistimed shots but made merry when the spinners came onto bowl. He is exceptional against spin and played some great shots during his half-century. 

Dhawan on the other end was pacing the innings perfectly. He struck some lusty blows as well and never allowed the run rate to drop. Just when he looked set for a big century, he went flashing at a fuller length delivery outside off and it was a great catch at backward point which ended his innings on 97. He batted superbly and laid the foundation for fireworks towards the end of the innings.  

However, the West Indies bowlers had other ideas. The spinners who had already tied Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer kept bowling in the right channels and so did the pacers. They used the pace variations brilliantly as India struggled to get going in the final phase of the innings. It was a great comeback from West Indies to stall the Indian progress. At one stage, it looked like India will get well past the 350 mark but eventually, they had to settle with 308 after some late hitting by Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel. 

Arya- It looked like a good batting surface but it was evident that the pitch was two-paced and the ball was indeed stopping on the surface. West Indies needed to get off to a good start if they had to chase that stiff target down. The Indian new ball pair Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna started off well as West Indies could only manage 12 runs in the first four overs, courtesy a couple of fours by Kyle Mayers. 

It was Mohammed Siraj who gave India the opening breakthrough when he hurried Shai Hope with a short of a length delivery and he ended up top-edging that straight down the throat of the deep third man fielder. From there on, the duo of Kyle Mayers and Shamarh Brooks batted sensibly and found the boundaries at crucial junctures as they got West Indies to a strong position. 

Mayers batted superbly and so did Brooks but it was the golden arm of Shardul Thakur who provided the breakthrough. Brooks couldn’t quite control the pull and was holed out at deep square leg. Shardul dismissed the dangerman, Mayers, with a wide full delivery as Mayers managed to get a faint outside edge straight to Sanju Samson behind the stumps. India was back in the game but the required rate was still within 8 runs per over.

Nicholas Pooran and Brandon King started to resurrect the innings. King found some important boundaries and Pooran again shifted the momentum towards West Indies with back-to-back sixes of the bowling of Prasidh Krishna. Just when West Indies looked to put the foot on the accelerator, it was Siraj who provided the important breakthrough in the form of Pooran’s wicket. 

Brandon King at the other end was ticking the scoreboard along as he was joined by Rovman Powell in the middle. He couldn’t quite bother the scorers much as he was induced into a prod forward by Yuzvendra Chahal and he ended up outside edging that straight to the slip fielder. India was well in control of the game at that juncture but the duo of Akeal Hosein and Brandon King had other ideas. 

They tried to take the game deep and in the process, Brandon King reached a well-deserved half-century. The wizard, Yuzvendra Chahal brought about his downfall with a wide floating delivery well outside off and he managed to slice that straight down the throat of the deep cover fielder. Akeal Hosein was joined by Romario Shepherd and West Indies still had an outside chance. 

Both Hosein and Shepherd have the ability to clear the boundary ropes and the latter almost took West Indies over the finishing line. Shepherd kept West Indies in the game with some big hitting. He struck three fours and a couple of sixes and ran India very very close in the end. He took the game within touching distance but eventually it was Mohammed Siraj who held his nerves and bowled a great final over. 

Arya- Mohammed Siraj has held his nerves here and has got his side over the finishing line. Kept sticking to the yorker-length deliveries and executes it very well in the end. Romario Shepherd couldn't quite get that away and a narrow win for India by 3 runs. A spare of thought for Akeal Hosein and Romario Shepherd but the Indian bowlers just did enough to eke out a close victory. It has been an intense battle and at the end of it all, India takes a 1-0 lead in the 3 match series.  
OVER 50
West Indies
305/6
Akeal Hosein
33(32)
Romario Shepherd
40(25)
Mohammed Siraj
2-59(10.0)
49.6 M Siraj to R Shepherd
1b Mohammed Siraj!! The hero, the legend for India. He holds his nerve as India clinch a cliff-hanger here at Trinidad!!! Fuller length delivery, infact too full down the leg side. Shepherd was well moving down the leg side as he was making room for himself. Siraj follows him. And executes it well. It goes between Shepherd's legs. He tries to heave it away down the leg side but only misses it through to the keeper! They do steel a bye but that won't be enough. Romario Shepherd is down on his knees as agony hits him!
49.5 M Siraj to R Shepherd
2 Fuller length delivery on the off stump line. Shepherd on the front foot drills the powerful drive down to long off for a couple. There was no chance for a second run but Shepherd does well to complete the second run!!
Pressure, pressure! West Indies now need just seven!
49.5 M Siraj to R Shepherd
WD WIDE!! Fuller length delivery but well down the leg side. The batter does move a long way down the leg side but it is still way down the leg. The batter fails to make any connection on that one. The umpire signals it a wide.
8 needed of the final two deliveries. 
49.4 M Siraj to R Shepherd
2 A yorker following the batter, who is moving down the leg side making room. Shepherd does well to squeeze it between his legs through the fine leg area for a couple as it brings the Windies 300!
49.3 M Siraj to R Shepherd
4 FOURRR!!! That's a good result for West Indies here. Fuller length delivery in the slot and on the middle and leg stump line. Shepherd clears his front leg and goes for an almighty heave but gets the inside half of the bat through the vacant backward square leg region for a boundary. 10 needed from three now.
14 needed off 4 deliveries. All rests on Romario Shepherd here. 
49.2 M Siraj to A Hosein
1 Fuller length delivery and outside the off. Hosein moves well outside the off and tries for a ramp shot but gets it off his back of the bat down to backward point for a single.
49.1 M Siraj to A Hosein
0 Siraj here to bowl the last over. Fuller length delivery and outside the off. Hosein bends low but misses to put any bat on to that one.
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