Match Details

IND vs WI 1st Match, WI vs IND 2022

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WI
122-820.0
India won by 68 runs 🏆
IND
20.0190-6
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18th Over:
1
1
0
0
0
0
 
= 2
Last Over:
1
1lb
0
1
1
1
 
= 5
This Over:
4
4
1
1
1
0
 
= 11
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Player of the Match

Dinesh Karthik
41(19)
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Dinesh Karthik Jersy
R(B)4S6SSR
19 (22)5 (11)2 0 0 0 86.36 45.45
P'ship : 21(21)
Last Wkt :   Akeal Hosein 11(15)
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2-264.0 6.50
WIWI - 2nd Innings
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6 Over 4942
10 Over 7473
15 Over 11498
INDIND - 1st Innings
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6 Over 5045
10 Over 7788
15 Over 130131
20 Over 180190

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That brings us to the end of our coverage for today. A one-sided contest today with India winning by 68 runs. The 2nd T20I will be played on 1st August at ST Lucia. Till then, it's goodbye and good-night from me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty), my fellow commentator Ayan Chatterjee and our scorer Zeeshan Naiyer
Rohit Sharma, Indian skipper- "The nature of the pitch was slightly tough. Shot-making wasn't easy at the start. We do understand that the guys who are set has to continue for as long as possible. There was grip for the spinners so it wasn't easy to pick.

The way we finished off the first innings, getting 190 was a great effort. I didn't think it was a 190-pitch. We hung in there, backed our skills and got more than a par score. Look, we try to do certain things in the powerplay, middle overs and how we finish the innings. There are three facets of the game where we can improve.

Today we did that but there is no guarantee that it will happen every game. But we have to try and execute certain things while batting. We might have an odd failure here and there but we have to achieve certain things. All in all, it was a great effort, But we need to understand what sort of pitch we play on as not all pitches will allow you to go bang bang.

They need to back those skill sets when they are batting in the middle overs. I love playing in West Indies. Whenever I have come here, the Indian team have received a lot of support. The local West Indies crowd also supports the Indian team which is always great and we want to gift them an entertaining brand of cricket." 
Nicholas Pooran, West Indies Skipper: "Yes, it is very disappointing as a team. The crowds were amazing, and we disappointed them. In the first match of the series, hope to come back stronger. 18 overs 150 odd we were in it, but slow over rate meant one extra fielder and we need to hone our skills to come back.

I think we lost the plot and we deserved to lose. In hindsight, you can say so, but we thought with an extra all-rounder we could have chased down 175-180. Chasing 190+ was always going to be a challenge. We lost the plot in both departments and lost the plot.

We have areas to work on and we hope to come back stronger in the next game on Monday." 
Dinesh Karthik, Game Changer of the Match- "The wicket was a little sticky. Once you played a few deliveries you could get the idea of what to do. This is an interesting role (playing the role of a finisher).

On days you might not bat but on other days you can make a significant contribution for your team. I have got the backing of the captain which helps a lot.

I think what's important is accessing the wickets, On a given day you have to keep in mind a lot of things. Have to understand stand various aspects while batting towards the end. The condition of the ball, the condition of the pitch." 
Time for the post-presentation ceremony with Samuel Badree.  
Ayan: It was Nicholas Pooran who won the toss and sent India to bat first here at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. India got off to a flyer as the new opening combination of Rohit Sharma and Surya Kumar Yadav scored 44 runs in 4.4 overs before Surya Kumar Yadav perished for 24 off 16 balls to Akeal Hosein. While the majority of the middle order frittered away their chances, captain Rohit Sharma played a gem of a knock as he scored 64 off 44 balls. In the process, he completed his 27th T20I fifty and became the leading run scorer in T20I Cricket overtaking Martin Guptill. 

When Rohit fell, 31 balls were left in the innings and that’s where the finisher Dinesh Karthik took over with a belligerent 41* off 19 balls alongside Ashwin’s 13* off 10 that powered India to 190-6 in their allocated 20 overs.

From the West Indies’ bowlers’ point of view, Akeal Hosein was the pick of the bowlers with his figures reading 1-14 in 4 overs. A couple of wickets for the debutant Alzarri Joseph but he went for 46 runs. A wicket apiece for Obed McCoy (1-30), Jason Holder (1-50), and Keemo Paul (1-24 in 2 overs). Odean Smith went wicketless in his 2 overs for 18 runs.  

A comprehensive 68-run win for India gives them a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. Stick around for the post-match presentation ceremony that comes your way shortly. 

Arya- It was a stiff target for West Indies and they needed a quickfire start to their innings in order to chase down the target of 191. They began in an impressive fashion with both Kyle Mayers and Shamrah Brooks finding boundaries in the very first over of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Mayers continued on the rampage and powered Arshdeep Singh for a six and a four in the next over before Arshdeep came back roaring and had the last laugh. He dug one onto the surface and Mayers wasn’t sure whether to go with the shot or leave and in the end did neither and gave an easy catch for the midwicket fielder. 

It was a much-needed wicket for India as West Indies had got off to a flyer. Jason Holder was promoted up the order to take the bowlers on, in the powerplay. However, the ploy didn’t work as he exposed all three stumps by making too much of room and Ravindra Jadeja got the ball to grip and it turned away from Holder and clattered onto the stumps. 

Brooks looked good but was castled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in his comeback over. It was an off-pace delivery on a length and Brooks wanted to pick that up and deposit that over the midwicket fence. However, there was a huge gap between bat and pad and the ball sneaked through to disturb the timbers. It was a great start for India and from there on, West Indies needed to play catch up, unless their skipper Nicholas Pooran did something extraordinary. 

Ravichandran Ashwin was a bit expensive in his first over but came back strongly in his last three overs as West Indies were tangled down and India kept chipping away with the wickets on a consistent basis. Just when Nicholas Pooran managed to get going, he was dismissed by Ashwin with a delivery that came into the left-hander but looked like an off-break which will turn away. Pooran tried to steer that down the third man region and ended up getting a faint edge which was taken very well by Pant. 

Rovman Powell also had a short stay at the crease as he was castled by Ravi Bishnoi on the very first delivery of his spell. It was a flatter trajectory googly which came into the right-hander and Powell ended up playing all over it and lost his stumps in the process. The wickets kept tumbling one after the other as Ashwin then sent Hetmyer back to the pavilion. The man who was making a comeback in this encounter tried to up the ante but lifted that straight down the throat of the wide long-off fielder. 

Bishnoi added one more in his next over as Odean Smith came charging down the track and swung wildly. He couldn’t make contact and Rishabh Pant had all the time in the world to dislodge the stumps. There was nothing West Indies could have done from there on. They played through the motions towards the end of the encounter as India romped home by 68 runs. 

Arya- A thoroughly comprehensive victory for India as they win by 68 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. It was a clinical all-round show from the dynamic Men in Blue. Riding on a brilliant half-century by Rohit Sharma and a late order blitz by Dinesh Karthik, India reached a more than competitive 190 on the board in their allotted 20 overs. West Indies got off to a flyer but the Indian bowlers came back strongly after the first 9 deliveries and were all over the home team. The spinners did a remarkable job as five wickets were picked between the spin trio. While Bishnoi and Ashwin took a couple each, Jadeja took one. 
OVER 20
West Indies
122/8
Alzarri Joseph
5(11)
Keemo Paul
19(22)
Ravi Bishnoi
2-26(4.0)
19.6 R Bishnoi to A Joseph
0 Ends the innings with a dot delivery, symbolic with the way they have performed. A flatter trajectory googly again which zips off the surface and beats Joseph all ends up. 
19.5 R Bishnoi to K Paul
1 Fuller outside off, Keemo Paul slams this down the ground towards long-on from the inside half of the bat and takes a single. 
19.4 R Bishnoi to A Joseph
1 On a length around off and that has been swept away towards midwicket for a single. 
19.3 R Bishnoi to K Paul
1 Again a heave across the line and Keemo Paul gets it from the inside half of the bat towards the square leg region and takes a single. 
19.2 R Bishnoi to K Paul
4 That has been swung away for a boundary. The crowd have waited a long time to see this sort of a result. Little too late but nonetheless the crowd will be happy. Swings across the line, didn't make great connection but good enough, goes wide of the long-on fielder and off to the ropes. 
19.1 R Bishnoi to K Paul
4 Ravi Bishnoi will bowl the final over. A consolation boundary for Keemo Paul here. Was a fractionally short of a length googly drifting onto the leg side. Paul rocks back and connects the pull on this occasion. Finds the gap towards the deep backward square leg region. 
Ayan: One more over left in the contest to complete the formalities. This has been a professional performance from India with the bat, ball, and field.    
OVER 19
West Indies
111/8
Alzarri Joseph
4(9)
Keemo Paul
9(18)
Arshdeep Singh
2-24(4.0)
18.6 A Singh to K Paul
1 Another attempted yorker on the stumps, ends up as a low full toss and Keemo Paul has worked it away down the ground towards the long-on fielder and takes a single. 
18.5 A Singh to A Joseph
1 A slower back of a length delivery outside off. That has been cut away towards the off side for a single. 
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