In the opening T20I of the five-match series against the West Indies, played at Brian Lara Stadium on 29ty July, India’s brilliant bowling , led by Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh’s two-wicket hauls, helps Men in Blue to defeat Windies by 68 runs.
By Chasing 191, West Indies off to a poor start when they lost their first batter, Kyle Mayers, with 22 runs already recorded. As Jason Holder joined Shamarh Brooks on the crease, he played some good shorts. Jason Holder was unable to add a run before falling on duck to Ravindra Jadeja’s spin. Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave his team a breakthrough in the 5.2 overs when he bowled Brooks out for 20 runs in 15 balls.
Then Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Opponent Skipper Nicholls Pooran on 18 on his comeback.
Powell and Shimron Hetmyer tried to play some aggressive shots but Powell Bowled by Ravi Bishnoi for 14 Runs and then he Dismissed Odean Smith for 2 ball duck.
Hetmyer was dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin.
After 10 overs, West Indies batters kept in check by Indian bowlers who forbade them from playing huge smashes. The host’s score after 16 over was 100/7.
Arshdeep Singh gets his second as ge Dismissed Akeal Hosein for 11 Runs.
The Indian bowling attack’s accurate bowling performance help Team India to stop hosts on a total of 122/8 in the 20 overs to secure a convincing 68-run victory.
Earlier in the First Innings, Indian Captain Rohit Sharma scored 64 runs in 44 Balls and Dinesh Karthik’s unbeaten 41 from 19 balls helped Team India to put 190 on the Board.
Debutant Alzari Joseph took 2 Wickets and Jason Holder and Akeal Hosein picked 1 Wicket each.
Brief score:
India 190/6 (Rohit Sharma 64, Dinesh Karthik 41*; Alzarri Joseph 2-46) vs West Indies (Shamarh Brooks 20, Keemo Paul 19*; Ravi Bishnoi 2-26).
