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India vs West Indies 1st T20I preview: After winning the ODI series in style with a 200-run victory in the series-decider in Tarouba, Team India enter the five-match T20I series against the West Indies as strong favourites. The Men in Blue bounced back from a surprise six-wicket defeat against Shai Hope and Co in the second one-dayer with a clinical performance in the series decider, bossing the Windies in all the three departments. As many as four batters, including stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya, blasted fifties as the Indians posted a massive 351/5 on the board on a good batting surface at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium. Shardul Thakur (4/37) and Mukesh Kumar (3/30) then ran through the hosts’ batting lineup as the West Indians were bundled out for 151 in reply. The T20I series commences at the same venue where the ODI series came to an end, and the Men in Blue will hope to produce a performance similar to the one on Tuesday and grab the series lead. Both teams have change of personnel, with Pandya and Rovman Powell taking over as captain from Rohit Sharma and Hope respectively, although Pandya did fill in as the skipper with Rohit rested for the second and third one-dayers. While Tarouba in Trinidad and Tobago hosts the series opener, the second and third T20Is take place at the Providence Stadium in Georgetown, Guyana. The series then shifts to the United States, where the fourth and the fifth T20Is take place at Lauderhill in the state of Florida.
India vs West Indies Highlights, 1st T20I in Tarouba: West Indies win thriller by four runs, go 1-0 up in series
India vs West Indies, LIVE Score, 1st T20I scorecard: IND 145/8; Romario Shepherd bowls out an excellent final over as West Indies go 1-0 up in the series with a thrilling four-run win.
 "India vs West Indies Highlights, 1st T20I in Tarouba: West Indies win thriller by four runs, go 1-0 up in series")
That brings us to the end of our coverage of the first T20I between West Indies and India, a quality contest that went down to the wire and perhaps the first game of this tour that can be considered a thriller. Also, Team India are trailing for the first time in this tour, although with the sheer quality in their ranks, they will back themselves to bounce back in Guyana, where the two teams will travel for the next two fixtures.
For now, this is Amit signing off, wishing you all a good night!
West Indies vs India LIVE
Jason Holder is the Player of the Match for his figures of 4-1-19-2
West Indies vs India LIVE
After 20 overs,India 145/9 ( Yuzvendra Chahal 1 , Mukesh Kumar 1)
West Indies win by 4 runs and go 1-0 up in the five-match series, continuing their winning run in the shortest format since the tour of South Africa**!**
Romario Shepherd closes out what turns out to be a superb final over, with the last Indian batter Mukesh Kumar collecting a single off the final delivery when six were needed. Starts off by castling Kuldeep with a searing yorker, and continues to build pressure not allowing a single boundary, which eventually leads to Arshdeep’s run-out three balls later.
West Indies vs India LIVE
OUT! Arshdeep’s run out while attempting to dash back for a second run, and that should be it as far as India’s hopes in this game are concerned — unless Shepherd ends up conceding a no-ball in the final over and leads to a free hit. IND 144/9; need six off one ball.
Arshdeep run out (Hetmyer/Pooran) 12(9)
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TWO! Arshdeep steers a full delivery behind point after new batter Chahal brings him on strike with a single. India 143/8 need 7 off 3
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BOWLED! Shepherd castles Kuldeep with a searing yorker at the start of the final over! India are left needing 10 off the last five with two wickets in hand! IND 140/8
Kuldeep b Shepherd 3(9)
West Indies vs India LIVE
After 19 overs,India 140/7 ( Kuldeep Yadav 3 , Arshdeep Singh 9)
FOUR! FOUR! Arshdeep highlights the fact that he can bat too! Flicks a full delivery past short fine in the third delivery and follows it up with a smack in front of cover to collect boundaries off consecutive deliveries! 11 off the over, and India need 10 off the last six balls with three wickets in hand!
West Indies vs India LIVE
OUT! McCoy gets rid of Axar, and that could be it as far as India’s hopes in this game are concerned! Slower ball from McCoy that Axar doesn’t quite pick, resulting in a mishit, with Hetmyer settling under the ball near midwicket and collecting his third catch of the evening. IND 129/7; need 21 off 11
Axar c Hetmyer b Axar 13(11)
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After 18 overs,India 129/6 ( Axar Patel 13 , Kuldeep Yadav 2)
SIX! Just what the Indians needed to stay alive in the hunt! Full and outside off, Axar stretches his arms and smashes this straight down the ground to collect his first boundary and keep the required rate in check. 11 off Holder’s final over as he signs off with figures of 2/29 from four. India need 21 off 12 with four wickets in hand.
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After 17 overs,India 118/6 ( Axar Patel 3 , Kuldeep Yadav 1)
Excellent final over from Alzarri Joseph, who concedes just four off his final over after going for 35 in his first three, as India’s required rate goes past the 10. India will be pinning their hopes on Axar to get them through to victory in the end. India need 32 off 18.
West Indies vs India LIVE
After 16 overs,India 113/6 ( Axar Patel 0 , Kuldeep Yadav 0)
OUT! Sanju Samson perishes just two deliveries after Pandya’s dismissal, falling well short of the striker’s end thanks to an excellent direct hit by Kyle Mayers as India lose two batters in a space of three deliveries! What’s more, Holder ends up bowling out a double-wicket maiden as new batter Kuldeep Yadav decides to block his way through the over. India need 37 off 24 with four wickets in hand.
Samson run out (Mayers) 12(12)
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BOWLED! Holder brings out the typical Calypso dance after bagging the crucial wicket of Pandya, deceiving him with an off-cutter that beats his inside edge and gets a deflection off the pad before dislodging the bails! End of what was turning out to be a dangerous fifth-wicket partnership! IND 113/5
Pandya b Holder 19(19)
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After 15 overs,India 113/4 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 19 , Sanju Samson 12)
SIX! Smoked down the ground by Sanju Samson off Obed McCoy, shuffling to his right to get to the pitch of the delivery and comfortably clearing the long on fence! Big over for the Indians with 15 coming off it. India need another 37 to win off 30 balls.
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 14 overs,India 99/4 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 18 , Sanju Samson 4)
Akeal Hosein signs off with excellent figures of 1/17 from four, conceding six in his final over including a boundary to Pandya. The India skipper collects a third boundary in as many overs after getting a thick outside edge, with the ball flying past a leaping backward point fielder and running away to the fence.
India need 52 off the last 36 deliveries with six wickets in hand.
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 12 overs,India 83/4 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 8 , Sanju Samson 1)
FOUR! Hardik Pandya ends the over with a boundary with an authoritative drive over the extra cover region after Alzarri Joseph returns to the attack in the 13th over. His partnership with Sanju Samson, the new batter after Tilak Varma’s dismissal, will be crucial if Team India are to begin the T20I series on a winning note. India need 67 off 48 with six wickets in hand.
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
OUT! Shepherd’s short-ball plan to Varma works in the end as the latter ends up getting caught at fine leg for his dream debut to be cut short. After collecting a four and a brace off the previous two deliveries, TV looks to keep the party going and end the over with a maximum, but ends up getting a thick top-edge instead of middling it. SKY and Varma depart in successive overs, and India suddenly are reduced to 77/4, needing another 73 to win off 54 with six wickets in hand.
Varma c Hetmyer b Shepherd 39(22)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 10 overs,India 70/3 ( Tilak Varma 33 , Hardik Pandya (C) 2)
Three singles collected off the last three deliveries of the 10th over, with skipper Hardik Pandya getting off the mark, as India reach 70/3 at the halfway mark of the chase — one more than what the West Indians had managed at the same stage.
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
OUT! Superb catch by Shimron Hetmyer at cover as Jason Holder breaks the solid third-wicket partnership by dismissing Suryakumar Yadav! SKY goes for a drive, but fails to keep it along the ground. Holder’s pumped with the dismissal and why shouldn’t he be — he only just dismissed one of the world’s best T20 batters at present. Drinks called on the field after this dismissal as skipper Hardik Pandya joins Tilak Varma at the centre. IND 67/3
Surya c Hetmyer b Holder 21(21)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 8 overs,India 63/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 20 , Tilak Varma 29)
SIX! Varma decides to go inside out off Romario Shepherd’s bowling, going inside out and clearing the wide long off fence in the process! FOUR! Varma gets a thick outside edge the very next delivery, and the ball races away to the third man fence. 13 off Romario Shepherd’s first over of the day.
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 6 overs,India 46/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 17 , Tilak Varma 16)
SIX! SIX! Welcome to international cricket Mr Varma! Smacks the ball over the leg-side fence in consecutive deliveries from Alzarri Joseph to open his account in international cricket. While the first one’s a heave over midwicket off a fuller delivery, Varma pulls a slightly short ball in the following delivery. To add to Joseph’s woes, what should’ve been a dot off the last ball of the powerplay ends up going for four overthrows as a wild throw from point goes through the vacant midwicket region. India 45/2 at the end of the powerplay, nine short of the West Indians managed at the same stage though they had lost as many wickets.
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
OUT! India end up losing both openers within the powerplay as Kishan perishes for 6 while attempting to smash the ball down the ground. Hardly gets any timing after skipping down the track and ends up holing out to Windies skipper Powell at mid on off McCoy’s bowling. IND 28/2 after 5 overs
Kishan c Powell b McCoy 6(9)
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 4 overs,India 22/1 ( Ishan Kishan (W) 2 , Suryakumar Yadav 15)
Alzarri Joseph replaces McCoy in the fourth over. FOUR! SKY drives a full delivery from Joseph straight down the ground after the seamer starts off with back-to-back wides, effectively collecting two fours in three deliveries. SIX! SKY collects the first maximum of the innings with an inside-out loft over the covers, hitting with the wind to ensure it sails over the fence. Big over for the Indians with 12 coming off it.
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 3 overs,India 12/1 ( Ishan Kishan (W) 2 , Suryakumar Yadav 5)
FOUR! Suryakumar Yadav, India’s designated vice-captain in this format, gets off the mark with a boundary! Flicks a full delivery from Hosein through the midwicket region. Collects a single off the following delivery to keep the strike. Five runs and a wicket from Hosein’s second over.
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OUT! Shubman Gill perishes while attempting to go for an inside out loft over the covers, missing the ball completely and getting stumped in the process as Akeal Hosein gets the early breakthrough! IND 5/1
Gill st Pooran b Hosein 3(9)
India vs West Indies LIVE
After 2 overs,India 5/0 ( Ishan Kishan (W) 2 , Shubman Gill 3)
Another left-arm bowler from the other end, albeit a quicker one, as Obed McCoy bowls the second over and starts off by conceding just two — with Kishan and Gill collecting a single each.
India vs West Indies LIVE
After 1 over,India 3/0 ( Ishan Kishan (W) 1 , Shubman Gill 2)
Ishan Kishan nearly perishes in the very first delivery of the innings, getting a top-edge off a short-arm jab that results in the ball falling just short of the man at deep backward square leg. Shubman Gill gets off the mark later in the over with a brace.
India vs West Indies LIVE
Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill, the in-form Indian opening pair, make their way to the centre at the start of the 150-run chase. Kishan had scored a fifty in each of the three one-dayers, and will hope to keep the party going. West Indies to start off with spin with Akeal Hosein bowling the first over.
India vs West Indies LIVE
After 20 overs,West Indies 149/6 ( Romario Shepherd 4 , Jason Holder 6)
Mukesh Kumar bowls out a tidy final over, not giving away a single boundary and giving away 15 off his last two. Arshdeep, on the other hand, grabs two wickets including the crucial one of Rovman Powell, but is also expensive and wayward.
West Indies set India 150 to win in the first T20I!
India vs West Indies LIVE
OUT! Double-wicket over for Arshdeep, who redeems himself after bowling three consecutive wides earlier in the over! It’s a slower delivery that’s banged in short and outside off, and Powell decides to have a go at it. Gets the height, but not the distance as Surya grabs a sitter in front of the boundary rope. WI 138/6
Powell c Surya b Arshdeep 48(32)
India vs West Indies LIVE
OUT! Arshdeep strikes at the start of the penultimate over as Hetmyer perishes for 10 after getting caught by the sweeper cover. Excellent catch by Axar, who had to cover a fair bit of distance running to his left. WI 134/5
Hetmyer c Axar b Arshdeep 10(12)
West Indies vs India LIVE
After 18 overs,West Indies 134/4 ( Rovman Powell (C) 48 , Shimron Hetmyer 10)
Tidy over from Mukesh as he concedes a single off each of the six deliveries at a time when Powell and Hetmyer are in the mood to smash each ball out of the park. Hetmyer is nearly run out in the final delivery after a mix-up with Powell. Expect these two to target Arshdeep in the next over.
West Indies vs India LIVE
After 17 overs,West Indies 128/4 ( Rovman Powell (C) 45 , Shimron Hetmyer 7)
FOUR! SIX! Expensive start for Arshdeep at the start of a new spell as Powell enters the 40s with a four and a six off consecutive deliveries. Powell decides to go for a late cut off a slower delivery, guiding the ball behind point, and follows it up with a heave over the midwicket fence. Single off each of the next three deliveries.
West Indies vs India LIVE
SIX! Powell makes things worse for Chahal after the latter dropped him in the previous over, by smashing the ball down the ground for a maximum — his second in as many overs. West Indies are 35 short of the 150 mark with four overs left in the innings. WI 115/4 after 16
West Indies vs India LIVE
After 15 overs,West Indies 107/4 ( Rovman Powell (C) 26 , Shimron Hetmyer 5)
Big over for the West Indies despite Pandya removing Pooran off the first delivery. New batter Shimron Hetmyer gets off the mark right away with a boundary, driving the ball through the covers, while Powell ends the over with a powerful slog that comfortably clears the midwicket fence. What makes matters worse for the Men in Blue is the fact that Chahal ends up dropping a sitter at extra cover to hand Powell a lifeline on 20.
West Indies vs India LIVE
OUT! Nicholas Pooran misses out on a half-century, hitting against the wind while going for a pull and offering deep midwicket a simple catch as a result, as India skipper Hardik Pandya — replacing Yuzvendra Chahal — snares the prized wicket! WI 97/4
Pooran c Varma b Pandya 41(34)
West Indies vs India LIVE
After 14 overs,West Indies 96/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 41 , Rovman Powell (C) 20)
Yuzi Chahal returns to the attack in the 13th over, conceding five singles that is a welcome change from getting smashed for a four and a six towards the end of his first over. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Yadav bowls out his quota, signing off with figures of 1/20 after conceding four off his final over.
West Indies vs India LIVE
After 12 overs,West Indies 87/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 36 , Rovman Powell (C) 17)
FOUR! Powell dances down the track and decides to drive Kuldeep through the covers to collect his second boundary in as many overs. Seven off the over, with three singles coming off it. Powell’s decided he’s had enough of his cautious approach, and will be hoping to take some pressure off Pooran at the other end.
West Indies vs India LIVE
FOUR! Short and wide from India skipper Pandya and his West Indian counterpart Powell slashes the ball hard behind point to collect his first boundary of the day. WI 75/3
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 10 overs,West Indies 69/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 33 , Rovman Powell (C) 3)
Another good over from Pandya as the India T20I skipper concedes just two singles, further building pressure on the home team with Pooran too slowing down his tempo after going slam-bang against Chahal and Axar earlier. He grabs consecutive doubles off Kuldeep’s bowling in the following over, moving into the 30s in the process. Single off each of the last two balls as Windies reach 69/3 at the halfway mark, and drinks are brought out to the field.
India vs West Indies LIVE Score
After 8 overs,West Indies 61/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 27 , Rovman Powell (C) 1)
Hardik Pandya introduces himself and Kuldeep Yadav after the powerplay, replacing Chahal and Axar. While he starts off on a tidy note, conceding three singles, the latter removes No 3 batter Johnson Charles for 3 as Tilak Varma grabs a blinder running to his left from deep midwicket. Seven runs and a wicket from the last two overs as Windies’ run rate falls below eight-an-over.
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