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IND vs WI Playing XI:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (C), Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini and K Khaleel Ahmed.
West Indies: John Campbell, Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite (C), Sunil Narine, Keemo Paul, Sheldon Cottrell and Oshane Thomas.
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Debutantis adjudged Man of the Match for his figures of 4-1-17-3.
(India Captain):Bowling and fielding right up there, the pitch wasn't great. With the rain around, you couldn't do much, I guess. They did well to start the game on time. Bowlers were on top throughout, variations were superb. Navdeep is from Delhi, he's come a long way. Plays the IPL as well, had a great season. Raw talent, hardly any bowlers who can bowl 150 clicks, hopefully he builds on from here. We would've liked to chase it four down, but we wanted to take risks and take the scoreboard moving. As the ball got older, strike rotation became key. It's just about putting in solid performance, ensure the guys who play contribute in some way or the other.
(West Indies Captain):Once again don't think we assessed conditions, kudos to Kieron coming back into the team. He showed his experience. Had we made 130, it would've been a different game. We batted ourselves out of the game. We have to play positively. The message will continue to be to keep intent, but we need to have better shot selection and awareness. Sunil's four overs very important, he showed his experience, brought us back into the game. Great bowling effort.
It is always good to be back in maroon. Hopefully, I can continue with the performances and keep playing for West Indies. Fitness is near, my finger is not 100% but I am trying to stay as long as I can on the park. In the series, we will see how it goes. We have to start the powerplay well whether we bat first or bowl first and take on from there. We have to go out there and start winning cricket games before the World Cup. Once we play good cricket and hard cricket, the result will take care of itself. No new thing at the moment, I am enjoying my cricket. Hopefully, you will see more runs and more wickets in the future.
Paul starts with a low full toss which Sundar defends towards point. Sundar ends things in style as he gets on the back foot and launches the next ball over long-on for SIX. India win comfortably with 4 wickets and 16 balls to spare.
Sundar finishes with a flourish as he thumps the ball over long-on for the winning runs.
Washington Sundar walks out to bat as Carlos Brathwaite returns to the attack. The batsmen take singles off the first 3 balls comfortably. Brathwaite sends down a yorker which Sundar defends. Sundar gets a thick outside edge to third man for a single. Brathwaite ends with a dot. 4 runs off the over. India just 4 runs away from victory.
Keemo Paul returns to the attack. Both batsmen take singles off the first two balls. Paul bangs the 3rd ball short and Jadeja just pulls it to mid-off. Jadeja steers the 4th delivery to third man for a single. Krunal looks to pull the 5th ball but it just rolls off the gloves. BOWLED! Krunal looks to play on the front foot but completely misses the ball as Paul hits the middle-stump. Just 4 runs and a wicket from the over. India now need 8 runs from 24 balls to win.
Brilliant delivery from Paul as he opens Krunal up and hits the top of the middle stump.
Oshane Thomas returns for his final over. Krunal slices the 1st ball to third man for a single. Jadeja punches the next ball to sweeper cover and a misfield coupled with an overthrow from Lewis helps them take 3 runs. Krunal then stands in his crease and pulls the next delivery powerfully for 3 runs. Brathwaite does brilliantly just pulling the ball back in at the last moment on the boundary line. Jadeja tucks the 4th ball to backward square leg for a single. Krunal is hitting the ball beautifully as he pulls the 5th delivery for FOUR. He looks to drives the last ball through cover but only gets an inside edge and scurries to push the ball away from the stumps. 12 from the over. Just 11 runs required off 30 balls.
Thomas bangs the ball short and Krunal just pulls it over deep midwicket for four.
Sheldon Cottrell returns for his final over. Brathwaite looking to get something out of this game. Krunal doesn’t manage to find the gap on the first 3 balls. Cottrell sends down a yorker on the 4th delivery and Krunal squeezes it out for a single. CAUGHT! The Cottrell Salute is out once again as Kohli is outdone by the slower short ball. Kohli goes for the pull but miscues it high to mid-on. Ravindra Jadeja walks out to bat. The next two balls are down leg. Cottrell final ends the over as Jadeja steers the last ball to third man for 2 runs. 5 runs and a wicket off the over. India need 23 from 36 balls to win.
India 73/5 after 14 overs.
