India displayed their rejuvenated stamp of aggressive T20I cricket on Friday to hammer an insipid West Indies by 68 runs in the key T20I at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad and rob a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. Chasing 191, West Indies managed lawful 122 runs in 20 overs as their hopeless batting performance was once on tell.
West Indies vs India, 1st T20I: Highlights
Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin (2/22 in 4 overs), Ravindra Jadeja (1/26 in 4 overs) and Ravi Bishnoi (2/26 in 4 overs) received wickets at in trend intervals to restrict the hosts at 122 for eight in 20 overs.
Arshdeep Singh (2/24 in 4 overs) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/11 in 2 overs), despite some initial pasting, received their fragment of breakthroughs. Hence, a below-par tell by top-define, build Rohit, did not possess telling consequences on India.
Skipper Rohit Sharma roared help to invent whereas Dinesh Karthik provided the closing flourish as India posted a aggressive 190 for six in opposition to the West Indies. Rohit provided glimpses of his classic self with some breathtaking footage en route to a 64 off 44 balls.
Karthik made sure that India performed off with a acquire total with a blazing, unbeaten 19-ball 41 cameo, as West Indies bowlers leaked 52 runs in the last four overs. On a note the build there was once boring spongy jump, many of the tip-define batters had been pushed aside taking part in miserable footage, even because the skipper carried on at the other stop for his 27th half-century on this layout.
ROHIT SHARMA SHINES
Right by means of that 64-bolt knock, Rohit Sharma went past Martin Guptill (3399 runs) because the glorious bolt-getter (3443 runs) in T20Is. His innings had seven fours and two sixes — a lofted shot dancing down the note off Jason Holder and a rapid-arm pull off Alazarri Joseph.
Suryakumar Yadav showed intent in the end of his 16-ball 24 after his elevation to the tip of the define. But left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein pushed aside Surya because the kind-shift received a thick delivery air edge to rapid third man. Shreyas Iyer (0), Pant (14 off 12 balls) and Hardik Pandya (1) did not safe too many at the o