India vs West Indies Highlights 1st T20I 2019 Match: India Win by Four Wickets
IND vs WI Highlights of 1st T20I: Catch highlights of India vs West Indies as Men in Blue win the first T20I by four wickets to go one up in the three-match series.
That's it! India win by four wickets. Washington Sundar finishes off it in style with a six. India had to toil hard for this win that one would have thought. Eventually, India go one up in the series.
OUT! BIG blow this to India. Virat Kohli departs. He top edges the ball straight towards the mid-wicket. Sheldon Cottrell picks the wicket. Kohli fails to read the slower ball.Kohli c Pollard b Cottrell 19(29)
OUT! Keemo Paul strikes! India four down now. Manish Pandey is bowled, superb yorker by Paul. Is there some life left in this contest. Manish Pandey b K Paul 19(14)
India inching towards victory now. Meanwhile, Manish Pandey has come out all guns blazing and has hit two boundaries thus far. He is batting on 16 off 11 balls.
Halfway through and India need 44 more runs to win from 60 balls. Meanwhile, Manish Pandey has joined Virat Kohli in the middle. Sunil Narine has just one over left now.
OUT! Another wicket for Sunil Narine. First-ball duck for Rishabh Pant. The left-hander top edges it to deep square leg.Windies fighting back here. Â R Pant c Cottrell b Narine 0(1)
Virat Kohli is the new batsman in for India. Windies will be looking to pick some  quick wickets in order to trouble India. Meanwhile, it appears India will easily chase this total down.
OUT! Sheldon Cottrell strikes! Shikhar Dhawan's comeback innings doesn't last long. Sheldon Cottrell traps him in front of the wickets. Early breakthrough for Windies. Dhawan lbw b Cottrell 1(7)
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are the two Indian openers. They reunite after Dhawan was ruled out of the Cricket World Cup. Meanwhile, Oshane Thomas with the first over, he concedes two runs.
That's is the end of West Indies' innings. What a bowling display by India. Navdeep Saini scalps three wickets on his debut. Bhuvneshwar Kumar chipped in with two wickets while rest of the bowlers picked a wicket each.
OUT! Navdeep Saini strikes. He gets rid of Kieron Pollard in the last over. What a debut he has had, three wickets thus far. Meanwhile, he traps Pollard in front of the wickets. K Pollard lbw b Navdeep Saini 49(49)Â
One over remaining now. Kieron Pollard is batting on 49 and will be on strike for the last over. Can he help West Indies finish big in the last over? Debutant Navdeep Saini will be bowling the last over.
OUT! Bhuvneshwar Kumar picks his second wicket. Keemo Paul is caught by Virat Kohli. Kieron Pollard is losing partners at one end. Windies in danger of being bundled out under hundred runs. K Paul c Kohli b Bhuvneshwar 3(11)
Three overs remaining now. Kieron Pollard holds key for West Indies now. He is batting on 35 off 40 balls. Can Windies go past the 120-run mark from here? Appears difficult.Â
OUT! Now Ravindra Jadeja picks a wicket as well! West Indies seven down now. Sunil Narine goes for the big shot and loses his wicket in the process. S Narine c Khaleel Ahmed b Jadeja 2(4)
OUT! West Indies skipper departs as well. Krunal Pandya picks the prized wicket of Carlos Brathwaite. The Windies skipper is caught and bowled. Brathwaite c and b Krunal Pandya 9(24)
Both India and West Indies will be looking to begin preparations for the T20 World Cup which will take place next year in Australia. And this series is the first step in that direction. Meanwhile, this series will be an opportunity for some new faces in both the teams to cement their place in the side. West Indies vs India Live Cricket Score 1st T20 Match.
India have added uncapped fast-bowler Navdeep Saini and spinner Rahul Chahar in their squad for the T20Is. However, it appears the duo wonât feature in the first game of the series. Opener Shikhar Dhawan is all set to make a come back after the finger injury which ruled him out of the cricket World Cup.
West Indies Squad: Carlos Brathwaite (C), Anthony Bramble, John Campbell, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Oshane Thomas, Jason Mohammed.
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