Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

R Powell
R Powell
48(32) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %69%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 13 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 2 0 14 8 0 10 14
N Pooran
N Pooran
41(34) 2x4 - 2x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog sweep
  • 14 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 0 2 7 19 9 4 0

Best performances - Bowlers

JO Holder
JO Holder
O4
M1
R19
W2
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
YS Chahal
YS Chahal
O3
M0
R24
W2
Eco8.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

West Indies , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

West Indies led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.30 start, First Session 10.30-12.00, Interval 12.00-12.20, Second Session 12.20-13.50

Match days

3 August 2023 (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | IND: 145/9 (5 runs required, RR: 7.25)

  • Mukesh Kumar1 (1b)
  • Yuzvendra Chahal1 (1b)
  • Romario Shepherd4-0-33-2
  • Obed McCoy4-0-28-2

A thriller to start the series. The game pretty much went up and down during India's innings, before settling in West Indies' hands off the last ball. Deiva Muthu's report is up, where he describes how Holder and co did what they did, as we bid you goodbye from Tarouba. Join us for the second T20I on Sunday. Until then, take care!

Rovman Powell, the winning captain: "It's a very good feeling. We talked about starting the series on a positive note, and we did that today... After watching the Indians bowl, I was thinking if we were a spinner short. But the fast bowlers bowled into the wicket. It was difficult to bat, it was always going to be a good powerplay and a slowdown in the middle. This series will be decided how the West Indian batters play spin in the middle overs... it makes the left-hand batters very important. All the overs that Holder bowled were fantastic. At the interval, he told us to [take] pace off."

Hardik Pandya speaks now: "We were right in the chase. We made some errors which cost us, but it is fine. A young team will make mistakes. Throughout the game, we were in control. I have always believed that in T20 cricket, if you lose wickets, it becomes difficult to chase down a total. When we lost a couple of wickets [in a row]... it cost us. The bowling combination [of three spinners] was down to the conditions. We wanted Yuzi and Kuldeep to play together, and Axar brings batting. For Mukesh to have these two weeks and make his debut was fantastic. Very pleasing to see the way Tilak started his innings."

Jason Holder is the Player of the Match for his 2 for 19: "The amount of cricket I have been playing for the last three years is a lot. So the break [from ODIs] was well needed... We made them work hard for their runs. I guess the double-wicket maiden was a turning point. The conditions dictated our total. Pleased with the guys. With the quality side that India is, you always think they will chase that... We always wanted early wickets, and put the pressure back on them."

Time for the presentations

Chandan: "So 4 wides from Arshdeep in 19th over remains the difference between the two sides"

Ibrahim: "From nowhere, WI have stunned India. Incredible"

Ashish: "Arshdeep should be given full marks for trying that second."

2.21pm So West Indies win on what was a slow pitch, and go 1-0 up in the five-match series. They started well with the bat, then slowed down to finish on what seemed like a below-par total. But then they began nicely with the ball, before the debutant Tilak hit back with an attacking innings. And once he was gone, it was only a dream that was left when Arshdeep got two late boundaries. Holder bowled four overs for 2 for 19, including a double-wicket maiden. Hang around for the presentations.

19.6
1
Shepherd to Mukesh Kumar, 1 run, makes room, and the bowler follows. It is a yorker outside leg, which is dug out to long-on. West Indies win by four runs

Debutant Mukesh has to hit a six for a win

19.5
W
Shepherd to Arshdeep Singh, 1 run, OUT, gets across, and he flicks a yorker length ball angling into off, to deep midwicket. It becomes a low full, as he swings across the line. And for what it's worth, Arshdeep attempts a second. But he gives it up less than one-fifth on his way back, and is run out, as the throw from Powell is clean, and close to the stumps at the striker's end

Arshdeep Singh run out 12 (11m 7b 2x4 0x6) SR: 171.42

19.4
0
Shepherd to Arshdeep Singh, no run, now fires a yorker, which is wide of off. Arshdeep doesn't manage a bat, and it's a dot

7 off 3

19.3
2
Shepherd to Arshdeep Singh, 2 runs, bowls a yorker just outside off from wide of the crease, but Arshdeep drags it to deep backward point for two

Back around to the left-hander

Kunal: "Super Over, dare I say?"

19.2
1
Shepherd to Chahal, 1 run, just tucks at this length ball on fifth stump, as the ball drops back on the pitch. They still pinch a single

Chahal will take strike. Shepherd from over the wicket.

19.1
W
Shepherd to Kuldeep Yadav, OUT, cleans him up with a yorker! Kuldeep trying to be adventurous, and is hit bang on the base of the middle stump. Shepherd's angle meant the ball was coming into the left-hander, as Kuldeep skipped down the pitch, But the yorker was nailed, as it pitched on middle and Kuldeep missed his slash. The length was too full - and the ball too good - for that shot

Kuldeep Yadav b Shepherd 3 (21m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

Shepherd will bowl the last over, but not before a discussion with Powell and Holder. Around the wicket.

Okay, India need 10. West Indies are allowed only four on the boundary. Beware of outside and inside edges here.

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5Ishan KishanShubman Gill
2nd23SA YadavIshan Kishan
3rd39SA YadavNT Tilak Varma
4th10HH PandyaNT Tilak Varma
5th36SV SamsonHH Pandya
6th0SV SamsonAR Patel
7th16AR PatelKuldeep Yadav
8th11Kuldeep YadavArshdeep Singh
9th4YS ChahalArshdeep Singh
10th1YS ChahalMukesh Kumar