Earlier Rohit led India to 3-0 series wins over New Zealand in T20Is and West Indies in ODIs to begin his full-time captaincy career for India
Asked about the big hits coming from Rovman Powell's bat in his unbeaten knock of 68, Kumar jokingly remarked, 'He (Powell) was hitting it pretty hard, probably 200kmph!'
Pooran, who slammed a fifty in the first match, hit boundaries off Chahal and Patel and was fortunate in surviving a run-out attempt from Kohli
Kumar and Deepak Chahar kept the openers Brandon King and Kyle Mayers in check till the former drove down the ground
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel produced superb bowling in slog overs as India survived some anxious moments before walking out with an eight-run won over West Indies
The match got tensed after a brilliant 115 run stand between Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell, with both players hitting fifties & bringing the target down to just 37 runs from the last three overs
IND vs WI 2nd T20I: The Indian team won't be too much inclined to change the winning combination while West Indies might bring in Jason Holder
Ind vs WI 2nd T20I 2022, will be telecasted on Star Sports. It will also be live-streamed at Disney Plus Hotstar on its Android and ios Applications for Smartphone users and at Hotstar.com/in as well
A loss in this would mean that the series is sealed and the West Indies who lost the ODI series 3-0 earlier in this tour of India, would have to walk back home with just the disappointment.
Ravi Bishnoi's two-wicket haul was backed up by quality knocks by Rohit Sharma (40) and Suryakumar Yadav (34*)
Surkyakumar Yadav played the finisher's role to perfection after skipper Rohit Sharma blazed away at the top as India secured a clinical six-wicket win over the West Indies in first T20 International
IND vs WI 1st T20I Highlights: Ravi Bishnoi, the debutant for India, who took two wickets and gave away just 17 runs in his four overs was adjudged Player of the Match
The BCCI has decided to allow 20,000 spectators, mostly ticket holding members of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) to watch the third and final T20I between India and West Indies on October 20
IND vs WI 1st T20I match would begin at 07:30 pm IST and can be watched Live and Exclusive on Star Sports Network on TV and Disney Plus Hotstar on its Andriod and ios Application and Hotstar.com/in
IND vs WI 1st T20I Playing 11: India would most likely play Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer while West Indies would bank on Odean Smith Romario Shepherd
IND vs WI 1st T20I Preview: Kieron Pollard who suffered a niggle and missed out on the last two ODIs against the India cricket team would be back leading
India captain Rohit Sharma said that his side got it wanted out of the three-match ODI series against the West Indies.
India were all out for the first time in the series as Jason Holder finished with figures of 4-34 in his 8 over spell. Hayden Walsh Jr and Alzarri Joseph picked two wickets each as well
Rohit Sharma's tenure as India ODI captain began with a 3-0 demolition of the West Indies after the impressive hosts put up an all-round performance to win the third game by 96 runs here on Friday. Shreyas Iyer's responsible 80 coupled with Rishabh Pant's aggressive 56 powered India to a challenging 265 in the inconsequential fixture. The hosts then shot out their opponents for 169 in 37.1 overs as the visitors continued their dismal batting show. With one eye on the 2023 ODI World Cup, the Indian team management gained plenty positives from their experiments in the third-match series including the emergence of pacer Prasidh Krishna as the strike bowler. He ended with nine wickets in the series. Deepak Hooda, who did not play the third ODI, showed promise as a middle-order batter while Suryakumar Yadav showed that he could curb his natural aggressive intent if such a situation arises. The wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, who made a return as a pairing, did not bo
Catch the playing 11 and key players to watch out for India and West Indies for the 3rd ODI between the two sides