Batting first, K L Rahul, Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli hit explosive half centuries to power India cricket team to a mammoth 240 for 3
Given the way West Indian batsmen scored in the 2nd T20, Virat Kohli and company will need to up their game in all departments to be a match to this young Caribbean side
The three-match series is locked 1-1 after two-time world champions West Indies turned on the style in the second T20 International in Thiruvananthapuram following a Virat Kohli special in Hyderabad
Batting first, India scored 170 for 7 with Shivam Dube hitting 54 off 30 balls and Rishabh Pant contributing an unbeaten 33 off 22
West Indies cricket team will get a huge boast with the return of Nicolas Pooran, who was banned for four matches and may replace Lendl Simmons in the middle order
In the last 13 months, India have played the West Indies in six T20 Internationals with the hosts coming up trumps every single time
Put into bat, the West Indies scored 207 for 5 but India rode on superb innings from Virat Kohli (94 not out) and KL Rahul (62) to overhaul the target
While the Indian batting line-up will get a major fillip with Kohli's return to the T20 side, West Indies batsmen will look up to the experience of Pollard as they face Indian bowlers
Referring to India's problem of plenty in pace bowling, Kohli said, as a captain, he couldn't have been happier.
West Indies skipper Jason Holder has moved to the number three spot with the career-best 830 points.
In the post-lunch session, Kohli brought back Shami for a short spell before the break to try and get rid of Mushfiqur Rahim as the batsman was looking good for a half century.
India currently boast of a lethal pace attack in Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Deepak Chahar and Navdeep Saini.
Taking note that the pacer was away on 'national duty', the Magistrate had kept in abeyance execution of the warrant till 15 days
It was one of the most satisfying tours for skipper Virat Kohli as his team had clean sweep in two formats
The West Indies were 45 for two at stumps and with their batsmen showing very little application in the series, the hosts are unlikely to get anywhere close to the massive target
After the 2015 edition, where Shami was the second-highest wicket-taker with 17 scalps, the fast bowler subsequently suffered from weight gain and did not play one-day cricket for two years
Earlier, the Indian record was held by left-arm medium pacer Irfan Pathan, who had picked his 100th wicket from 59 games
Shami will leave tonight to join his franchise DD in Bengaluru where they play a match against the Virat Kohli-led side on April 21
Shami has expressed his inability to be present at that time and has asked his lawyers to inform the authorities
Earlier, Jahan had alleged that Shami abused her physically and mentally and that he was also involved in several extra-marital affairs