Latest Match Report – West Indies vs India 1st T20I 2023
West Indies 149 for six (Powell 48, Pooran 41, Chahal 2-24, Arshdeep 2-31) beat India 145 for 9 (Tilak 39, Holder 2-19, McCoy 2-28) by 4 runs
A T20 staff constructed with the long run in thoughts was unable to cope with the challenges of the current as West Indies made India scratch, wrestle and at last submit.
It was a hard-earned victory too. West Indies repelled a three-man spin assault on a sluggish Tarouba pitch to place up 149, their captain, Rovman Powell, who was discarded within the previous one-day collection, top-scoring with 48. That complete proved 4 greater than sufficient because the expertise of Jason Holder, the guile of Akeal Hosein and the gumption of Romario Shepherd mixed to buck a current pattern. West Indies have not had lots of success in opposition to India in T20Is during the last 5 years. So this one may have tasted additional candy.
The sport was within the steadiness when Hardik Pandya was bowled within the chase with India needing 37 off 29 balls. It was nonetheless within the steadiness when India wanted ten off the ultimate over with three wickets in hand. Shepherd tipped it West Indies’ method, exhibiting everybody that they are often aggressive even when their seniors can be found.
Hosein, who was again from the Main League Cricket match within the USA, had set the tone for West Indies by taking out Shubman Gill within the powerplay. The left-arm fingerspinner then returned to complete with excellent figures of 4-0-17-1, together with 14 dots. Holder, Obed McCoy and Shepherd all took tempo off the ball to make life troublesome for India’s batters.On such a pitch, Suryakumar Yadav may rating simply one among his 21 runs behind sq.. Each debutant Tilak Varma, who had top-scored for India with 39 off 22 balls, and captain Hardik had been completed in by offcutters. There could be no method again for India, regardless of a late cameo from Arshdeep Singh.
King and Pooran tee off
Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran, recent off 100 within the MLC last, had been liable for 51 off the 54 runs West Indies had scored within the powerplay. With the pitch anticipated to decelerate as the sport progressed, King went more durable in opposition to the brand new ball, pumping debutant Mukesh Kumar for back-to-back fours in his first over. King additionally lofted Axar Patel for a six earlier than Yuzvendra Chahal trapped him in his first over.
Pooran took over from King and laid into India’s spinners along with his number of sweeps. Regardless of Pooran’s presence within the center, Hardik gave the final over of the powerplay to Axar, who ended up leaking 14.
India pull WI again
Axar did not bowl an over after that, however Kuldeep Yadav, Chahal and the seamers used the pitch to their benefit to use the brakes on West Indies’ innings.
Kuldeep and Chahal cut up three wickets between them on their reunion, but it surely was Hardik who claimed the prized scalp of Pooran for 41 off 34 balls.
Powell led a charmed life – he was dropped twice – however managed to restore West Indies’ innings with 48 off 32 balls. Despite the fact that he did not at all times decide the wristspinners out of the hand, he confirmed braveness by consistently charging them, and as soon as he received to the pitch of the ball, the path of the flip did not matter.
Mukesh and Arshdeep then bossed the loss of life overs with their yorkers and hard-to-hit full tosses. India did not concede a single boundary within the final three overs of the innings.
Tilak’s arrival
India then had a skittish begin, shedding each Gill and Ishan Kishan within the powerplay. Hosein made the brand new ball dip and switch to have Gill stumped for 3 off 9 balls. Kishan additionally tried to fabricate a shot by advancing at McCoy, however he ended up mis-hitting it to mid-on.
Within the subsequent over, nevertheless, Tilak introduced his arrival into worldwide cricket with back-to-back sixes off 140-plus kph rockets from Alzarri Joseph. Then when Shepherd went full, Tilak drilled him over extra-cover for six extra. Shepherd, although, struck again to hoodwink Tilak with a cutter. Tilak was the one correct batter from both staff to have struck at over 150 on this pitch. The outcome might not have gone India’s method however defeat is usually a good instructor and this staff has lots of room to develop.
WI full the job
The fielding had value West Indies a spot within the upcoming ODI World Cup, however on Thursday, it was significantly sharp, greatest exemplified by Shimron Hetmyer’s diving catch at extra-cover to dismiss Suryakumar. Kyle Mayers then produced a direct hit on the loss of life to run Sanju Samson out for a run-a-ball 12.
All of the seamers stored hitting the pitch with fast quick balls or slower cutters. Holder even bowled a double wicket-maiden within the sixteenth over. West Indies’ sluggish over-rate meant they needed to take care of having solely 4 fielders on the boundary for the final two overs of their defence, however McCoy and Shepherd coolly completed it off for them.
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
