India beat West Indies by 4 wickets in the 1st T20 at Florida.
After the unexpected defeat in the semi-final of World Cup 2019, India played 1st International match.
India beat West Indies by 4 wickets in a low scoring match at Florida.
Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bowl first. Virat gave the bowl to spinner Washington Sundar to bowl the first over the match. Washington took the wicket of John Campbell in the 2nd over of the match. In the 2nd over, Bhuvneshwar took the 2nd wicket of West Indies.
West Indies did not start well and lost 5 wickets on 33 runs. Except, Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran there is no one in the West Indies team who scored runs in two figures. Kieron Pollard scored highest 49 runs for West Indies. India bowled really well.
In this match, India played with 6 bowlers. All bowlers bowled really well. Debutant Navdeep Saini took 3 wickets in his 4 overs with the economy of 4.25.
After the brilliant performance by the Indian bowlers, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma start the chase of 96 runs in 20 overs. Dhawan lost his wicket in the last ball of the 2nd over. Rohit Sharma builds a partnership of 28 runs with Kohli but got out on 24 runs. Rishabh Pant came at no.4 but got a golden duck.
After Pant’s wicket, Manish Pandey builds a partnership of 32 runs with Virat Kohli. After 11th over, both Virat and Manish Pandey lost their wicket. In the end, Washington hit a six over long-on and won the match for India by 4 wickets.
The pitch used for this match is very slow. It was very difficult for the batsman to get the perfect timing to hit the ball, on this pitch. West Indies lost the match but gave a tough fight to India. Sunil Narine took two wickets for Windies with an economy of 3.50.
Player of the match: Navdeep Saini
Navdeep Saini is the player of the match, who bowled 4 overs in this match took three wickets with the economy of 4.25. Navdeep Saini’s fiery spell stopped West Indies on 95 runs in 20 overs. Navdeep Saini became the 6th Indian bowler in T20 cricket who won the Man of the match in debut match.
