IND Vs WI 1st T20 Score Highlights: West Indies Beat India By 4 Runs
IND Vs WI 1st T20 Score: Hardik Pandya will lead the Indian side in the five-match T20I series.
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Post clinching the Test and ODI series against the West Indies, the Indian team will be looking to continue the momentum in the five-match T20I series at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on Thursday. Hardik Pandya will be leading the side as senior players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been ruled out from the T20I series.
India’s Mr 360 Suryakumar Yadav will be Pandya’s deputy in the series and young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal will likely to start the proceedings with Shubman Gill. The wicketkeeper’s slot will be filled by either Sanju Samson or Ishan Kishan.
On the back of terrific IPL, Mumbai Indians;’ batter Talker Varma has also even added to the Indian squad and it will be interesting to witness whether he gets to play or not. West Indies on the other hand will see Nicholas Pooran making a comeback under the captaincy of all-rounder Rovman Powell. Pooran smashed a brilliant century for MI New York in the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2023 final. Pooran's inclusion will bolster the Windies' squad and they will be looking to bounce back after losing Test and ODI series against the Men in Blue.
Predicted XI’s:
West Indies Predicted XI: Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell (c), Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Oshane Thomas.
India Predicted XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma/Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya (c), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal/Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.
Squads:
West Indies Squad: Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell(c), Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Oshane Thomas, Brandon King, Odean Smith, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd.
India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan(w), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya(c), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Varma.
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Poor batting show by the Indian batters as they looked clueless against the Windies' bowlers, losing the game by 4 runs. Apart from Tilak Varma, no other batters stood there in the middle and the Men in Blue kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
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The Indian team have lost back-to-back wickets in the middle and WI's bowlers are dominating the game. Samson and Pandya departed in quick intervals and the Men in Blue are in huge trouble.
IND Vs WI 1st T20 Score Live
Seems like West Indies are back in the game as Shepherd picked up the wicket of Tilak Varma and Hetmyer took a catch. It was a short-pitch delivery where Tilak wanted to play the pull shot but then ended up miscuing it.
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Holder cleaned up Suryakumar Yadav and a brilliant catch by Hetmyer did the rest. It was a full delivery and Surya wanted to drive it but could not time it well and paid the price.
IND Vs WI 1st T20 Score Live
Akeal Hosein took the wicket of Shubman Gill. It was a slower delivery from Akeal Hosein that ended up spinning away from the batter. Gill missed out completely and got Stumped.
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