New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to Twitter on Sunday to share pics from an official reception hosted for Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team by the Indian High Commissioner to St. Kitts on Saturday (July 30) evening ahead of India vs West Indies 2nd T20 International. The entire Indian squad including the support staff and head coach Rahul Dravid attended the event. India's all-format skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid were felicitated with special memorabilia by Dr. K J Srinvasa during the event.
The second and third T20I between India and West Indies will be played at St Kitts' Werner Park on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. The last two T20Is will be played in the United States of America (USA).
"Snapshots from an official reception of #TeamIndia hosted by the High Commissioner, @drkjsriniin St. Kitts," BCCI captioned the post while sharing pictures from the event.
India started their T20 campaign against West Indies with a scintillating win in the series opener. After a remarkable 3-0 clean sweep over Windies, India kicked off the five-match T20 International series with a win. The first match of the five-match T20 series between India and West Indies was played on Friday night, in which India defeated West Indies by 68 runs to take 1-0 lead.
The hero of India's win in Ind vs WI 1st T20I was senior wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik. The star batter faced 19 balls and played an unbeaten inning of 41 runs with help of 2 sixes and 4 fours with a jaw-dropping strike rate was 215.79. Karthik's innings helped team India post 190 while batting first, which proved enough against West Indies.