India vs West Indies T20: The Indian cricket team started their T20 campaign against West Indies with a scintillating win. After a remarkable 3-0 clean sweep over Windies, India kicked off the five-match T20 International series with a win in the series opener. 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 a positive 1-0 lead.
The hero of India's win in Ind vs WI 1st T20I was senior wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik. The star batter, known for his finishing abilities, 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.
Karthik, who has been part of the Indian cricket team for over 15 years, has once again presented a strong claim for the T20 World Cup 2022 to be held later this year in Australia. After the 1st T20I against West Indies, Karthik, during an interaction with R Ashwin, said his ultimate goal is to do well in the World Cup.
“I think it’s a very very different team. I must admit that I am really enjoying myself in this setup. The kind of calmness that seems to be around, a lot of credit should go to the coach and captain. These are all small tick-boxes that we need to have at this stage of the game. But obviously, the ultimate goal is to do well in the World Cup,” Karthik told Ravichandran Ashwin for BCCI website.
"I think both [mental and game] Ash. When you bat in the middle order, especially at the back end of the game, you need to be very quick on your feet in terms of assessing conditions, assessing the ball, what are the kind of shots you can play
"If you see when you came in, Jadeja had just got out, that was a very critical phase of the game, that would have been the difference between a 165 and a 190. We stitched a very clever partnership I thought, running hard in between and then at the back end exploding and making sure that we get those boundaries but till then there was a phase where we had to absorb the pressure , which I though we did well," he added.