09/07Result
Only T20I, India tour of West Indies at Kingston, Jul 9 2017
West Indies won by 9 wkts (9b rem)
Player of the Match
Evin Lewis
Evin LewisWest Indies
09/07Result
Only T20I, India tour of West Indies at Kingston, Jul 9 2017
West Indies won by 9 wkts (9b rem)
Player of the Match
Evin Lewis
Evin LewisWest Indies

END OF OVER:
20 | 18 Runs | IND: 190/6 | RR: 9.50

  • Ravichandran Ashwin11 (7b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja13 (8b)
  • Kesrick Williams4-0-42-2
  • Jerome Taylor4-0-31-2

12:15 pm India will be happy with 190. They would have been happy with 220 half an hour ago, but they will acknowledge the extra runs off that last over. A nice flashy start from Kohli, followed by a smart 48 from Karthik. Embedded in between was a struggle for young Rishabh Pant, all of 19 years old, who will find the voices have turned from encouraging to hostile in less than an hour. An early taste of a bad day, and pressure for him. 38 awkward runs.
West Indies did fantastically in the back end of that innings. They got their plans in place and they had the fielders in the right places. Brathwaite can be happy with the comeback. However, the highest score chased successfully by West Indies in West Indies is 152 and the highest they have made while batting second is 160. Not an encouraging precedent, but they have momentum. And some players who can casually hit the cricket ball 90 metres at will. Back for the chase shortly with Alagappan.

19.6
4
Williams to Ashwin, FOUR, aaaaand finds the boundary to lift India to 190. 18 runs off the last over. It's a low full toss on off stump, he sets himself up for a slog but he's thumped this back past the bowler to bisect the two fielders in the deep
19.5
2
Williams to Ashwin, 2 runs, back of a length slower ball on off stump, backs away and slaps this to sweeper cover's right...and this really runs away quickly. The fielder gets across after the initial shock
19.4
1
Williams to Jadeja, 1 run, full outside off stump, gets the front leg out of the way and drills it to long-off
19.3
4lb
Williams to Jadeja, 4 leg byes, back of a length, pitches outside leg, strikes his pad outside the line as well. He sways across the line at this. Kesrick's appealing loudly as it trickles to the fine leg boundary
19.2
6
Williams to Jadeja, SIX, anticipates the slower ball and gets it. It's full and wide outside off stump, he gets low, one his back knee, and slog sweeps this, wide of long-on
19.1
1
Williams to Ashwin, 1 run, offcutter, full at off stump, makes room and tries to cream this through the off side. Can only find long-off for the single

Can West Indies continue a splendid slog-overs performance in this last over? Brathwaite has been impressive with his leadership

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs | IND: 172/6 | RR: 9.05

  • Ravichandran Ashwin4 (4b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja6 (5b)
  • Jerome Taylor4-0-31-2
  • Kesrick Williams3-0-28-2

Pant has feedback divided as India trot along.

Pradeep: "When an accomplished player goes out of form, the team is ready to give him months in the team to get back to form even if the team loses games. But a new talented player comes in, he is expected to 'get ready' in local matches? Why not the other 10 players share the burden and win matches while this new talent finds his feet?"
Pradeep: "When an accomplished player goes out of form, the team is ready to give him months in the team to get back to form even if the team loses games. But a new talented player comes in, he is expected to 'get ready' in local matches? Why not the other 10 players share the burden and win matches while this new talent finds his feet?"
veer: "at the expense of the team losing to allow you time to 'get ready"?" Its a 11 player game. Somehow i feel its unfair not to give a good chances because he is just 19... Sachin, Parthiv etc., are already an example of that age who got a decent chances.. I believe its because Pant is wicket keeper Player and we want to retain Dhoni for some time and then pre-decided Dinesh Karthik in that slot after Dhoni"
AmericanCricket: "Frankly, I feel that Pant dragged this innings down a bit. I get that he is young and needs that time in the middle to get things right, but he really slowed things down for India and forced those around him to play harder. "

18.6
1
Taylor to Ashwin, 1 run, low full toss on middle stump, flicked along the floor to deep midwicket
18.5
1
Taylor to Jadeja, 1 run, full outside off stump, looks to go inside out through extra cover, thick inside edge to long-on
18.4
1
Taylor to Ashwin, 1 run, shimmies around the crease, gets low on the full toss outside, gets it to long-on
18.3
1
Taylor to Jadeja, 1 run, backs away, tries to flay this cut shot from back of a length on middle, thick outside edge to a very strategically placed fine third man
18.2
1
Taylor to Ashwin, 1 run, stays around the wicket to Ashwin. Yorker just outside off stump, dabbed to third man

Sanjay: "Who's slated to open for Windies? Sunil? " --- You'd think Lewis and Gayle. But Narine would be great viewing, eh?

18.2
2w
Taylor to Jadeja, 2 wides, goes for the yorker, misses his mark. Walton puts in a superb low dive to his right to parry it to fine leg

Nikhil: "@Bharath,pretty sure Virat was also given a leeway at the beginning of his career,so was Rohit for years,look at them now and this is Pant's only 2nd t20,he has shown that he belongs here so give the young guy some time,and if losing a one-off t20(which to be fair is still not decided) gives us a game-changing wicket-keeping batsman it's worth it in my view."

18.1
1
Taylor to Ashwin, 1 run, low full toss on leg stump, flicked to deep square leg

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 164/6 | RR: 9.11

  • Ravindra Jadeja4 (3b)
  • Kesrick Williams3-0-28-2
  • Jerome Taylor3-0-23-2

180 looks good again for India.

17.6
W
Williams to Jadhav, OUT, Narine dives to his left and takes a catch at deep square leg. It's a trademark Jadhav whip off the hips - which means it's really inexplicable. Back of a length, in at his mid-riff and he waits till it nearly strikes him flush before rolling his wrists hard. It dips to Narine's left but he does really well to hand on

KM Jadhav c Narine b Williams 4 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

17.5
1
Williams to Jadeja, 1 run, back of a length and angled across off stump, looks to pull, hurried on it. Long-on runs in
17.4
1
Williams to Jadhav, 1 run, slower ball, good length outside off stump. Looks to punch through the off side, but there's no pace off the wicket. Long-off fields
17.3
1
Williams to Jadeja, 1 run, slower ball, good length on leg stump, tucked off the front foot to short fine's right
17.2
1
Williams to Jadhav, 1 run, short in the corridor, gets all of this cut, but Chris Gayle gets in the way at backward point
17.1
2
Williams to Jadhav, 2 runs, short and wide, slower ball. Waits for it and chops it to sweeper's left

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | IND: 158/5 | RR: 9.29

  • Ravindra Jadeja2 (1b)
  • Kedar Jadhav0 (0b)
  • Jerome Taylor3-0-23-2
  • Marlon Samuels3-0-32-1

bharath: "'What better place to get ready for the big stage than the big stage itself?' - at the expense of the team losing to allow you time to 'get ready"?" --- It's a one-off T20 to be fair.

16.6
2
Taylor to Jadeja, 2 runs, good length, into the pads, pushed into the awkward region between deep midwicket and long-on with enough finesse to come back for the second
16.5
W
Taylor to Pant, OUT, edged? Yes! This is good bowling from Taylor. Bounces this in the off stump channel, Pant looks to back away and ramp this to the third man boundary but gets a feather through. That's the end of his much-vaunted chance in the Caribbean. Tough day

RR Pant c †Walton b Taylor 38 (35b 2x4 1x6) SR: 108.57

Saftar Haasmi: "That wicket of Dhoni reminded me of the last ball wicket in USA when 2 required of 1 ball"

16.4
W
Taylor to Dhoni, OUT, top edge taken by backward point. Change up from Taylor - bowls an offcutter, back of a length outside off stump. Grips in the pitch and rises as he tries to slog this on the up over midwicket. A few steps back for backward point and that's an easy catch in the end

MS Dhoni c Samuels b Taylor 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

16.3
1
Taylor to Pant, 1 run, full and follows the batsman down leg, he looks to slice this between point and short third man, can't get enough bat to do it
16.2
1
Taylor to Dhoni, 1 run, back of a length outside off stump, pushed on the up to extra cover
16.1
1
Taylor to Pant, 1 run, steps out, takes it on the full and swings so hard...loses his bat again. It nearly falls onto the stumps!. A single to sweeper in the end

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The Centurions

3

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24

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Good comeback

2010

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147

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4-2

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