END OF OVER:20 | 16 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 165/9 | RR: 8.25
- Mukesh Kumar4 (1b)
- Yuzvendra Chahal0 (1b)
- Jason Holder4-0-36-2
- Romario Shepherd4-0-31-4
12.40pm So, Gill and Jaiswal put on 165 for the opening stand yesterday and today, that's India's score. They will feel they are at least 15 runs short. Suryakumar Yadav once again drove their innings with a 45-ball 61. Tilak Varma gave good support with an 18-ball 27, but no other batter really got going. Shepherd with four wickets returned the best figures for West Indies, but it was Akeal Hosein who got the two openers early to give them the perfect start. Roston Chase got Tilak Varma as WI dried up the runs in the middle overs. Two rain delays also didn't help India's cause. And now they have a job on their hands in this decider. How will the chase go? Join Shashank in just a bit to find out!
Here's what Shepherd has to say: "Makes me happy. To go out and perform like that I was really happy with my performance. The captain had an intense meeting with us about bowling according to plans. 165 on this surface is challenging but I trust the batters to chase it. Today it's keeping a bit low. Been working on my bowling. In the Qualifiers I was bowling a lot. To get my career-best figures against a team like India is special."
Premal: "165 opening partnership yesterday, struggling to reach the same score today after losing 8 wick"ets! Funny game."
AR Patel c Shepherd b Holder 13 (20m 10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 130.00
12.36pm The players are coming back out to the middle. They just have two deliveries to complete.
Dhruv: "Can someone explain why was it a bye and not a wide?" My best guess would be that it would have hit Axar on the foot but he moved it out of the way last second.
WindiesFan: "Windies seem like children cross with one another whenever something goes wrong on field! Funny"
12.33pm Looks like another quick rain delay. Covers are coming off again, is the news from the ground.
It's quite dark out there now. Covers are on.
Siva: "Someone said no rain till 3 pm?" Clearly, weather forecasting should not be their profession of choice.
12.30pm The drizzle is back, and getting heavy enough for the players to go off again. Meanwhile a check for the run-out on the last delivery shows that Axar was in before Pooran whipped the bails off.
