IND vs WI 1st T20: Rohit’s captaincy innings, Team India won by 68 runs. The Indian team defeated West Indies by 68 runs and takes a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20I series. Captain Rohit Sharma (64) and Dinesh Karthik (41 not out) followed a scintillating performance by the bowlers as India beat West Indies in the first T20I. With this, India took a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20I series. Batting first after losing the toss, Team India scored 190 for six wickets in 20 overs.
In reply, the West Indies team could score only 122 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Arshdeep Singh, R Ashwin, and Ravi Bishnoi took two wickets each. Karthik was adjudged the player of the match for his innings of 19 balls with four fours and two sixes.
India is stronger with the return of captain Rohit
Rohit Sharma, who took a break from the ODI series, made a comeback in the T20 series. Before the T20 World Cup, Team India is busy in preparations, here Rohit Sharma rained a shot on the opposing team. Rohit hit seven fours, and two sixes in his innings of 64 runs.
Apart from Rohit Sharma, finisher Dinesh Karthik once again showed amazing. In the middle, when Team India’s innings faltered and Ravindra Jadeja got out after scoring 16 runs. The West Indies team could not even celebrate the cheap dismissal of Ravindra Jadeja after Rohit Sharma that Dinesh Karthik created havoc with the bat. Dinesh Karthik and Ravichandran Ashwin together took India to the score of 190. Karthik and Ashwin shared an unbeaten 52-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Karthik hit four fours and two sixes in his 19-ball innings. At the same time, Ashwin remained unbeaten on 13 runs in 10 balls.
Rohit Sharma has taken back the title of most runs in T20, surpassing Virat Kohli
India captain Rohit Sharma has made a comeback after the break. In the first T20 match played against West Indies on Friday, Rohit Sharma scored a half-century and got rid of sixes of the opposition team. In this innings, Rohit also recorded a big record in his name and became the highest run-scorer in T20 International.
Windies’ back was broken by the pair of spinners
Chasing 191 runs, the West Indies team got a quick start, but they could not continue it. In the first eight balls, the Windies openers had collected 22 runs and after that, the West Indies team started losing their wickets. Arshdeep Singh first walked Kyle Myers. After him, Jason Holder was also dismissed without opening the account. But for West Indies, the pairing of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi came as a nightmare. Both the spinners took a total of four wickets, Ashwin conceded just 22 runs in his four overs and took two wickets. While Ravi Bishnoi gave 26 runs in four overs and took only two wickets. From West Indies S. Brooks scored 20, and captain Nicholas Pooran scored 18 runs.