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In reply to Narper

Gametime is 8.30 am ?

In reply to DirtyDan

Yes

9:30 am Eastern Caribbean Time. Narps naw live ya

In reply to jen

8:30 EST....

Ley we go pouty and the bwoys.

Kohli wins toss and will bowl first

Stadium jam-packed.

Kharry Pierre is all starry-eyed at the immense spectacle.

That WI batting seems to be missing someone, can't pinpoint who yet.

If you dont have a link notify me ...

Hetmeyer 25 wagon starting soon

In reply to Norm

Naw its coz of the flies and fog.....

OK Pouty and Team lets put a beat dong on dem Hindians
and Khaga.



Playing XIs:

India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk) , 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

West Indies: 1 Evin Lewis, 2 Lendl Simmons, 3 Brandon King, 4 Shimron Hetmyer, 5 Kieron Pollard (capt), 6 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 7 Jason Holder, 8 Khary Pierre, 9 Kesrick Williams, 10 Sheldon Cottrell, 11 Hayden Walsh Jr

Karthik K: "Pandey's form is too good to keep him out!! But that is race for place in Indian playing XI"

Lewis and Simmons to open the batting

And Simmons is off the mark first ball

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0.2
Washington Sundar to Lewis, FOUR, Lewis gets off the mark with a boundary. Short ball down the leg side, Lewis swivels early and helps it past the man at short fine leg with excellent timing, not a great delivery against the left hander

0.3
6
Washington Sundar to Lewis, SIX runs, smashed
0.2
4
Washington Sundar to Lewis, FOUR runs, drags it down too short and allows the batsman to rock back and pull it from low down and beat short fine leg


Lendl Simmons 2 (2b)
Evin Lewis 11 (4b)

West Indies 13/0 * (0.6/20 ov)

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0.3
Washington Sundar to Lewis, SIX, and things get worse for Washington Sundar as he drops this one short. Lewis latches onto it and deposits it over the deep backward square leg fence. As easy as it can get!

In reply to sgtdjones

Greetings, please PM link.

Bless

WI 13/0 (1.0) CRR: 13

Simmons 2(2)
Lewis 11(4)

Washington Sundar 1-0-13-0

In reply to sgtdjones

Kharry seems to be a nice young man - one who displays his emotions honestly.

Evin seems to be in one of those special moods today.

Good first over for WI.

Gawn !!!!!!!!!!!!

1.2
Chahar to Simmons, out Caught by Rohit!! Chahar strikes in his first over, dream start for the pacer. Bowls an outswinger in the channel outside off, it's a length delivery and the batsman pokes at it with lack of footwork.

Simmons c Rohit b Chahar 2(4)

In reply to Narper

Simmons having a difficult time after his recall....

Simmons just stabbed at that and begged the edge to touch the ball. Virtually no foot movement. He appeared to be half awake. A wasted wicket. Nothing special about that ball.

Simmons gone now

B King, time to make that name shine bro

In reply to Norm

lazy batting by Simmons, not mentally ready today. Inexcusable

Much better ball to King. Swung away a little in the air but King was at the pitch of the ball and got a thick edge that flew safely to point. D Chahal getting a tiny bit of outswing, and moving it in off the seam.

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1.5
Chahar to Brandon King, FOUR, he's a good batsman, is Brandon King.We all witnessed his heroics during the recently concluded CPL. Not that full a ball this one, Brandon King comes on his front foot and plays an uppish drive as he finds the gap at extra cover, once it's past the circle, there's no stopping that, such is the outfield!

WI 21/1 (2.0) CRR: 10.5

Brandon King 6(3)
Lewis 12(5)

Chahar 1-0-8-1

Darn commis is biased. "Direct hit and he was well out (sic!)", when Lewis was well in his crease.

WI 27/1 (3.0) CRR: 9

Brandon King 10(7)
Lewis 13(7)

Bhuvneshwar 1-0-5-0

King is timing it well. Evin is in a special mood. This should entertaining.

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3.1
Chahar to Lewis, SIX, to fine leg

A little swivel and it flies over leg, to the second tier stand!

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3.2
Chahar to Lewis, FOUR, India are bleeding boundaries.

Lays back and swats that thru covers!

Wow, that six

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3.5
Chahar to Brandon King, SIX, I'll have to take my words back, I suppose. Runs are coming from both the ends. Chahar drops this one short again, rising around the batsman's abdomen, Brandon King reads the length early, and although he takes his eyes off the ball for a moment, he manages to connect his pull. The timing and contact is just about fine as the ball flies over the man at deep square leg, six more!

Shortish on middle-off and King hoists it over mid wicket for SIX!!!! Did not quite middle it tho.

King is not intimidated by this huuuuuge and noisy crowd.

ha ha King sent dat one till to sri lanka

3.6
Chahar to Brandon King, 1 run, 19 runs off the over. West Indies are off to a fine start. Short of a length delivery in the channel outside off, Brandon King knocks it off his back foot into the gap at cover

Over #4 - 19 runs

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4.5
BBhuvneshwar to Lewis, SIX, stand and deliver! That six also brings up the fifty for West Indies. Full in length outside off, Lewis stays put and swings hard, connects it to perfection and the ball over the deep extra cover fence

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4.6
Bhuvneshwar to Lewis, FOUR, to fine leg

Evin laid back slightly and smote that between coves and long off effortlessly!

WI 57/1 (5.0) CRR: 11.4

Lewis 34(14)
Brandon King 18(12)

Bhuvneshwar 2-0-16-0

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5.2
Washington Sundar to Lewis, SIX, square of the wicket, the partnership between Lewis and Brandon King is now

Partnership: 51(24)

Lewis!!!!!!!!!!!

Flighted ball, full outside off. Got the Evin treatment!

Lewis gawn !!!!!

5.4
Washington Sundar to Lewis, out Lbw!! Lewis has been adjudged lbw but the replays confirm the impact to be outside off. But King thinks this was out and suggests the batsman to keep walking.

Lewis lbw b Washington Sundar 40(17) [4s-3 6s-4]


WI 64/2 (5.4) CRR: 11.29

In reply to Narper

Lewis out for 40 off 17...I hope the others build on this start.

Mike,
SKY 717
Star Gold

Darn, Evin. That was right in front of middle stump, to a full delivery. Not the right shot. Good knock tho.

oh boy Lewis out lbw

In reply to B16JP587S

Cant believe he didnt review. Especially in that form and in a T20 with near 6 gone already

Replay shows the ball that got Evin was on off.

WI 66/2 (6.0) CRR: 11

Hetmyer 2(2)
Brandon King 19(13)

Washington Sundar 2-0-22-1

In reply to Logic

Thankfully he didn't otherwise we would have lost the review.

Timed sweetly by King!!!! 4 more!!!!

another King beauty

4 more. Rahul tried to catch and come up short

7.3
Washington Sundar to Brandon King, FOUR, that was in the air for a while, but it has dropped just short of Rahul at long-on. Brandon King had pulled the short ball off his back foot, and for a moment he would have been anxious. Was a good effort by Rahul in the deep, but unfortunately couldn't get his fingers underneath, four runs is the end result

7.2
Washington Sundar to Brandon King, FOUR, this is what I was talking about. Although Lewis is back to the pavilion, King looks well set. He shimmies down the track and slaps the floated delivery over extra cover, there was a fielder sprinting across in the deep, but this was placed well past him

Hety seems to want to just hold an end. Smart.

WI 82/2 (8.0) CRR: 10.25

Brandon King 29(19)
Hetmyer 6(

Washington Sundar
3-0-34-1

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8.1
Jadeja to Hetmyer, SIX, Hetmyer joins the party! On a length by Jadeja, Hetmyer treks back in his crease and tonks it over long-on for a huge six, that's his first one of the night

HETY!!!!!!

India fielding well. Cutting off many singles and twos.

WI 91/2 (9.0) CRR: 10.11

Brandon King 30(21)
Hetmyer 14(12)

Jadeja 2-0-12-0

In reply to Norm

The T20 game has evolved...converting singles into twos may win the title this year.

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9.2
Chahal to Hetmyer, SIX, to long-on

Incredible, well-timed 6 by Hety!

Any online link?

WI 101/2 (10.0) CRR: 10.1

Brandon King 31(22)
Hetmyer 23(17)

Chahal 1-0-10-0

King uses his feet really well. One of the few WI batsmen around who does.

Darn! He misses the ball this time and is stumped!!!

CRR: 10.1

STUMPED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10.1
Jadeja to Brandon King, out Stumped!! Smart cricket from Jadeja. He saw the batsman advance and dragged the length back, there is a bit of grip and deviation from the surface and it beats King's swinging willow, Pant does the rest behind the stumps. King had adjusted well to such a delivery from Sundar earlier but the slight turn on this Jadeja's delivery defeated him

Brandon King st Pant b Jadeja 31(23) [4s-3 6s-1]

In reply to Narper

King out for 31 from 23...at the halfway stage, we need a batsman to bat through.

King goes unfortunately.

The captain comes in now to slow the momentum. Bet you.

He came in with the score on 101 in 11 overs.

In reply to mikesiva

Pouty comes in now

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10.3
Jadeja to Hetmyer, FOUR, between mid-wicket and long-on

beaut 4 from Hety

Damn

King out. Wanted at least 50 from him

WI 107/3 (11.0) CRR: 9.73

Hetmyer 28(21)
Pollard 1(1)

Jadeja 3-0-18-1

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11.2
Shivam Dube to Pollard, FOUR, half tracker at 127.6kph and Pollard dismisses it from his presence. Stays back in the crease and nails the pull in front of square to the right of long-on, no chance for Kohli near the fence

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11.3
Shivam Dube to Pollard, SIX, to deep mid-wicket. Pollard is off to a flier now. The expected short delivery but Dube does not have the pace to trouble the big man, though the pull was not middled the power of Pollard ensured it sailed over the deep square leg fence comfortably

Pollard played a hook shot for the first time in his career.

Polly!!!!!! 4, 6 !!! lol

CRR: 10.06

WI 120/3 (12.0) CRR: 10

Hetmyer 30(24)
Pollard 12(4)

Shivam Dube 1-0-13-0

In reply to Courtesy

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12.5
Jadeja to Hetmyer, SIX, high into the night sky and long way back in the stands.

lol Hety busted dat ball

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12.6
Jadeja to Hetmyer, FOUR, to deep extra cover

Hety timing it well too. He is over-hitting a bit tho.

In reply to Narper

Hetmyer putting up a good score...Good! West Indies need that.

WI 132/3 (13.0) CRR: 10.15

Hetmyer 41(28 )
Pollard 13(6)

Jadeja 4-0-30-1

In reply to mikesiva

Hety eyes on IPL

The blond hair gawn...hopes he is really serious now

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13.4
Chahal to Pollard, SIX, to long-on...the pressure-releaser. Just a chip and it ends up 20 rows back. Chahal errs in length and lands it right in the spot, Pollard uses his reach and lofts it handsomely over long-on. Pure timing!

Eased over long on for SIX!!!! Pollard.

WI 141/3 (14.0) CRR: 10.07

Hetmyer 42(29)
Pollard 20(11)

Chahal 2-0-19-0

Hety flashing that boyish smile! He's having a good time here.

gavaskar said Chahal is building up to something in this over, (aka a plan). Next ball Pollard hit him for 6. ha ha ha

Gosh boy!!! This batting line up is looking like an eel...a head and a long tail.

In reply to sgtdjones

Pouty is relaxed....smiling at the crease

I haven't seen 44 against Hety's name in a long time too!

Time to throw caution to the wind...attack!!!

WI 144/3 (15.0) CRR: 9.6

Pollard 21(13)
Hetmyer 44(33)

Bhuvneshwar 3-0-19-0

CRR: 9.6. We drop back a little

Misjudged catch....not taken

Comms think he lost the ball in the lights...fielder going in wrong direction...and slipped too
15.1
Chahal to Hetmyer, 1 run, oh Sundar what have you done? He has misjudged a sitter. Leg-break turning down leg, Hetmyer was through his pull a bit early and the top-edge ballooned up near short fine leg, Sundar thought it was coming to him and stayed put, by the time he decided to come forward the ball had already landed in front of him. The on air comms suggest that "he might have lost it in the light"

Hety deserves some luck, as we all

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Chahal to Hetmyer, SIX, fifty for Hetmyer. He raises his bat towards the dugout as Pollard walks up to congratulate him. Flighted delivery outside off, Hetmyer sits on his back knee and pumps it straight back, the flat hit goes sailing over the fence easily

first 50 in T20 Is

Shimron Hetmyer *51 (35

SIX!!!! Over long off. 50 to Hety!

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Awesome, HETY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hety congratulated by everyone. They have been waiting a long time for a little something from Hety.

WI 155/3 (16.0) CRR: 9.69
Hetmyer 54(3
Pollard 22(14)

Chahal 3-0-30-0

In reply to Narper

Good leadership, hetty produces.

Congrats Hety.

We bash u when u flop but this was so good.

Dropped on the boundary

16.1
Chahar to Hetmyer, 1 run, dropped! Sundar is having a forgettable day. He misjudged a sitter in the previous one and now allows one to burst through his hands. Hetmyer miscues the loft towards long-on,y

Excellent fielding to save a few runs, after the catch was dropped.

16.2
Chahar to Pollard, 2 runs, Rohit almost pulls off a one-handed stunner. Short ball and Pollard fetches the pull from outside off,

Even better fielding. Hit hard for a near SIX, but the fielder parries it back in.
Then Rohit parries the next over the rope for SIX!!!!

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16.3
Chahar to Pollard, SIX, to long-on dropped! India's horror day in the field just keeps getting worse. Rohit after making two top saves on the previous two deliveries parries one over the rope.

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16.4
Chahar to Pollard, SIX, Pollard making them pay. This was back of a length and around off, Pollard clears his front leg and waits for the ball to arrive, then uses his raw power to launch it way back into the stands near deep mid-wicket

Wow!!! That was hit hard by Pollard.

Pollard seh here's another 6 for good measure

WI 172/3 (17.0) CRR: 10.12

Hetmyer 56(40)
Pollard 37(1

Chahar 3-0-44-1

Kohli mek he face like somebody put his testiculars in a vice, lol

Hety goes caught Rohit

17.1
Chahal to Hetmyer, out Caught by Rohit!! Finally a catch has been taken and it is Rohit himself. The ball seems to be following him and Sundar a lot today. The leg-break turning down leg, Hetmyer kneels down and slog sweeps it with the spin, but the southpaw does not get the elevation to clear the long leg fielder.

Hetmyer c Rohit b Chahal 56(41) [4s-2 6s-4]

Hety caught on the square leg boundary!

JHo in.

Joynul: "That was a Craaaaaazy over. "

Sumant : "A new disease has plagued India fielders today - catch-drop-itis."


17.1
W
Chahal to Hetmyer, OUT, Rohit makes amends!
SO Hetmyer c Sharma b Chahal 56 (41b 2x4 4x6) SR: 136.58


17.3
W
Chahal to Pollard, OUT,
KA Pollard b Chahal 37 (19b 1x4 4x6) SR: 194.73


Stat alert: Chahar is now India's joint-highest wicket-taker in Men's T20Is, tied on 52 with R Ashwin

Gawn

17.3
Chahal to Pollard, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Two wickets in three balls and Chahal has made sure India are not batted out of the game. These are crucial breakthroughs especially in the final 15 balls. The quicker one that drifts in after pitching, Pollard plays down the wrong line as he looks to loft it over the bowler or long-off

Pollard b Chahal 37(19) [4s-1 6s-4]


WI 173/5 (17.3) CRR: 9.89

Good length googly on middle. Polly tries to hit to long on, misses and is bowled!

Timber scattered.

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17.5
Chahal to Ramdin, FOUR, the epidemic is catching up with everyone. Chahar now does not bend down enough to make the stop.

wrong time to get out

WI 178/5 (18.0) CRR: 9.89

Ramdin 5(3)
Holder 1(1)

Chahal 4-0-36-2

6 runs off the 18th over, by leggie Chahal. Very Bishoo-like!!!

Come on, guys. Over the field.

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18.5
Holder got hold of that alright. Length ball right in the arc, Holder sets up a nice base with a cleared front leg and then uses long levers to smash it straight back over the sightscreen. Massive hit!

Straight back!!!

190-5 in 19 overs.

WI 190/5 (19.0) CRR: 10

Holder 11(5)
Ramdin 7(5)

Chahar 4-0-56-1

WI 190/5 (19.0) CRR: 10


Did Monty Desai spark something?

19.1
Bhuvneshwar to Holder, FOUR, to long-off..tough chance put down. It is Kohli this time. Slower back of a length delivery and Holder flat-bats it towards long-off, Kohli sprints across and goes with one-hand,

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19.3
Bhuvneshwar to Holder, SIX, in the air and over Kohli. It was a miscue from Holder but it kept sailing over the Indian captain. The off-cutter outside off, Holder goes deep in the crease and lofts it high into the night sky, not off the middle and hence just managed to clear long-off

Wow, Holder putting a cap in their rear

WI 207/5 (20.0) CRR: 10.35

Ramdin 11(7)
Holder 24(9)

Washington Sundar 3 0 34 1
Deepak Chahar 4 0 56 1
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 36 0
Ravindra Jadeja 4 0 30 1
Yuzvendra Chahal 4 0 36 2
Shivam Dube 1 0 13 0

207-5. Darn good score.

Batting coming together. Will get even better when Pooran returns.

207 is a score we can work with. Congrats!

In reply to Narper

WEE can win this....

8.32pm The crowd rises to applaud, in part due to West Indies' entertaining innings and in part that the onslaught finally comes to an end. The Hyderabad ground is big, but WI pumped 15 sixes nonetheless. Lewis and Hetmyer showed why they love playing against India so much, while Pollard and Holder showed that experience counts for something. Only once have WI hit more sixes than today, and that was against India too in the US. Chahal excellent as always. This has the potential to be a cracking second innings

Nice little speech there Hety

Hety being interviewed. I saw several "arrogant face expressions" there. There will no doubt be a thread on that here on cc.com soon!

In reply to sgtdjones

Now they have to keep cool with ball and not go to pieces

India have batting power too

Stat alert: Of the previous 3 instances of India conceding 200+ totals at home, they successfully chased two of them - v SL 2009 & Aus 2013.

I have no interest in seeing our bowlers get murdered. "O ye of little faith."

In reply to Narper

I tell yuh, dem treat Chahar like a Piñata today.

Nice applause from the crowd for the Windies batting there.

Simmons still looking lazy like hell. Was Ms Ho over last night?

8.44 pm: West Indies on the field. Rohit and Rahul to open for India. Rohit to face up to Sheldon Cottrell, with one slip in place.

Roy: "Iyer will play the crucial role in run chase. He's my go to man today."

SG: "T20s are unpredictable as usual. WI didn't look like the team who just won 1 out of their last 9 games, same goes with chahar who didn't look like the bowler who took 6/7 in his last match."

Full toss on off by Cotterel. Hey straight to the fielder at short cover by Rohit! Got away with that.

4-0 in 1 over.

IND 4/0 (1.0) CRR: 4 REQ: 10.74

Rohit 3(4)
Rahul 1(2)

Cottrell 1-0-4-0

In reply to Norm
Fielders look sharp....hope they maintain this

1.1
Holder to Rahul, FOUR, 133km/h, skids through on a back of a length, Rahul stays low and carves it away behind deep backward point for four

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1.3 Holder to Rahul, FOUR, a short ball, but that skids through off the leather, Rahul goes for the pull but gets a healthy under-edge fine past the wicketkeeper for four!

JHo leaking runs.

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1.4
Holder to Rahul, FOUR, another one on a back of a length, hardly any width on offer, but Rahul uses the tiny margin with the his strong bottom-hand to maneuver the ball past the right of a diving backward point for four!

Holder's bowling being put to the sword. 13 off his first. Let's see how he responds.

IND 17/0 (2.0) CRR: 8.5 REQ: 10.61

India need 191 runs

Rahul 14(8 )
Rohit 3(4)

Holder 1-0-13-0

get im Soulja Bai !!!!....he makes things happen....lots of energy

2.2
Cottrell to Rohit, no run, 137.7km/h, struck hard on the rear-arm! A short of a length ball, early into the off-balance pull with that frontfoot-across trigger, hops and falls into the off-side, flinching - Rohit's wincing, and there will be a break in play. The Physio is out...

Cotterel causing problems for Rohit. Hits him on the hand now. Painful, and the physio dashes out to the middle.

That Indian physio looks much faster that Simmons in the field today!

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2.5
Cottrell to Rohit, byes, FOUR, 133.9km/h, seemingly faster than that due to the bounce and the angle across the right-hander, Rohit goes for the hook but that flies over the 'keeper for four byes!

2.6
Cottrell to Rohit, FOUR, to third man,

Followed by a guide to fine third man for 4 more!

IND 28/0 (3.0) CRR: 9.33 REQ: 10.59
India need 180 runs

Rohit 8(
Rahul 16(10)

Cottrell 2-0-11-0

Gawn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hety takes the catch
3.2
K Pierre to Rohit, out Caught by Hetmyer!!

Rohit c Hetmyer b K Pierre 8(10) [4s-1]

IND 30/1 (3.2) CRR: 9 REQ: 10.68
India need 178 runs

Rufus Bones: "Hello all, is Rufus from Guyana again..I bet a man at a bar here in Georgegtown that West Indies beat India real bad today..me bet him 1 case El Dorado 15 yr., me gonna win me bet today, yeah man.." - well done Mr Bones


3.2
W
Pierre to Sharma, OUT, picks out the man at deep midwicket!
RG Sharma c Hetmyer b Pierre 8 (10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00

Pierre on. Pitched full on the pads and Rohit hits it straight to Hety a "fine-ish" mid wicket and he holds on!!!!

Pierre/Hety strike!!!!

Good over by Pierre!

In reply to Norm

HE is nervous....

END OF OVER:6 | 9 Runs | INDIA: 50/1 (158 runs required from 14 overs, RR: 8.33, RRR: 11.2

Virat Kohli 3 (8b)
KL Rahul 31 (18b)

Khary Pierre
2-0-14-1
Sheldon Cottrell
3-0-19-0

6.2
Hayden Walsh to Kohli, FOUR, lots of loop, Kohli waits on it and thumps it straight down the ground past the grabbing left hand of the bowler

Good field there Cotteers!

6.6
Hayden Walsh to Rahul, FOUR, zips through, spins away from a good length, Rahul is low and just manages to open the face of the blade to guide that fine down to the third man fence for four! He's gotten off to a fantastic start - time to take his side home now

IND 62/1 (7.0) CRR: 8.86 REQ: 11.23
India need 146 runs in 78 balls

Rahul 36(20)
Kohli 9(12)

Hayden Walsh 1-0-12-0

West Indies 207/5

India 62/1 * (6.6/20 ov, target 20

Purv Negandhi: "Although India are behind the RRR, this is good strategy by India, to let their well-set opener do the slogging so the other batsman in the meanwhile, can play more sedately and get set for them to accelerate later on "

Rahul Sargam: "Cottrell 3 over 19 in front of Rohit, KL and Kohli, what a great bowling so far. Let's take a moment and appreciate his efforts. " - True. And four of those runs came off a bottom edge

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7.4
K Pierre to Rahul, 5 wides..fired down leg, Rahul leaves it alone, Ramdin, is blinded and misses it too, and that's five free runs!

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7.5
K Pierre to Kohli, FOUR, staying off the straighter line, Kohli backs away and runs his hands through the slap over the in-field towards the deep extra cover boundary for four

IND 76/1 (8.0) CRR: 9.5 REQ: 11
India need 132 runs in 72 balls

Kohli 16(16)
Rahul 38(22)

K Pierre 3-0-28-1

TV screen says 5.3 million watching

what's with all these wides??!!

IND 81/1 (9.0) CRR: 9 REQ: 11.55
India need 127 runs in 66 balls

Partnership: 51(34)

Rahul 40(26)
Kohli1 8(18 )

Holder 2-0-18-0

Rajthilak Harik: "i was taken aback seeing the phrase "Walsh to Kohli" until i checked the full name. Now it made me think, how would it be if Kohli has to face Courtney Walsh" - the contest I would want to see is Curtly Ambrose against Kohli. Or as social media would undoubtedly name it, 'King Curtly vs King Kohli'

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9.2
Kesrick Williams to Rahul, FOUR, not a lot of width, a bottom-handed, crouched cut, in the air, and a flying Walsh can't cut it off! Flayed away to the deep backward point fence for four,

Kesrick bowling. Cut fiercely by Rahul behind point for 4!

8 off the over. Not bad.

Run rate up to about 12 per over but India not out of this yet.

IND 89/1 (10.0) CRR: 8.9 REQ: 11.9

India need 119 runs in 60 balls

Kohli 20(20)
Rahul 46(30)

Kesrick Williams 1-0-8-0

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10.3
Hayden Walsh to Kohli, FOUR, skids through, does the flipper, Kohli has a go at the pull

Bish raving about Hety's fielding

Walsh bowling. Kohli nearly plays on. French cuts to fine leg for 4!

Long hop. Kohli hits it back on the ground to the bowler. Got away with that.

IND 96/1 (11.0) CRR: 8.73 REQ: 12.44
India need 112 runs in 54 balls

Rahul 47(33)
Kohli 26(23)

Hayden Walsh 2-0-19-0

Holder to bowl. Critical over here.

CRR: 8.52 REQ: 12.94

RR creeping up but India's got the firepower

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100 comes up

11.4
Holder to Kohli, SIX, that's a six by a rather rusty Virat Kohli. A slower bouncer by Holder and Kohli takes his eyes off the ball as he attempts a hook, the ball comes off the top edge and flies well over the fielder at deep backward square leg, just the kind of kickstart he needed to get going

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11.5
Holder to Kohli, FOUR, that's a very high full toss and should have been called a no ball.

IND 110/1 (12.0) CRR: 9.17 REQ: 12.25
India need 98 runs in 48 balls

Kohli 37(2
Rahul 48(34)

Holder 3-0-31-0

12.2
Kesrick Williams to Rahul, 1 run, in the airrrr, King's put that down! Toughie! In fact he didn't get there. Really ugly swipe with the front leg getting into a tangle trying to whip-flick the short of length delivery behind square, the ball lobs in front of backward square leg off the top-edge, King ran forward from short fine leg, couldn't get there despite a dive

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12.6
Kesrick Williams to Rahul, SIX, to backward square leg

IND 123/1 (13.0) CRR: 9.46 REQ: 12.14
India need 85 runs in 42 balls

Rahul 56(3
Kohli 40(31

Was too far from King. That was not a chance.

Umps need to rein in Kohli. Too much open dissent with umpire decisions.

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13.2
K Pierre to Rahul, SIX, to deep mid-wicket, the partnership between Rahul and Kohli is now

Ugh, Rahul wallops dat one

Gawn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13.3
K Pierre to Rahul, out Caught by Pollard!! He's mishit this and he knows immediately. Plugs the bat into the ground hoping for a dropped catch, but it's the bucket hands of Pollard at long-off. Rahul walks back gutted. Juicy full delivery, Rahul probably looked for a lofted drive over extra-cover, so didn't go really hard, hit that flat and straight to the fielder. Massive wicket for Windies

Rahul c Pollard b K Pierre 62(40) [4s-5 6s-4]


IND 130/2 (13.3) CRR: 9.63 REQ: 12

clap, clap clap good job Kharry!

Pierre bowling.

Hit straight to Pollard at long off by Rahul, and he does not drop them.

In reply to Norm

13.3
W
Pierre to Rahul, OUT, long off makes no mistake! Overpitched outside off, and he toe-ends a lofted shot instead. Pollard takes a couple of steps forward from long off and takes a very simple catch. Pierre strikes again
KL Rahul c Pollard b Pierre 62 (40b 5x4 4x6) SR: 155.00


India need exactly 12 runs per over from here

TV says 6.3 million watching.

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13.6
K Pierre to Pant, SIX, and there you go! This is the flair that Pant brings. He plays some audacious shots.

In reply to sgtdjones

Still do-able, as Pant is showing.

Kamal Arora: "I really miss Yuvi and Raina, because of their six hitting abilities. Indian side is really good in ODIs and Tests, but for T20 they are seriously lacking one guy who can hit sixes on will. Pant was expected to do that, but he is just wasting his chances. Only Hardik is someone who we can bet on. By the way, It's just my point of view"

Kiran: "Pant can prove his critics wrong now. While his captain who has been backing him is on the other side"

IND 139/2 (14.0) CRR: 9.93 REQ: 11.5
India need 69 runs in 36 balls

Pant 6(1)
Kohli 44(34)

K Pierre 4-0-44-2

50 Kohli

Holder is not the man to bowl here.

14.1
Holder to Kohli, SIX, this is as good as that back foot lofted drive Kohli played a few months ago, don't remember the opposition. Not easy to play the lofted shot to a slower ball because you need to manufacture all the power. But such is his timing on that it sails easily over long-off. That brings up Kohli's fifty

14.2
Holder to Kohli, FOUR, to third man

Kohli ramping up

14.3
Holder to Kohli, no ball, 2 runs

No ball too. Free hit coming up. Single.

IND 154/2 (15.0) CRR: 10.27 REQ: 10.8
India need 54 runs in 30 balls

Pant 7(4)
Kohli 57(38 )

Holder 4-0-46-0

In reply to Narper

we need kohli wicket or this done...

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15.2
Kesrick Williams to Kohli, FOUR, it's such a sight for a batsman to see the bowler duck for cover. You know you've middled it, you know you've won a mini battle. Williams bowls a yorker from round the wicket, just missed his mark, Kohli with his strong bottom hand grip powers the ball straight down the ground

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15.3
Kesrick Williams to Kohli, SIX, now wait! Is that a machine with rubber like flexibility? How do you even do that? The yorker from Kesrick Williams, again misses by half a yard or so, Kohli whips, I don't know how he managed so much power. Flat and hard over wide long-on. And look at Kohli immitating Kesrick Williams's notebook celebration from the CPL to Chadwick Walton. He's into the bowler. Pollard runs to the bowler to have a cha

Great batting by Kohli!!!

what a shot from Kohli!!

Kohli making entry in the Notebook to rass !!!!

India making this do-able. Cotterel will have to win this for WI.

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15.5
Kesrick Williams to Pant, SIX, Rishabh Pant! He's played a lofted shot over long-off on one knee. We have seen Raina do that often over extra-cover, but this bloke has hit it flat over long-off. Look at Kohli, he is super charged. He's screaming in the bowler's face or may be a statement to Pollard

Kesrick trying to hide it wide outside off but Pant still whacked it over long off for SIX!!!

No ball again

15.6
Kesrick Williams to Pant, no ball, 2 runs, to long-on

20 off the over. The tide turned with that JHo over.

Wait. No ball. Kesrick's over not "over" yet.

dem go kill peltwick

In reply to Narper

Indian batting making it look easy.

23 off Notebook over

IND 177/2 (16.0) CRR: 11.06 REQ: 7.75

India need 31 runs in 24 balls

31 needed from 4 overs. A walk in the park now. 81 runs in the last 5 overs.

Sheldon Cottrell [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack

16.1
Cottrell to Kohli, 1 run, full delivery outside off stump, Kohli drives it to deep extra-cover

nothing short of a miracle needed from Cottrell

too much to ask for, I guess

Gawn ....Souljah Bai strikes

16.2
Cottrell to Pant, out Caught by Holder!!

Pant c Holder b Cottrell 18(9) [6s-2]

IND 178/3 (16.2) CRR: 10.9 REQ: 8.18
India need 30 runs in 22 balls

salute!!!!!

In reply to Norm

Cottrell making this interesting.

Cotterel to Pant. Tries to hit it too hard. Skies it to long on where Holder catches it about a foot from the ground.

29 needed from 21.

What a response from Kohli after that six. He uses the bat as a notebook to "tick" Kesrick's name off. Guess Kohli has seen the Chadwick Walton video! This T20I series will have some crazy fireworks

END OF OVER:17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | INDIA: 182/3 (26 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 10.70, RRR: 8.66)

Shreyas Iyer 3 (3b)
Virat Kohli 70 (43b)

Sheldon Cottrell
4-0-24-1
Kesrick Williams
3-0-44-0

WI 207/5 (20.0)

IND 182/3 (17.0) CRR: 10.71 REQ: 8.67

India need 26 runs in 18 balls

Shreyas Iyer 3(3)
Kohli 70(43)

Pollard to bowl the 18th over. 26 needed.

Kieron Pollard, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
17.1
Pollard to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket

Runs in and dont deliver...Kohli pissed

Wide down leg!

Kohli picks a full ball off the pads and hits it golf-like over mid wicket for SIX!!! Amazing shot!

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17.2
Pollard to Kohli, SIX, that's a take that whip shot for six and look at the way he's staring at Pollard.

steupps!!

Kohli is the wrong man to pull your antics on

In reply to B16JP587S

This is a game for big men!!!!

Someone should send the memo.

Pitched outside leg? No. Missing leg!

India will win this with an over to spare.

What a return catch by Pollard!!! Iyer hit it hard but about waist high a bit away from Pollard but he lunged at it and caught it well.

Great return catch by Pouty !!!!!!!

17.6
Pollard to Shreyas Iyer, out Caught & Bowled!! Oh a stunner from Pollard in his follow through. Brilliant catch and look at his reaction

Shreyas Iyer c and b Pollard 4(6)

wow!! that's some catch, Pollard!!!

17.6
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Pollard to Iyer, OUT, takes a stunner! And then celebrates like a boss. Good length outside off, and Iyer flat-bats a shot back to the bowler's left. But he dives on the followthrough and stretches both hands out before taking a spectacular catch. Folds his arms and then points to the skies above. A rare failure for Iyer
SS Iyer c & b Pollard 4 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

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18.2
Kesrick Williams to Kohli, SIX, to deep extra cover

Kohli is a boss. Level shit and sloppy bowling.

Kohli murdering WIlliams

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18.4
Kesrick Williams to Kohli, SIX, and he signs off with a stunning flat lofted drive over extra-cover too. India have chased 208 with 8 balls to spare. What scenes from Kohli. He points to the back of his shirt towards his name and then lets out an intense roar. Pollard looks away. And then he takes the helmet off and has his arms aloft to all corners of the ground. Never seen Kohli this intense and animated recently

WI 207/5 (20.0)

IND 209/4 (18.4) CRR: 11.2

India won by 6 wkts

Shivam Dube 0*(0

Kohli 94*(50)

That was not a bad ball from Kesrick ( even if pelted), but Kohli still smote it over long off for SIX!!!

Hard to believe Keemo has to sit in the dugout and watch this.

Kesrick Williams and Holder could not keep things tight. 207 was a good score

22 extras ...5 overs approx 20 runs per over .

3.4 over ...60 runs




No problem , a young team , will get better they did
well

Congrats CWI team

In reply to Norm

60 fuking runs in 3.4 over

Virat is home baked, flat track bully.

Glad that I saw the Masterclass. None better than Virat.

In reply to runout



What amazing batting by Virat.

Rahul batted well too but I felt he was batting above his normal class. Rahul being interviewed now. Good speaker.

not a bad game. WI tried. Kohli- well, what more can we say?

Congrats India!!

In reply to Norm

Norm, they don't come better than Virat!

I feel lucky that we have witnessed some great batting.

I just took a peep. I spared myself the carnage as I know how shitty were are as a team.

In reply to runout

We are not helping ourselves.. 23 flippin extras..as if playing against Kohli is not a big enough handicap..

Very entertaining match, nevertheless. WI batted really well but the bowling was too poor and inexperienced. Cotterel and Pierre bowled well (despite Pierre's figures).

Kesrick and Holder were not up to it with their bowling. Walsh got away with several long hops and it is hard to say if he is up to this level at this time.

In reply to Courtesy
Did not plan on watching..out most of the morning but when I saw 207/5 ,I took more than a peep..Not chicken like you

In reply to Bigzinc

They really need to get more disciplined. That is another 2 overs.

In reply to hubert

In reply to hubert



I never want to be a witness to murder.

KL Rahul: "Everyone likes me when I score runs. In T20Is, I honestly don't plan my innings according to strike-rate, especially batting second. Depends more on the target. First few balls I'd still like to make use of the wicket. Important to lay a solid foundation as an opener, because there are power hitters in the back end. Want to do better in the next couple of games. Playing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy helped a lot. Doesn't matter how many hours you spend in the nets. Winning games gives me the most confidence. Did that with Karnataka, happy to do it with India. Good that I can carry my confidence across tournaments. Tried to keep the game simple."

Kieron Pollard: "Batters did a good effort. You'd take 208 ten out of ten times. We lost due to the extras column. Nearly 2 and a half overs of extra deliveries. Yes, it was a batting wicket, but if we executed our plans better, it could've been a different story. There are only two areas where we lost the game in. Usually we tend to focus on negatives, but a lot of positives to takeaway today. King and Hetmyer showed great intent. Fielders did well. In the end, we need to improve, and we will win if we learn to tick more boxes."

Virat Kohli, the man of the match: "To young batsmen watching, don't follow the first half of my innings. I was batting poorly that time. I didn't want to put KL under pressure but I couldn't get going. Luckily got that one over from Holder, and then I began to analyse why I'm going wrong. Realised I'm not a slogger but a timer instead, and then changed my playing style."

Kohli: "That one over from Jason and I started to find the middle of the bat."

Kohli: "Play hard but smile and shake hands at the end."

A very balanced human being. Kudos, young man!

We lost, but there's nothing to be shame about. We played competitive cricket, but did not win.

In reply to Courtesy
Man,you too bad...and smart too