IND vs WI / Team India lost in the first T20 – West Indies won by 4 runs

IND vs WI: Team India has suffered a 4-run defeat against the West Indies in the first match of the T20 series. The Indian team was playing its 200th T20 match. With this win, the hosts have taken a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. The next match of the series will be played on August 6 at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Batting first after winning the toss at Port of Spain, West Indies scored 149 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 150 runs, she could score 145 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.

This is how Team India's first wicket fell

• First: Akil Hussain flighted the second ball of the third over, which Gill wanted to go ahead and play, but missed and wicketkeeper Charles took advantage of the opportunity to stump him.
• Second: On the 5th ball of the 5th over, McCoy got Kishan caught by Rovman Powell. Kishan was caught by Powell at mid-on while playing the length ball in front.
• Third: On the second ball of the 10th over, Jason Holder got Suryakumar caught by Hetmyer. Hetmyer took a brilliant catch at extra cover.
• Fourth: Tilak Verma was caught by Romario Shepherd at the hands of Shimron Hetmyer.
• Fifth: Jason Holder bowled Hardik Pandya on the first ball of the 16th over.

Team India's slow start, also lost two wickets

Team India, chasing a score of 150 runs, got off to a slow start. The team lost the wickets of its openers for 28 runs. In the powerplay, India scored 45 runs for two wickets. Shubman Gill 3 and Ishaan Kishan were dismissed after scoring 4 runs.

West Indies scored 149 runs, Powell played an inning of 48 runs

The host team, winning the toss and electing to bat first, scored 149 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Rovman Powell scored the highest 48 runs, while Nicholas Pooran scored 41 runs.

Left arm pacer Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2-2 wickets. Captain Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket each.

West Indies wickets fell like this...

• First - Kyle Meyer missed the shot on Yuzvendra Chahal's ball and got out LBW.
• Second - Brandon King could not defend on Yuzvendra Chahal's ball and became LBW.
• Third - Johnson Charles played a mistimed slog sweep on Kuldeep Yadav's googly ball and was caught by Tilak Verma.
• Fourth- On the first ball of the 15th over, Captain Pandya got Nicholas Pooran caught by Tilak Verma.
• Fifth - On the first ball of the 19th over, Arshdeep Singh caught Shimron Hetmyer at the hands of Akshar Patel.
• Sixth: On the 15th ball of the 19th over, Arshdeep got Rovman Powell caught by Suryakumar at long on.

Fast start of Windies, also lost 2 wickets

In the first T20, the Windies got off to a brisk start. The team scored 54 runs for 2 wickets in the first 6 overs, although the team has also lost the wickets of the openers. Meyers was dismissed for another King 28 runs. Chahal dismissed both.

Tilak-Mukesh got debut cap

Middle order batsman Tilak Verma and fast bowler Mukesh Kumar got their debut caps before the start of the match. Tilak will be playing an international match for the first time from India. On the other hand, Mukesh has made Test and ODI debut for India only on West Indies tour, now he will play T20 International for the first time.

Playing XI of both the teams

West Indies: Rovman Powell (c), Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Akil Hossain, Alzarri Joseph and Obed McCoy.

India: Hardik Pandya (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh.