Originally posted by: Prizi
Excellent bowling performance from West Indies to defend 145. Captain Rovman Powell, after the WI innings, was pretty confident that his team could defend the total if their pacers could change the pace well. And that's exactly what they did against the top-ranked T20I side.
Akeal Hosein provided the early breakthrough as he removed Gill with a beauty. Ishan Kishan, who had scored four successive fifties on this tour, fell to McCoy. SKY and Tilak Varma steadied the ship somewhat with the latter looking in tremendous touch. The hosts fought back. They broke the partnership with Hetmyer takes an excellent catch to dismiss SKY and the debutant perished to Romario Shepherd's off-speed short ball. Even though WI were bowling well, India would have still fancied their chances when Hardik and Samson were out in the middle. But both the batters fell in the same over bowled by Holder which also a maiden over. Arshdeep struck a couple of fours in the penultimate over but Shepherd nailed his yorkers in the final over to extinguish any Indian hope.Earlier in the day, King got West Indies off to a brisk start. Pooran came out all guns blazing but he slowed down considerably as the innings progressed. Captain Powell got a couple of reprieves and top-scored with 48. It seemed like the hosts had a below-par score, but their bowlers had other ideas. Presentations coming up in a bit...
Edited by Prizi - 2 years ago
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