🏏India vs West Indies: 1st T20I at Brian Lara Stadium - 03/08/2023🏏 - Page 41

Jason Holder | Player of the Match: The amount of cricket I've been playing is a lot. I try to refresh, I think it was needed. I was happy just I stuck with my plans. I wanted to make them work hard for their runs, didn't want to give easy runs. It (16th over) was the turning point as the game was getting close. The guys stuck together, total team effort. The conditions played in the favour of the bowlers. We got early wickets, which is very important.

Hardik Pandya | India captain: We were right to chase. We made some errors which costed us the game. A young team will make mistakes. We will learn. Good four games ahead. In T20 cricket, if you lose wickets, it becomes difficult to chase. A couple of hits can change the momentum. When we lost a couple of wickets, that halted us.It (playing three spinners) was more to do with the spinners. We wanted to give opportunities to the two wristies. Mukesh - to have this two weeks in WI - to make debuts in all three formats is really good. He bowled a couple of overs back to back. Tilak - very pleasing to see. There's confidence and fearless. They are going to do wonders for India.

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Rovman Powell | West Indies captain: It's a very good feeling. We talked of starting this series on a positive note. They didn't have a set batter and I was confident in the final over. After watching the Indians bowl, I thought we were a spinner short. It was difficult (to bat). We knew the new ball was going to give runs. This series will be decided on how WI batters bat against the spin. We have the power in the backend. I knew it was going to be difficult to start in the Caribbean. But once you get a start, it's easier. Jason (Holder) was fantastic today.

India Losing while Chasing 150 or less Targets in T20I

Under Dhoni - 2 times

Under Rahane - 1 time

Under Hardik - 1 time*

Under Rohit/Kohli - 0 time

Originally posted by: Ocean_breeze

I am scared for WC

West Indies take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series and it was a close encounter on a track that wasn't easy to bat on. That's it from today. The action shifts to Guyana which will host the next two matches. Tune in on Sunday for the second T20I. Until then, goodbye...