Rohit-led India are the WInners

India and the West Indies played each other a year later, to the day.

The former made four changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Lokesh Rahul, Axar, and the Mohammeds (Shami and Siraj) made way for Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, and One-day International debutant Mukesh Kumar.

The hosts made seven changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran, Keacy Carty, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Keemo Paul, and Hayden Walsh, Jr. made way for Alick Athanaze, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Dominic Drakes, Yannic Cariah, and Gudakesh Motie.

On winning the toss, Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 52, and lost three wickets.

Kyle Mayers, who faced nine balls, scored just a couple. Sixteen balls into the match, he was caught by Rohit. Hardik Pandya had a reason to be in seventh heaven.

Athanaze, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 22. Thirty-one balls later, he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja. Mukesh broke the 38-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Brandon King, whose 23-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Four balls later, he was dismissed by Thakur.

Fifty-three balls (8.5 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Hetmyer was the batsman. It was struck down by the West Indian umpire Nigel Duguid.

The West Indies scored 50 off 9.4 overs (58 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

The second Powerplay of the West Indies’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored 62, and lost seven wickets.

Fourteen overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. The West Indies had conceded 84, and lost three wickets at that point. While Shai Hope, their skipper, was batting on 24, Hetmyer was unbea‘ten’.

Hetmyer, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Forty-five balls after King’s dismissal, Jadeja broke the 43-run stand.

Powell, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. Ten balls later, he was caught by Shubman Gill. Jadeja broke the eight-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Shepherd, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli off the bowling of Jadeja.  

A hundred and thirteen balls (18.3 overs) into the match, the West Indies sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Drakes, the batsman, faced five balls, scoring three. It was struck down by Duguid. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kuldeep Yadav, the player of the match, who broke the three-run stand.

The West Indies scored 100 off 18.4 overs (114 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point.

A hundred and twenty-six balls (20.4 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Cariah, the batsman, faced nine balls, scoring three. It was upheld by Duguid. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kuldeep, who broke the eight-run stand.

A hundred and thirty-seven balls (22.3 overs) into the match, the West Indies sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Hope was the batsman. He scored 43 off 45 balls, which included four boundaries and a six. Using the umpires’ call, it was struck down by Duguid. Eleven balls later, Kuldeep had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he trapped him leg before wicket.

Motie, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jayden Seales, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. Three balls after Hope’s dismissal, he was caught by Hardik Pandya off the bowling of Kuldeep.

India eventually conceded nine extras. The West Indies were bundled out for 114 off 23 overs.

Malik, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17.

Hardik and Thakur bowled three overs, picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 17, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 14.

Mukesh bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22, picking up a wicket.

Jadeja, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 37. He picked up three wickets.

Kuldeep bowled three overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded half-a-dozen, picking up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 50, and lost a wicket.

Although his 16-ball innings included a boundary, Gill had no reason to be in seventh heaven – four overs into the chase, he was caught by King. Seales broke the 18-run stand.

India scored 50 off 9.5 overs (59 balls). The West Indies had conceded five extras at that point.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored 68, and lost four wickets.

Sixty-six balls (10.5 overs) into the chase, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Suryakumar Yadav, the batsman, scored 19 off 25 balls, which included three boundaries and a six. It was struck down by English umpire Michael Gough. He was trapped leg before wicket by Motie, who broke the 36-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 16. Hardik had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Fourteen balls later, Cariah ran him out.  

Ishan Kishan’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 44 balls.

Sixteen overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. India had conceded 93, and lost three wickets at that point. While Kishan was batting on 52, Jadeja had scored four.

Kishan, whose 46-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Nineteen balls after Hardik’s dismissal, he was caught by Powell. Motie broke the 24-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was unbeaten.

Thakur, who faced four balls, scored a run. Half-a-dozen balls after Kishan’s dismissal, he was caught by Athanaze. Cariah broke the three-run stand.

India scored 100 off 18.3 overs (112 balls). The West Indies had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Rohit, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

India, who scored 118 for the loss of five wickets off 22.5 overs, won by five wickets with 163 balls to spare.

Athanaze, Mayers, and Shepherd bowled a wicketless over apiece. They conceded seven, six, and a couple, respectively.

Drakes, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Seales, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Cariah, who bowled five overs, conceding 35.

Motie, who bowled 6.5 overs, conceded 26. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India led the three-match series 1-0.