Fast bowlers Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd and Obed McCoy have shared six wickets because the West Indies claimed a tense four-run victory over a younger India facet within the first Twenty20 International in Trinidad.
Chasing 150 to win, India misplaced wickets at common intervals on Thursday and the required run-rate climbed past their attain as debutant Tilak Varma top-scored with 39 off 22 balls.
The guests wanted 11 off the ultimate over however Shepherd saved a cool head to concede 5 runs and picked up two wickets to sentence India to defeat of their 2 hundredth T20 worldwide.
Only Pakistan have performed extra matches within the shortest format of the sport at 223.
India have been with out skilled gamers together with captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who have been unnoticed of the squad.
“We were right in the chase. We made some errors which cost us, but it is fine,” India captain Hardik Pandya mentioned.
“A young team will make mistakes. Throughout the game, we were in control. I have always believed that in T20 cricket if you lose wickets, it becomes difficult to chase down a total.”
West Indies gained the toss and opted to bat however struggled to get going as Yuzvendra Chahal eliminated each openers.
Rovman Powell (48) shared 38-run partnerships with Nicholas Pooran (41) and Shimron Hetmyer (10) to elevate the hosts to 149.
Arshdeep Singh pitched in with two wickets for the guests, dismissing Powell and Hetmyer.
The second recreation of the five-match collection might be performed in Guyana on Sunday.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
