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The 1st T20I Match of the India tour of West Indies, 2023 was played today bitween West Indies vs India at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad. In which West Indies beats India by 4 runs.
West Indies batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very well, Brandon King and Kyle Mayers came to start the inning and have good start, the first wicket has dismissed for 29 runs in first ball of the 5th over, Kyle Mayers dismissed just for 1 run in 7 balls, next batsman Johnson Charles came to bat, meanwhile the second wicket also dismissed for 30 runs in 4.3 over, Brandon King dismissed after playing a quick inning of 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaires in just 19 balls, next batsman Nicholas Pooran came to bat and handled the inning with Johnson Charles, the third wicket has dismissed for 58 runs in 7.3 over, Johnson Charles dismissed just for 3 runs in 6 balls, followed by Rovman Powell came to bat handled and hadled the inning with Nicholas Pooran, the fourth wicket has denied for 96 runs in first ball of the 15th over, Nicholas Pooran dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 41 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 34 balls, next batsman Shimron Hetmyer came to bat and he good strike rotate with Rovman Powell, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 134 runs in first ball of the 19th over, Shimron Hetmyer dismissed for 10 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Romario Shepherd came to bat, meanwhile the sixth wicket also dismissed for 138 runs in 18.5 over, Rovman Powell dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 48 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 3 boundaires in just 32 balls, followed by Jason Holder came to bat and he remians unbeaten for 6 runs in 5 balls with Romario Shepherd, and Romario Shepherd also remains unbeaten for 4 runs in 6 balls. In this way, West Indies scored 149 runs after losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 150 runs in front of India.
Indian bowlers Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for 31 runs in his spell, Yuzvendra Chahal 2 wickets for 24 runs in 3 overs, Kuldeep Yadav 1 wicket just for 20 runs in his spell, Hardik Pandya 1 wicket just for 27 runs in his spell, Mukesh Kumar was wicketless for 24 runs in 3 overs, and Axar Patel also wicketless for 22 runs in 2 overs.
India chasing 150 runs in the second inning they could manage just 145 runs after losing 9 wickets in stipulated 20 balls. India started the inning not very well, Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed very quickly just for 5 runs in 2.2 over, Shubman Gill dismissed just for 3 runs in 9 balls, next batsman Suryakumar Yadav came to bat and played well with Ishan Kishan, the second wicket has dismissed for 28 runs in 4.5 over, Ishan Kishan dismissed just for 6 runs in 9 balls, next batsman Tilak Varma came to bat and handled the inning with Suryakumar Yadav, the third wicket has dismissed for 67 runs in 9.2 over, Suryakumar Yadav dismissed after scoring 21 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in 21 balls, followed by Hardik Pandya came to bat, after a moments the fourth wicket has dismissed for 77 runs in last ball of the 11th over, Tilak Varma dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 39 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 2 boudaires in just 22 balls, next batsman Sanju Samson came to bat and played well with Hardik Pandya, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 113 runs in first ball of the 16th over, Hardik Pandya dismissed after scoring 19 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in 19 balls, next batsman Axar Patel came to bat, meanwhile the sixth wicket also dismissed for 113 runs in 15.3 over, Sanju Samson dismissed for 12 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Kuldeep Yadav came to bat and he good strike rotate for a while with Axar Patel, the seventh wicket has dismissed for 129 runs in first ball of the 19th over, Axar Patel dismissed for 13 runs in 11 balls, followed by Arshdeep Singh came to bat and played well with Kuldeep Yadav, the 8th wicket dismissed for 140 runs in first ball of the final over, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed just for 3 runs in 9 balls, next batsman Yuzvendra Chahal came to bat, after a few moments the 9th wicket also dismissed for 144 runs in fifth ball of the final over, Arshdeep Singh dismissed after playing a quick inning of 12 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in just 7 balls, next batsman Mukesh Kumar came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball with Yuzvendra Chahal, and Yuzvendra Chahal also remains unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball. In this way, India, chasing 150 runs, could manage just 145 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and losing the match by 4 runs.
West Indies bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Jason Holder took 2 wickets just for 19 runs in his spell, Obed McCoy 2 wickets just for 28 runs in his spell, Romario Shepherd 2 wickets for 33 runs in his spell, Akeal Hosein 1 wicket just for 17 runs in his spell, and Alzarri Joseph was wicketless for 39 runs in his spell.
West Indies bowler Jason Holder was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 2 wickets just for 19 runs include with a Madden over in his spell.
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