May Islands Innings:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was bowled out in the first over by opener Brendon King 4 (5) for the West Indies. The West Indies were in crisis when Kyle Mers 31 (24) Sahal, who was playing next, became the LBW in bowling.
Following this, Roston Chase 4 (10) and Rowman 2 (3) were both dismissed by debutant Ravi Bishnoi in the same over. Thus, the West Indies team went into a dilemma. Akhil Hossain was also bowled out for 10 (12) by Deepak Sahar this time, leaving the West Indies 90/5 in 14 overs.
Nicholas Pooran and Kieran Pollard then formed a partnership. Pollard knocked and played, and Pooran began to play aggressively. Thus the pace of the score was brisk. Pooran scored 61 (43) and Herschelle Patel was bowled out. In the end Pollard scored 24 off 19 balls. Thus, the West Indies team scored only 157/7 at the end of 20 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi and Deepak Sahar took two wickets each.
Indian innings:
Openers Rohit Sharma 40 (19) and Ishant Kishan 35 (42) were the mainstays of India’s chase. Following this, Virat Kohli 17 (13) and Rishabh Bandh 8 (8) were subsequently dismissed, putting the Indian team in crisis.
At that time Suryakumar Yadav 34 (18) and Venkatesh Iyer 24 (13) played well and gave the team a victory by 6 wickets in 18.5 overs.
7th time:
In the last 6 T20 matches, the Indian team openers have formed a record 50+ partnerships in a row. There was still no wicket until 64/0. Indian team opening partnership in last 6 T20 matches (140, 70, 86, 50, 117, 69)