In the first T20, India beat West Indies by 68 runs spinners changed the course of the match

IND vs WI: Team India won the first T20 match against West Indies by 68 runs. Chasing the target of 191 runs, the Windies team could only manage 122 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.

Rohit and Karthik's bat spoke fiercely

Captain Rohit Sharma scored the most runs for India. He played an innings of 64 runs. At the same time, Dinesh Karthik's bat spoke fiercely in the last over. He scored 41 runs in just 19 balls. During this, 4 fours and 2 sixes came off his bat. His strike rate was 215.78. Alzarri Joseph took the highest 2 wickets for West Indies.

Team India's top order was a flop

Suryakumar Yadav, who came to open batting for the first time in T20 International matches, scored 24 runs in 16 balls. During this he hit 3 fours and 1 six. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer was a complete flop in the match. His account didn't even open. Iyer was followed by Obed McCoy. While Shreyas Iyer became the victim of Akil Hossein.

Rishabh Pant, who came to bat at No. 4, faced 12 balls and was dismissed after scoring 14 runs. Keemo Paul took his wicket. Hardik Pandya, who was in excellent form, could not do much today and was dismissed after scoring just 1 run.

Two big changes in Team India

In today's match, the Indian team made two big changes. R Ashwin became a part of the playing XI for the first time after the 2021 T20 World Cup. At the same time, Ishan Kishan is not playing today's match. In his place, Suryakumar Yadav came to bat for the first time in the T20 International match.

Playing XI-11 of both the teams

Team India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin.

West Indies squad: Shamar Brooks, Kyle Meyers, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odeon Smith, Keemo Paul, Akeel Hossein, Obed McCoy, Alzarri Joseph.