India vs Windies 1st T20: Dinesh Karthik rides hosts to victory after Kuldeep's magic
Kolkata: India recovered from a poor start to beat West Indies by five wickets on Sunday in their first of three Twenty20 matches.
Dinesh Karthik scored 31 not out off 34 balls, and debutant Krunal Pandya added an undefeated 21 off nine balls, as India rallied from 45-4 to reach the winning total of 110-5 in 17.5 overs.
Put into bat after losing the toss, West Indies scored 109-8 in 20 overs as left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav took 3-13 in his four-over spell.
Scoreboard
West Indies
Shai Hope run out Rahul/Pandey 14
Denesh Ramdin c Karthik b Umesh Yadav 2
Shimron Hetmyer c Karthik b Bumrah 10
Kieron Pollard c Pandey b Pandya 14
Darren Bravo c Dhawan b Kuldeep Yadav 5
Rovman Powell c Karthik b Kuldeep Yadav 4
Carlos Brathwaite lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 4
Fabian Allen c Umesh Yadav b Khaleel Ahmed 27
Keemo Paul not out 15
Khary Pierre not out 9
Extras: (2lb, 3w) 5
Total: (for 8 wickets) 109
Overs: 20
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-22, 3-28, 4-47, 5-49, 6-56, 7-63, 8-87.
Did not bat: Oshane Thomas
Bowling: Umesh Yadav 4-0-36-1, Khaleel Ahmed 4-1-16-1, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-27-1, Krunal Pandya 4-0-15-1, Kuldeep Yadav 4-0-13-3.
India
Rohit Sharma c Ramdin b Thomas 6
Shikhar Dhawan b Thomas 3
Lokesh Rahul c Bravo b Brathwaite 16
Rishabh Pant c Bravo b Brathwaite 1
Manish Pandey c & b Pierre 19
Dinesh Karthik not out 31
Krunal Pandya not out 21
Extras: (4b, 5lb, 4w) 13
TOTAL: (for 5 wickets) 110
Overs: 17.5.
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-16, 3-35, 4-45, 5-83.
Did not bat: Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh Yadav.
Bowling: Oshane Thomas 4-0-21-2, Keemo Paul 3.5-0-30-0, Carlos Brathwaite 4-1-11-2, Khary Pierre 4-0-16-1, Kieron Pollard 1-0-12-0, Fabian Allen 1-0-11-0.
