Dinesh Karthik IND vs WI: The Caribbeans were happy to get Rohit Sharma out, Dinesh Karthik wreaked havoc with the bat and brought down fever

Captain Rohit Sharma (64) and Dinesh Karthik (41 not out) batted brilliantly as India set West Indies a target of 191 runs in the first match of the five-match T20I series at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium on Friday. Indian team scored 190 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Rohit Sharma looked in rhythm after a long time and hit a lot of fours and sixes. At one end where the wickets were falling, Rohit played a stormy innings of 64 runs. After his dismissal, Dinesh Karthik wreaked havoc with the bat in the last two overs, bringing down the fever of the Windies bowlers.

Dinesh Karthik and R Ashwin batted brilliantly in the last few overs. During this, Karthik hit a flurry of fours and sixes, due to which India scored 190 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Karthik (41 not out, 19 runs, 4 fours and 2 sixes) and Ashwin (13 not out) shared an unbroken 52-run partnership in 25 balls. Dinesh Karthik hit six and four in the last two balls of Jason Holder in the 19th over. Ashwin also hit a six in this over. After this, Karthik blew a six and 2 fours to Obed McCoy, who came to bowl the last over.

Alzarri Joseph took two wickets for West Indies. At the same time, Akil Hossain, Obed McCoy, Keemo Paul and Jason Holder took one wicket each. Earlier, electing to bat after losing the toss, the Indian team scored 45 runs for the loss of two wickets in the powerplay. Meanwhile, openers Suryakumar Yadav (24) and Shreyas Iyer (0) soon returned to the pavilion after playing some good shots to surprise everyone.

After this, captain Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant batted vigorously. In the 10th over, Pant (14) was caught after hitting two consecutive fours off Paul’s balls, giving India a third blow for 88 runs. After this, Hardik Pandya, who came at number five, along with Rohit, kept the pace of the run going. Meanwhile, skipper Rohit completed his fifty in 35 balls by hitting two fours off Joseph in the 12th over.

With this, India’s score also reached beyond 100, but in the same over, Hardik (1) kept walking by giving his wicket cheaply. After 12 overs, the Indian team scored 104 runs for the loss of four wickets. Ravindra Jadeja, who came in sixth place, played some good shots, but in the 15th over, captain Rohit was dismissed for 64 runs in 44 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes off Holder, giving India the fifth blow for 127 runs. . In the 16th over, Joseph made Jadeja (16) his victim.

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