Skipper Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma with another fabulous knock helped the Indian team stay alive in the five-match series with a 7-wicket win after Suryakumar Yadav's majestic knock.
Suryakumar Yadav hit 10 fours and four sixes on way to a 44-ball 83 before he got out on an Alzarri Joseph full toss, however, ensured that his team is in a winning position.
After multiple failures across ODIs and the first two T20Is, the number one batter in T20s, Suryakumar Yadav smashed a quickfire fifty to storm back into form as he kept India on course of a series-saving win.
Team India's opening woes in T20Is continued in the must-win clash in Guyana as debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal got out after scoring just 1 run on the ball of Obed McCoy.
West Indies skipper Rovman Powell slammed an unbeaten 40 off 19 as he helped his side get to a really competitive total of 159 runs despite India's comeback with the ball led by Kuldeep Yadav's record-breaking outing.
Last time Axar Patel didn't bowl a single over, this time Mukesh Kumar almost didn't as he came to bowl his first in the 18th over of the innings and got the breakthrough on the very first delivery getting rid of Shimron Hetmyer.
Kuldeep Yadav is proving to be a mind-blowing decision on his return to the line-up as he took his third wicket of the evening as he sent back set Brandon King now, who got a good start but got slow as the game progressed.
Kuldeep continues to flourish on the slow Guyana surface as he took the big wicket of Nicholas Pooran, who continued from where he left off with some lusty blows.
Kuldeep Yadav, who returned after recovering from a niggle, used the two-paced surface to his advantage getting rid of Johnson Charles who misread the pace of the ball, which went really slow.
Axar Patel, who didn't get to bowl a single over in the second T20I, got the first breakthrough for his side by getting the wicket of dangerous-looking Kyle Mayers.
Kyle Mayers and Brandon King got their team off to a sensational start. Even though the run rate remained around 6-7 in the powerplay, both didn't let the Indian bowlers contain them and got a few boundaries early.
Bees attack, rain, wet outfield, there have been several reasons for delays in cricket but a unique moment took place when the match was delayed as the groundsmen forgot to draw the 30-yard circle.
2 overs done and West Indies have made a cautious start to their innings. 9 runs for no loss.
Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sanju Samson(w), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar
West Indies skipper Rovman Powell won the toss and chose to bat first in the third T20I against India as the pitch might stay slow again and get much slower in the second innings. While West Indies made one change, Team India made two changes in the line-up.
A couple of changes are expected to be made in the Indian line-up given how the current side has faltered on a couple of occasions. Yashasvi Jaiswal has already been handed his cap and there might be more tweaks in the playing XI.
It has not been a great start for the Indian team in the T20I series against the West Indies as the batters have failed to understand the pace of the slow surfaces in the Caribbean but will hope to give their best in a must-win clash.
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