India scored a challenging 167/5 and had West Indies in all sorts of trouble at 98 for four in the 16th over when lightning and thundershowers struck.
Batting first, Rohit Sharma top-scored with 67 off runs off 51 balls, setting India up for a challenging total before Krunal Pandya (20 off 13 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja propped up the innings by smashing 20 runs in the final over, which was bowled by Keemo Paul.
Besides being the leading run-scorer in T20 Internationals, the HIT-MAN has now become the leading six-hitter in the shortest format of the game.
Batting first, India scored a challenging 167 for five and had West Indies in all sorts of trouble at 98 for four in the 16th over when lightning and thundershowers struck.
The 26-year-old Saini claimed three wickets for 17 runs to help India restrict the West Indies to 95 for 9 after being put to bat. India then chased down the target with 2.4 overs to spare for a 4-wicket win.
Chasing 96 for a win, India huffed and puffed before reaching the target with 2.4 overs to spare.
Chasing 96 for a win, India huffed and puffed before reaching the target with 2.4 overs to spare and four wickets in hand in Florida.
Saini claimed the wickets of Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer while bowling his first over in the Blue jersey on his debut after India opted to bowl.
Pujara last played a Test match when India created history by beating Australia for the first time in their yard this year and it was Pujara, who was India's standout batsman in the four-match series
While Deepak made his T20 debut for India last year against England in July, Rahul may get a chance to prove himself in the three-match T20I series against India.
Opting to field, all the six Indian bowlers got at least a wicket apiece with Saini returning with figures of 3/17 in his debut match.
India skipper can overtake Rohit to become the holder of the record for most runs in the format.
Rohit Sharma already holds the record for being the highest run-scorer in T20Is with 2331 runs from 94 T20Is.
India conducted some fitness drills and played football as they prepare themselves for the West Indies, who have named a strong T20I squad.
With Pollard, Narine and skipper Carlos Brathwaite in the mix, West Indies would certainly start as favourites after some intense training sessions at the Broward County Stadium.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma were seen clicking pictures in a cafe in Miami, where India will play the first two T20Is of the three-match series against West Indies.
Ajinkya Rahane's batting average has dropped alarmingly over the last two seasons in Tests but Virat Kohli backed the Team India vice-captain to come good against West Indies.
Deepak and Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey and Washington Sundar are a mixture of new and old faces to have been included in the squad for the limited-overs format.
India will play two Tests during the tour of West Indies and those will be part of the championship.
India coach Ravi Shastri has rubbished the rumours of a rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as nonsense. He said: "I have been part of the dressing room and none of that nonsense is there."
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