1st T20I: India beat West Indies by 4 wickets to start tour on high note
Sports | August 03, 2019 23:47 ISTChasing 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.
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.
India lost to New Zealand in the semifinal, and the No.4 spot remained a question mark throughout the tournament as neither Vijay Shankar nor Risabh Pant could not make it their own.
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.
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.
COA chief Vinod Rai said that there is no time to review India's performance in the 2019 World Cup as the team will depart for the West Indies tour on July 29.
Ahead of the England series in March, Gayle had said that he planned to retire following the ODI World Cup but he changed his mind during the tournament and has made himself available for this series.
Ganguly took to Twitter to express his disappointment with the squad selection for the Windies tour, but Vinod Kambli strongly disagreed with the former captain.
Krunal Pandya said that he is eyeing consistency with both bat and ball and there is no one better than Virat Kohli to learn from.
A reason behind the postponement of the meeting which was supposed to be held on Friday was also the directive of the CoA that stated that the chairman of the panel instead of the BCCI secretary, will convene it.
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