Irrespective of whether the hard-hitting batsman makes a comeback or not, his replacement, Lewis’ position is sealed after the magnificent knock, which helped West Indies score 245 runs.
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Rohit vaulted five spots to 17th while Rahul rose 67 places to be placed 31st after his unbeaten century in the first of the two-match series against the West Indies in Lauderhill, US.
Brathwaite it was “hard to choose” his favourite match between the ICC T20 semi-final win against India, the West Indies’ T 20 World Cup-winning match against England and this first match as captain.
Chasing a mammoth 246, India fell one run short to lose the match as West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo produced a brilliant last ball to dismiss Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni after he survived on the first ball on the last over, conceding just 6 runs.
Opener Johnson Charles was the top scorer for West Indies with a steady knock of 43, in a boring innings, which saw cameos of 19 from Lendl Simmons and 18 from Captain Carlos Brathwaite.
Indian skipper, who also made the same choice in the last game on Saturday, just made a change in the side, dropping Stuart Binny and bringing in Amit Mishra, while West Indies, still do not have the explosive opener Chris Gayle, as they move in with an unchanged squad from Saturday’s win.
He picked up the prize scalp of Charles who was on 43 and looking good for another half-century. Execute and express yourself and he came up trumps for us once again and for how many other years he has been doing it in T20 cricket for the West Indies. Bumrah was special with his ideal yorkers.
Incessant rain led to the abandonment of the second Twenty20 worldwide between India and West Indies in Lauderhill with only 22 overs of play were possible in the game.
INDIA (Target: 144): R Sharma not out 10, A Rahane not out 4. With rain playing spoilsport, a result couldn’t be arrived at as only two overs were bowled during India’s chase. “If we can improve how we bowl in the first six overs, in fact it was the first 12 overs where we gave away too many runs”.
Charles hoicked Bhuvneshwar, who dug one short, for a massive six over mid-wicket to begin the fireworks even as Shami removed the first match centurion Evin Lewis (7). In the case of Sunday’s game, the toss had taken place after which the decision to delay the start of the match was taken.
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Charles’s 25-ball innings consisted of two sixes and five fours. However, his innings went in vain with India losing by just one run.
