Opener Evin Lewis celebrates his maiden Twenty20 global century in the opening game of the two-match series against India on Saturday.
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West Indies opener Evin Lewis says his knowledge of the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium pitch played a key role in his maiden Twenty20 global hundred against India here Saturday.
The bulk of India’s chasing was done by KL Rahul, who scored 110 off 51 balls, his maiden T20I hundred in only his fourth game.
Having lost the first T20I by one run, India needed to win the second to level the series and avoid a whitewash at the hands of West Indies.
Indian opening batsman KL Rahul, who struck his maiden T20 global ton in the opening match against West Indies, has expressed his disappointment to be on the losing side, but added that he was happy with the way the team approached the innings here at the Central Broward Regional Park in Launderhill, Florida.
Meanwhile, India’s Rohit Sharma has moved up five places to reach 17th following knocks of 62 and 10 not out.
On Tuesday, the International Cricket Council clarified that it was, in fact, on request from the two Boards, the BCCI and the West Indies Cricket Board, that the match timings were tweaked, reported Cricbuzz.
Rahul scored his maiden Twenty20 global century in 46 balls and stayed unbeaten on 110, striking 12 fours and five sixes in the process.
India had a similar century stand, with Rahul and MS Dhoni adding 107 off 8.1 overs, a rate of 13.10.
It looked like it might be a similar story on Sunday while Johnson Charles was smashing 43 from 25 balls at the top of the West Indies order after they had been put in to bat.
The West Indies were still placed at a commanding position at 132 for one at the halfway mark.
While West Indies went in unchanged India made one change for this match. Bumrah was also taken to task with Lewis hoisting him for two sixes and a four to amass 18 runs from the fifth over.
6 Number of runs India scored in the 20th over; only two overs in the entire match yielded fewer runs: the 11th of the West Indies innings, by R Ashwin, which went for four, and the first over of India’s innings, by Andre Russell, which went for five. This news story is related to Latest/145749-West-Indies-beat-India-by-one-run-in-record-run-blitz/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. His 49-ball knock included five fours and nine huge sixes while his partnership for the second wicket with Russell yielded 78 runs.
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Jasprit Bumrah had Marlon Samuels (5) caught behind with his first ball while Ashwin had his second wicket when he trapped Kieron Pollard (13) in the next over.
