MS Dhoni, the India captain, has called for improvement while bowling in the first six overs and has asked his bowlers to assess conditions quickly, to determine what a competitive spell is ahead of the second T20 global against West Indies in Florida on Sunday. West Indies won the first game of the tournament by one run.
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The run rate during the 126-run stand between Johnson Charles and Lewis, the sixth highest for any century partnership in T20Is.
Virat Kohli was caught down the leg side by wicketkeeper Andre Fletcher off Bravo for just 16 with the total on 48. Bumrah then claimed the wicket of Marlon Samuels (5) caught behind, and Ashwin trapped risky Kieron Pollard (13) lbw.
Bumrah then dealt a telling blow by removing veteran Marlon Samuels (5), who edged to Dhoni in the first ball of the 11th over.
Brathwaite was also concerned about another wet patch on the 30-yard circle west off the pitch. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni could have changed the story had he succeeded in taking two runs off the last ball by Dwayne Bravo.
Evin Lewis scored a magnificent ton, and KL Rahul replied back with an even fantastic ton, which almost helped India win a last ball thriller.
At one time, it looked like the West Indians would run away with the highest ever T20 global score as they reached 199 for 1 at the end of 15 overs but India made fine a comeback in the final five overs, conceding just 46 runs and taking five wickets in the process. He dismissed a risky looking Charles (43) first as the Indian bowling attack combined to restrict WI.
Shami, who was recalled for his second spell, finally managed to bring the onslaught to a halt by removing Charles with a full length delivery that rocked his off-stump.
The highlight of Lewis’s innings was hitting five sixes off a Stuart Binny over, all of which sailed over the boundary on the back of a stiff breeze.
Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard contributed 22 runs each. Bumrah was also taken to task with Lewis hoisting him for two sixes and a four to amass 18 runs from the fifth over. Rahul scored his maiden t20 century and thus, became the third Indin player after Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma to score centuries in all the three format of the game.
Rahul scored his maiden Twenty20 global century in 46 balls and stayed unbeaten on 110, striking 12 fours and five sixes in the process.
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West Indies reached the halfway mark of their innings in record style – their 132 runs beating the previous best after 10 overs of 131 set by South Africa against England at Centurion in 2009.
