West Indies: 143 all out in 19.4 overs.
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The match was abandoned by 2pm local time. With just a couple of covers being bowled in the Indian innings, the rain gods have intervened, as the match is on hold, while the covers are on the pitch.
Meanwhile, India’s Rohit Sharma has moved up five places to reach 17th following knocks of 62 and 10 not out. With no further play possible the match was officially called off and West Indies clinched the two-match series 1-0.
Cape Town – The decision to abandon the second T20 between the West Indies and India in Florida was met with contrasting opinions from the skippers, with Carlos Brathwaite saying the ground was unsafe, while MS Dhoni saying that it was fine.
Charles showed his brilliance with the willow as he smashed 33-ball 79. Mohammed Shami took the wicket of the centurion in the previous match, Evin Lewis, in the third over of the match.
The match, the first global outing for India in the United States, was, in fact, a competition of show of batting prowess between the two teams on a featherbed of a pitch on a small ground at Lauderhill and Dhoni’s men came second at the end. West Indies crawled their way to 143 before being bundled out in 20th over with two balls to spare.
Mishra, who replaced Stuart Binny, gave away only 24 runs and dismissed three batsmen and his bowling made a good impact along with Ashwin (2/11), who conceded very few runs in his three overs.
The other batsmen failed to build on their start, as Ashwin, Shami and Bumrah picked up a brace each.
India were two overs into the chase, at 15 without loss, after bowling out West Indies for 143 in 19.4 overs, in a match which also started almost an hour late because of “technical reasons”.
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Until Monday, it was the broadcaster drawing the flak for the delay because a technical failure with the satellite truck had delayed the proceedings at the match venue. “The toss shall take place not earlier than 30 minutes, nor later than 15 minutes before the scheduled or any re-scheduled time for the match to start”. New Zealand are at the pole position with 132 rating points. The series kicks off with first Test scheduled on September 22 at Kanpur.
