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Sri Lanka home series

T20I

Lucknow: India wins

Hindol Basu, February 25, 2022: The Times of India

Scoreboard, T20Is-Sri Lanka home series, Lucknow, 2022
From: Hindol Basu, February 25, 2022: The Times of India

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Scoreboard, T20Is-Sri Lanka home series, Lucknow, 2022

Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer may notbe certainties in India’s first-choice T20eleven yet, but the duo threw their hatsin the ring with explosive knocks in thefirst T20 International Sri Lanka at Lucknow’s Ekana Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Bolstered by the duo’s stirring show, India gave the Lankans a total of 200 to chase,which as expected proved to be a tall orderfor the Islanders. Charith Asalanka (unbeaten 53 off 47b; 5x4) got some welcome runsand Chamika Karunaratne (21 off 14b; 2x6)and Dushmantha Chameera (24 off 14; 2x4,1x6) hit a few lusty blows towards the endbut the die had been cast by then. Sri Lankafell short by 62 runs. For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar got things going with a wicket off thefirst ball of the Lankaninnings. The in-for mPathum Nissanka was castled by a delivery that keptlow. Bhuvi got anotherwicket in his next over,having Kamil Misharacaught at midwicket whiletrying to pull a good lengthball. The Lankans couldn’trecover after the poorstart and kept losing wickets at regular intervals, finishing at 137/6. Kishan was back to his belligerent bestafter a below-par series against West Indies. The diminutive southpaw got off the blocksas if he had to catch a train, taking a specialliking for Karunaratne in the third over. He smashed three back-to-back boundariesand took 15 runs off the over that got Indiarolling. Lahiru Kumara was given a similartreatment by Kishan with the fourth overyielding 14 runs. In the Powerplay overs, Kishan had fiveboundaries and two sixes to his name, while his opening partner Rohit Sharma had hita solitary boundary. But that changed afterthe Powerplay as Rohit, who struggled initially, got into his groove and took leg-spinner Jefferey Vandersay to the cleaners. In between, Kishan got a lucky breakwith Janith Liyanage dropping a catch atdeep midwicket off Vandersay. Soon after,Kishan brought up his second T20I half-century off mere 30 deliveries. A back-of-the-hand slower delivery byKumara ended Rohit’s (44 off 32b; 2x4, 1x6)innings as the ball kept low and crashedinto the stumps, while the Indian captainwent for an aerial shot down the ground. The opening wicket partnership produced111 runs to give India the initiative. Three overs of calm ensued Rohit’s dismissal, butthe 16th over off Kumaragot India back on track. Kishan powered a six andtwo fours off three deliveries to take 17 runs and alsogot closer to a century. The next over, however,Kishan’s (89 off 56b; 10x4,3x6) knock came to an endas Lankan skipper DasunShanaka’s banged-in delivery got too big on him anda pull shot was spooned upin the air which Liyanage,rushing from midwicket, managed to catch. After Kishan’s departure, it was aShreyas Iyer (unbeaten 57 off 28b; 5x4, 2x6)show. An authoritative pull off Chameerafor a boundary got him going. In the nexttwo overs – off Karunaratne (19th) and Chameera (20th) – Iyer clobbered 18 and 16 runsto propel India to a total of 199/2. Iyer usedthe crease well and deposited a six each offthe first ball in both overs. The two bowlerserred in their lines thereafter, and Iyer gotsome boundaries going – eventually reaching his fourth T20I fifty off just 25 balls.

West Indies, home tour

ODIs

India wins at Ahmedabad

Nitin Naik, February 7, 2022: The Times of India

Scoreboard- India vs West Indies, ODI-I Ahmedabad, 2022
From: Nitin Naik, February 7, 2022: The Times of India

In 15 ODIs before Sunday, the West Indies had been bowled out before their full quota of overs nine times. Sunday, India’s historic 1000th ODI at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad turned out to be the 10th. 
For a team that was coming from a high of beating England in the T20 series at home, it was a disappointing performance as there were too many soft dismissals as they crashed to 176 all out in 43. 5 overs. That total too was possible largely to the skill of the highly dependable Jason Holder and the application shown by Fabian Allen, who rescued them with a 78-run stand from a perilous 79 for 7, on a dryish but decent surface.

The hosts, led by a breezy 60 from Rohit Sharma, who did everything right, including winning the toss, got home in 28 overs with six wickets to spare.

Apart from a chaotic four-ball spell where a hyper-aggressive Virat Kohli got two boundaries, and got bounced once before miscuing a hook to deep square-leg off the pacy Alzarry Joseph, who had dismissed Rohit earlier in the over by trapping him leg-before off a delivery that hurried him, the chase never looked out of control. Ishan Kishan could not make good use of the chance to bat up the order and contributed just 28 before throwing his hand away. Debutant Deepak Hooda 26* (32) and Surya Kumar Yadav 34* (36) then took the team home with a 62-run stand off 63 balls after Rishabh Pant was run out at the non-striker’s end as a straight drive from Yadav was deflected onto the stumps by Joseph with Pant backing up too far. Yadav batted with characteristic flair and even endured a few witty barbs from his Mumbai Indians teammate, Kieron Pollard.

The win though was credit to the bowlers. Offie Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal grabbed seven wickets between them and made good use of a helpful pitch and an opposition that was unwilling to graft and played with hard hands. Both bowled with skill and control though. Chahal’s dismissal of Pollard with a googly and getting Shamarh Brooks caught behind with a delivery that drifted in, dipped and spun, showed his class. India though would be happier with the shift that their two main pacers put in, especially in the first powerplay where India bowled 46 dot balls. Bowling hard lengths, the Mohammed Siraj castled Shai Hope with a scrambled seam delivery. Prasidh Krishna also bowled the heavy ball regularly and picked two wickets, including that off the well-set Holder for 57.

West Indies, who have gone back to some of their Test players, even in their ODI set-up, as they need players who can bat out time, have serious issues to ponder when it comes to their approach and attitude towards games that last longer than 120 deliveries, if they are to make the remaining two games in the series, competitive.

India will be happy that the start of the Rohit-era has ended a run off four successive defeats.

India wins 2nd Ahmedabad ODI, and series

Scoreboard- India vs West Indies, ODI-II, Ahmedabad, 2022
From: February 10, 2022: The Times of India

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Scoreboard- India vs West Indies, ODI-II, Ahmedabad, 2022

Twenty20I

India wins third ODI; series 3-0, a rare ‘double sweep’

Saibal Bose, February 21, 2022: The Times of India

Kolkata: Rain stayed away throughout the day, so did the sun. But Suryakumar Yadav joined the party under the Eden Gardens floodlights here on Sunday with all guns blazing. The rather gloomy Kolkata day turned into an evening of fireworks as Suryakumar, along with Venkatesh Iyer, guided India to 184 for five in the third and final T20 International against the West Indies.


The total eventually proved adequate, with the West Indies being stopped in their tracks at 167 for 9. Nicholas Pooran continued his defiance with a 47-ball 61. Rovman Powell and Romario Shephard blazed briefly, but those weren’t enough. Like the ODIs, the T20I series was a clean sweep for India with this 17-run win.

West Indies, meanwhile, will have a lot to introspect. For the record, India had beaten New Zealand 3-0 too, in their previous T20I series at home. The major talking point during the West Indies innings was injury to Deepak Chahar, who pulled a muscle before the last ball of his second over, the third of the innings. Having already dismissed the West Indies openers, Chahar’s walking off the ground was a blow to India, although in the context of the match it did not matter much. The Sunday show-stopper was a great effort by India’s fifth-wicket pair of Yadav and Iyer, considering that the 100th run came in the 16th over of the innings. The partnership was worth 91 runs, coming in only 37 balls, with the last five overs fetching 86. A crowd of around 20,000 watched and roared as all this unfolded.

Suryakumar scored 65 off just 31 deliveries, which had seven sixes. His only boundary, a brilliant cover drive, had even the West Indians applauding. He perished on the innings’ last ball, going for maximum again.

Venkatesh remained unbeaten on 35 and had two sixes too in his 19-ball stay. He also snapped up two wickets.

It was to be a day of experiments for India, who started off with h four changes, two forced and two by choice, handing medium-pacer Avesh Khan his debut. While Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad came in for Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur and Avesh replaced the rested Bhuvneswar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Kolkata: India beats West Indies

Scoreboard, T20s, West Indies vs. India- Kolkata, 2022
From: [ The Times of India]

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Scoreboard, T20s, West Indies vs. India- Kolkata, 2022