T20 World Cup (Men’s), 2022
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India vs. West Indies
4th T20I: Lauderhill: India wins
August 7, 2022: The Times of India
Lauderhill: Rishabh Pant and skipper Rohit Sharma missed out on big knocks but made useful enough contributions to propel India to 191 for 5 and series-clinching 59-run win in the fourth T20I against West Indies. Rohit (33 off 16 balls) and Pant (44 off 31 balls) were the main contributors while Axar Patel struck some meaty blows towards the end to finish unbeaten on 20 off 8 balls. Sanju Samson was more subdued during his 30 not out off 23 balls, often failing to find the boundaries, which prevented India from reaching 200. Avesh Khan took 2/17 while Arshdeep Singh polished off the tail to return figures of 3/12. It was Axar (2/48) and Avesh who rocked the West Indies chase. Ravi Bishnoi finished with 2/27.
For West Indies left-arm pacer Obed McCoy, cricket indeed turned out to be a great leveller as he was smoked for 66 runs off his 4 overs only a week after he had taken a career-best six-wicket haul in the second ODI. It was the most expensive spell by a West Indies bowler in T20Is. Rohit’s new approach in powerplay might not have produced many big knocks save a half-century but he is certainly showing the way with positive intent upfront. McCoy went for three sixes and 25 runs in an over. In those three, Rohit had a couple -a pull over deep midwicket and a flat one over long-off. The one that got him maximum cheers was a slog swept six off Akeal Hosein (1/ 28 in 4 overs), but in the very next delivery, which was a tad slower and the length slightly shorter, brought about his downfall. But Rohit’s 33 in a stand of 53 in less than five overs set the tone.
PTI Brief scores: India 191/5 (R Pant 44, Rohit 33, S Samson 30*; A Joseph 2/29) beat West Indies 132 in 19. 1 overs (Pooran 24, R Powell 24; Arshdeep 3/12, Avesh 2/17) by 59 runs.
Lauderhill: India wins
August 8, 2022: The Times of India
Lauderhill: Shreyas Iyer roared back to form with a stroke-filled 64 while the spinners picked up all the 10 wickets as India recorded yet another one-sided 88-run victory over West Indies to wrap up the five-match T20 International series by a comprehensive 4-1 margin.
It was Iyer’s half-century and useful contributions from Deepak Hooda (38 off 25 balls) and stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya’s (28 off 16 balls) cameo that propelled India to 188 for 7 in 20 overs after being put in to bat.
Then, Pandya handed the new ball to Axar Patel (31-15-3), who quickly removed makeshift opener Jason Holder (0), Shamarah Brooks (13) and Devon Thomas (10) with three arm balls on a track where balls stopped and gripped off the surface.
West Indies were all out for 100 runs inside 16 overs as one of the most lopsided T20I bilateral series came to an end even though India won’t be complaining having ticked most of the boxes. Once Kuldeep Yadav (4-1-12-3) caught rival skipper Nicholas Pooran (3) plumb in-front with a flighted delivery, there was no way that the West Indies could have made a comeback on a track which wasn’t easy for batting.
It started getting slower with the passage of time and despite Shimron Hetmyer’s (56 off 35 balls) resistance, it was never going to be enough as the Caribbean batting lineup never had the wherewithal to cope with the quality of Indian spinners.
Ravi Bishnoi (2. 4-0-16-4) also got into the act and snapped his share of wickets as India’s spin troika varied their lengths and pace with ease to keep the Windies batters on tenterhooks.
But the day belonged to Iyer, who was able to release the pressure piling upon him with a blistering knock as the Indian team, even without its regular top-order, scored above par on a slowish track.
PTI Brief scores: India 188/7 (Iyer 64, Hooda 38, Smith 3-33) beat West Indies 100 (Hetmyer 56, Bishnoi 4-16, Kuldeep 3-12, Axar 3-15) by 88 runs
