West Indies vs India Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! YES, HE DOES! India lead the series now by 2-1! A fuller ball, outside off, angling on. Pant stays back and thumps it through mid-wicket for a boundary. India win by 7 wickets.

Hooda steps across and down. Mccoy serves it around off. This is hit to deep mid-wicket for a single. Will Pant finish in this over itself?

Full and on middle. Hooda tries to play on the leg side but gets a leading edge over covers for a couple of runs. 5 runs needed now.

McCoy goes for the widish yorker and he nails it. Hooda fails to squeeze it out.

Fuller and on middle. Pant with a flick of the wrist to deep square leg for a single.

Too full and outside off. Hooda dabs it to cover-point for one run.

Obed McCoy (3-0-25-0) to bowl the penultimate over of the innings.

On middle on a length, drilled down to long on for a single.

FOUR! Beautiful shot from Hooda! Overpitched, outside off. Hooda shows full face of the bat and drives it crisply through covers for a boundary. The fielder in the deep doesn't even try to give a chase.

Fuller ball, outside off. Pant smashes it hard to mid off where Nicholas Pooran gets a hand on it. The ball rolls behind and the batters get a single.

Length ball, outside off. Hooda punches it through point for a single.

Deepak Hooda walks in at number 5.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! West Indies get the wicket but is it a little too late! Short in length and around off. Hardik Pandya tries to pull this but gets an outside edge to Devon Thomas who gobbles it up. It was there to be hit but Pandya swings under the bounce of the ball and gives away his wicket.

This is full and outside off. Pant shuffles way across and whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Didn't get the whole of it.

Jason Holder (2-0-22-0) is back on.

An off-pace delivery, on a length and on off, pulled to deep square leg for a single. 17 needed off the last three overs.

Around off, pushed through covers for a single.

Bye! An action replay of the previous ball and Pant again misses his reverse hit. The ball bounces in front of the keeper, making it hard for him to catch and it rolls behind for a bye.

Hits the deck hard, on a length and on middle. Pant tries to reverse hit but misses it completely.

FOUR! India running away with the game! Short of a length and outside off. Pant pulls it past mid-wicket for four.

Length ball, outside off. Pandya cuts it to deep point for a single.

An effort ball to end the over! A widish yorker, outside off. Pant fails to jam it out.

A full ball, around off. Pandya works it to long on for a single.

Length ball, outside off. Pant punches it to deep point for a single.

Short again, this time Pandya controls his pull shot to deep square leg for a single.

This is short and outside off, drifting a bit away. Pandya throws the kitchen sink at it but only to miss it.

Length ball, outside off. Pant slaps it to long off for a single.

Alzarri Joseph is back for his final over.

Drakes drags back the length and bowls it close to the off pole. Rishabh Pant hops and looks to guide it away but gets an inside edge onto the pads. The ball rolls towards point as the batters scamper through for a run. 29 needed now off 30 balls.

This is pitched up on off, Pant drives it straight towards mid off.

Full and on leg stump, pushed towards mid on.

Hardik Pandya walks out now.

OUT! CAUGHT! A good comeback from Dominic Drakes and Suryakumar Yadav has to walk back! Drakes goes full and wide, pushing it close to the tramline. Yadav tries to put a big stride outside the off stump and sweep it away, a shot that he plays well but it is just too wide and SKY isn't in control of the shot. The ball goes off the top edge and flies down to fine leg where Alzarri Joseph takes a safe catch. Yadav walks back after a brilliant innings and Drakes gets his first wicket of the game.

FOUR! A signature shot from Suryakumar Yadav! This is on a length and slanted well across the off stump. SKY shuffles across the stumps, gets low and laps it over the fine leg fence for four.

Good length, sliding down leg, Pant flicks it off hips down to fine leg for an easy single.

Dominic Drakes (2-0-20-0) is back on.

On the shorter side and on middle and leg, Pant gets down on his knee to pull and gets it towards deep mid-wicket for a run.

A bit slower through the air and around middle, Yadav works it in front of mid-wicket and rotates the strike.

Full and around off, this is drilled down to long on for a single.

Quicker again, going across the left-hander, Pant looks to cut but gets beaten past the outside edge.

SIX! Costly, costly error from Hosein and he pays the price for it. This is quicker and a bit shorter around off, Rishabh Pant hangs deep and short-arm jabs it over the wide long on fence for a biggie.

Drifted on the pads, Yadav eases it through square leg for a single. Oh, wait! Akeal Hosein has committed the cardinal sin as a no ball is called for overstepping. Free Hit to follow.

This is on a nagging length and darted into leg stump, the ball grips and turns away a bit as Yadav pushes it back towards the bowler.

FOUR! A poor finish to the over by Obed McCoy. Shorter and slower, over middle, Pant manages to get on top of the bounce and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. 46 needed now off 42 balls.

This is banged in short, with good pace behind it and well outside off. Pant leaves it on line but the ball is just inside the tramline this time around.

Just short of a length and outside off, Pant stands tall and drives it off the back foot through covers for two more.

WIDE! McCoy will have to reload that one. This is on a good length but beyond the tramline outside off, Pant leaves it alone.

This is full and angling into middle, Rishabh Pant manages to flick it away in front of square on the leg side and gets back for two with ease.

Pitches it up on off stump, Pant pushes it back towards the bowler.

On a good length and over middle, Yadav creates a bit of space as he backs away and guides it towards backward point for a single.

Quicker and flatter again, around off. Suryakumar Yadav looks to thrash it away off the back foot but gets an inside edge off the pads. The ball rolls towards point as the batters sneak in a run.

Flatter and around off, steered away behind point for a single by Pant.

WIDE! And again! This is fired in well outside off and Pant lets it through for a wide.

WIDE! Tries to repeat the trick does Akeal Hosein but spills it beyond the tramline outside off.

Quicker and flatter, wide of the off pole, Pant looks to have a dab at it but gets beaten past the outside edge.

Rishabh Pant is the new man in.

OUT! STUMPED! A smart piece of bowling by Akeal Hosein and he has given his side some hope here. Nicely flighted, on a length and around leg stump. Shreyas Iyer uses his feet, trying to get to the pitch of the ball but gets undone in flight and ends up walking past the ball. The ball just turns away a bit as well. Devon Thomas behind the stumps dislodges the bails and Iyer is miles out. Can the Windies build on it? 60 needed now off 51 balls.

Shorter and on middle, Yadav goes deep in his crease and pulls it past square leg for a single.

Nicely drifted into leg stump and turning away a touch, Yadav skips down the track and has a big hoick against the turn. Yadav gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball goes nowhere.

Mistimed but safe! This is dug in short and it is slower in pace as well, around off. Yadav drags the pull shot off the to end of the bat down to long on for a single.

Dominic Drakes goes full and wide and gets it really full. Suryakumar Yadav looks to jam it out but seems to have missed it as the keeper pouches the ball. There is a stifled appeal for caught behind but the umpire isn't interested. Nicholas Pooran is desperate for a wicket and decides to review it. UltraEdge shows that there is a spike but that of bat hitting the ground.

Iyer shuffles past his stumps, trying to attack the short leg side boundary but Drakes follows him. Iyer just bunts it out on the off side for a quick run.

FOUR! Shreyas Iyer starting to get into the act now. Fullish delivery, slanted across the right-hander, Iyer just heaves it powerfully and into the wide long on fence.

Drakes grunst and serves a good-length ball over leg stump. Yadav backs away and cuts it from close to his body towards backward point for a run.

This is pitched up, outside off, Iyer drives it on the up and towards long off for a single.

Drinks break! The Indian skipper limped off early on but Suryakumar Yadav has just treated the Windies bowlers to a hammering. With just 69 runs needed off 60 deliveries and with all wickets still intact, India are favorites to win the game. The hosts need something special to get back in the game and they need it soon. Also, Dominic Drakes (1-0-12-0) is back on.

FOUR! Suryakumar Yadav with another innovative shot! Short of a length and on middle. Yadav bends his back and ramps it over the keeper for a boundary. India are 96/0 at the halfway mark. 69 runs needed now.

Shorter and outside off. Iyer looks to pull but inner edges it to mid on for one more.

On middle, it is hit to deep square leg for a single.

SIX! Clearly, the shot of the innings or could be shot of the match as well! On a length and on middle. Suryakumar Yadav hangs back and plays a back foot punch, aerially and all the way over long off for a biggie.

Length, outside off. Yadav mistimes his pull to mid-wicket.

Fuller ball, slanting on middle. Iyer whips it behind square on the leg side for a single.

Floated, full and on middle. Yadav plays it back to the bowler.

Tossed up on middle, worked to long on for a single.

Flatter, quicker and down the leg side. Iyer looks to flick but misses. A huge appeal follows but nothing doing for the Windies. Might be off the pads.

Shorter and around off. Yadav hits it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! FIFTY FOR YADAV! Just in 26 balls! His 5th T20I fifty! Tossed up, angling on off. Yadav gets on his knee and slog-sweeps it over deep square leg for a biggie. His third maximum off the innings.

Fuller ball on middle, pushed to long off for a single.

Length ball, outside off. Iyer pulls it to the right of long on for a single. 15 runs off the over.

Short of a length and on middle, slower. Yadav pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

Wide! A slower bumper, angling down. Yadav misses his pull.

SIX! It would have been a wicket if the fielder was right near the ropes! This is short and on off. Yadav was a bit cramped as he tries to pull it. Luckily the player at deep mid-wicket was well yards ahead of the ropes and it goes over him for a biggie.

FOUR! Holder serves a juicy full toss on middle. Yadav gets right underneath the ball and smashes it over mid on for four.

Around the top of off. Iyer drills it to long on for a single. India happy to rotate the strike currently.

Length ball, outside off. Yadav steers it to third man for a single.

Quicker, flatter and on middle. Yadav drops it to covers for a single.

On middle, blocked out.

Tossed up, slower and around off. Yadav sweeps it straight to short fine leg.

Another single as Iyer punches it to long off.

Fuller and outside off, pushed to point fr a single.

Flatter and on off. Yadav drills it to long on for a single.

Akeal Hosein is now brought into the attack.

Length and on off. Yadav steps across and works it to mid-wicket for a run. At the end of the Powerplay, India are 56/0. 109 needed in 84 balls.

On a length and on middle. Yadav gets inside the line of the ball and scoops it over short fine leg. Mayers gives a chase and flicks it back. The ball still rolls towards the ropes and Mayers has to get back in and pull it back. It is very tight on the replays. Mayers had his foot behind the ropes while pulling it back and the TV umpire doesn't have conclusive evidence to turn it around. Two runs.

Fuller and on middle at 108 clicks. Iyer flicks it to deep mid-wicket for one more.

Very full and on middle. Yadav nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Wide! Tries the slower ball but this is full and angling down the leg side. Yadav leaves it alone.

Length ball, on off. Iyer tucks it to mid-wicket for a single.

A length ball on middle. Iyer eases it to the right of the bowler. Holder half-stops but does well to not allow any run.

FOUR! Deliberately played! A length ball, outside off, Suryakumar Yadav stays put and slashes it over backward point to pick up back-to-back boundaries.

FOUR! Thrashed away! A bit too full and wide from Drakes, Suryakumar Yadav drives it powerfully through covers and picks up yet another boundary. A very bright start this from India so far.

Around the top of off, Iyer stays back and dabs it down with soft hands towards short third man for a quick single.

Excellent running! Just short of a length and around off, Iyer punches it out of the back foot and towards sweeper cover. The batters push hard for two and they get it with ease in the end.

A touch fuller and outside off, Iyer looks to cover drive but mistimes it towards mid on.

Starts off with a length ball, slanted well across off. Suryakumar Yadav rocks back and cuts it hard towards deep point for just a single.

Dominic Drakes is into the attack.

FOUR! Whipped away! Joseph serves a half-volley on the pads and Shreyas Iyer flicks it wide of the man at deep backward square leg for a boundary.

On a good length and on off, Iyer hops and flicks it away to mid-wicket. They look for one but decide against it.

Iyer expects the short ball as he starts to back away but Joseph gets it at an awkward height and Iyer almost taps it straight to the man at cover-point.

Back of a length and over middle, this is played off the back foot through mid on for a run.

SIX! Skillfully done by Suryakumar Yadav! Banged in short and offering just a bit of width as well. Yadav backs away, uses the pace on offer and slaps it over the third man fence for a maximum.

This is angling on the pads, Iyer works it behind square on the leg side for an easy single.

Excellent delivery! Obed McCoy nails then yorker outside off stump and it is bowled with some heat as well. Suryakumar Yadav tries to dig it out but gets completely beaten for pace.

Good running! Shortish ball, around the hips, Shreyas Iyer looks to flick it away but gets an inside edge off the thigh pads. The ball goes towards leg gully as the batters scamper through for one.

Full and fast from McCoy, this is outside off and Iyer can't get any bat on it. The ball zips through to the keeper.

Back of a length and around off, Yadav hops and eases it through cover-point for a single.

FOUR! Threads the needle and finds the fence. Short of a length and angling across, Yadav just uses the pace and the angle of the bowler to dab it in between backward point and short third man for a boundary.

This is full and wide, hugging the tramline outside off. Suryakumar Yadav tries to reach it but fails to do so.

On a good length and around off, the ball hits the bat hard as Iyer punches it off the back foot.

Joseph greets Shreyas Iyer with a bouncer. This is over middle and leg and Iyer ducks under it with ease.

Halt in play! Rohit Sharma has called the physio. Okay, hold on! Sharma is walking off the field! RETIRED HURT! Not quite sure what happened there but might be due to dehydration. Also, while scoring the last boundary, two balls earlier, he pulled his lower-back muscle as he is seen holding his back. A huge blow for India early on in the chase. Shreyas Iyer walks out in the middle.

Back of a length and outside off, Sharma dabs it down towards backward point.

FOUR! Streaky but Rohit Sharma will take it. Hard length and following the batter, Sharma has a swipe at it and gets an inside edge. The ball runs down to fine leg for a boundary.

Around middle and leg, this is flicked away towards mid-wicket.

SIX! Excellent effort in the deep from Dominic Drakes, almost pulls off a blinder. This is banged in short and over middle, Rohit Sharma pulls it with disdain towards the backward square leg fence. The ball seems to be travelling all the way but Drakes runs around to his right and leaps towards it, getting a hand on it as well. The wind though takes it over the ropes.

Alzarri Joseph to bowl from the other end.

A dot to end the first over, 9 runs come off it. A touch fuller and outside off, Yadav looks to drive on the up but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

FOUR! Classy! Length ball, on off, Yadav takes a step to his left and whips it away using his wrists and through wide mid on for a boundary.

Good pace! On a fullish length and slanted well across the right-hander. Suryakumar Yadav looks to drive on the up but gets beaten for pace.

Keeping a shade low. This is shorter and wider, Yadav tries to slap it off the back foot but the ball sneaks under his willow.

FOUR! Squeezed away! Suryakumar Yadav is up and running right away. This is a half-volley outside off, Yadav with square drive through cover-point and gets the first boundary of the innings.

McCoy starts off with a fullish delivery on the pads, Rohit Sharma clips it away towards deep square leg for one. India are underway!

Excellent comeback from Arshdeep Singh after being hit for two boundaries early in the over. This is full and on off, Jason Holder drills it down to long off for just a single. West Indies finish on 164/5!

Jason Holder walks out.

OUT! RUN OUT! Shimron Hetmyer tries his best but falls well short. This is slower and bpwled into the pitch, over middle. Hetmyer tries to pull it away but is a bit too early in his shot and ends up getting a top edge. The ball falls safely around the vacant square leg region and the batters push hard for two. Suryakumar Yadav runs in from the deep and thros it back to the keeper and Pant whips off the bails in a flash. The umpires go upstairs just to be sure but the replay shows that Hetmyer isn't even in the frame.

A run out appeal! it looked out on the first view and the slow motion shows Shimron Hetmyer was not even in the frame. Out it is!

Arshdeep Singh bangs it in short and over middle and leg. There is some good heat behind it and Shimron Hetmyer is taken aback by it as he looks to pull it away. The ball beats the bat but there is a huge appeal for a caught behind decision, it is turned down though. Rohit Sharma does go for it in the end but UltraEdge shows there's no bat involved. Just the dot ball then.

Devon Thomas is the new man in.

OUT! TAKEN! Rovman Powell misses out this time and Arshdeep Singh gets his man in the end. This is pitched up around off, Powell looks to lift it down the ground but ends up slicing it over the bowler's end. The fielders from long off and long on both converge but neither calls for it. In the end, it is Deepak Hooda from long on who takes the catch and also avoids a nasty collision. Powell departs after a blistering cameo.

FOUR! Consecutive boundaries to start the over! Full and wide, not quite full enough and Powell thumps it towards wide long off for a boundary. West Indies in destructive mode now!

FOUR! Full and on the pads, Rovman Powell almost shovels it behind square and picks up a boundary. Powell showed some really quick hands on that occasion.

SIX! Shimron Hetmyer goes bam-bam to end the over, terrific stuff! Khan overpitches yet again, around off, Hetmyer just leans back and powers it over long on for another maximum. 17 off the over and the 150 is up for West Indies, just what they were looking for.

SIX! BANG! Khan misses his length and pays the price. This is the off-cutter, on a length and outside off. Shimron Hetmyer shuffles past his stumps and smokes it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Yorker-length delivery, on middle and leg, Powell digs it out through mid on for yet another single.

A full toss now, at a comfortable height but it is wide of the off stump. Shimron Hetmyer has to reach for it and can only manage to thump it towards wide long off for a run.

Khan goes full and straight and gets it full enough. Rovman Powell can't get under it and heaves it off the inner half of the bat towards deep mid-wicket for one more. West Indies in search of boundaries here.

Two is the call from Hetmyer but they don't get it. Full and wide, driven through extra cover for a single.

WIDE! Looks for the wide yorker but spills it way beyond the tramline outside off. Wide called.

Slower delivery, dug in over middle and leg. Hetmyer pulls it well in front of square on the leg side for a single.

DROPPED! Always difficult for a fast bowler on his followthrough. Pitches it up on middle and Shimron Hetmyer just punches it uppishly back towards the bowler who fails to grab it. How much will that cost India?

Excellent bowling! Very full again, a low full toss but very wide of off stump. Rovman Powell drills it down to long off for one more.

A short ball now, at the body and Hetmyer pulls it down to deep backward square leg for just another single.

Gets it really full and wide, Powell reaches out and stabs it towards cover for a quick single.

A slower length ball, on middle and leg, Hetmyer just knocks it down to long on and rotates the strike.

Back of a length, over leg stump, Hetmyer hops and plays it in front of mid-wicket for a single. 10 runs and a wicket off that over.

A slower bouncer now, over off, Powell rolls his wrists over the ball and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for one more.

Looking for two but it will only be a single. Around middle, this is pushed down to long on for a run.

A direct hit and he was gone! This is fuller and outside off, Powell nudges it towards backward point and sets off for the single. Dinesh Karthik over there picks up the ball quickly and Shimron Hetmyer who is running to the batter's end gives it up already. DK though misses the shy and Hetmyer survives.

Shimron Hetmyer comes in.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes back strongly and sends Kyle Mayers back to the hut. This is slower and dug into the pitch, Kumar also pushes it wider. Kyle Mayers throws his hands at it as he tries to pull it down the ground but gets a top edge. The ball goes up and around the gully region. The keeper, Rishabh Pant settles under it and takes a simple catch. Mayers departs after a power-packed innings.

SIX! In the air and all the way! This is pitched up around off, Kyle Mayers goes after it and launches it a mile high in the air. It is mistimed but with the help of the breeze, the ball travels over the long on fence for a maximum.

Full and straight, Mayers clears the front leg but can't quite get under it. Mayers ends up drilling it along the ground towards long on for one more.

Slower delivery, on a length and curving it in from around off. Powell taps it towards covers for a single.

SIX! Put away! A juicy full toss, around leg stump, Rovman Powell stays put and just has a jab at it. The ball flies over the mid-wicket fence for a huge hit.

Full and angled at the pads, Mayers comes down the track and drives it towards long on for a run.

FOUR! Helped away! Singh switches to over the wicket and serves a shortish ball around the hips. Kyle Mayers gets inside the line of the ball and helps it away into the backward square leg fence.

Starts off with the off-cutter. This is on a length and angling in from outside off. Powell gets an inside edge off the pads towards point and scampers through for a single.

Arshdeep Singh (1-0-4-0) is back for his second spell.

Length ball, outside off. Powell guides it through point to get off the mark with a single.

Length ball on off. Powell nudges it on the leg side.

Rovman Powell walks in at number 4.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! The experienced Kumar breaks the 50-run stand. Kumar serves it short and outside off, extra bounce on offer. Pooran has a wild swing across but gets an outside edge to the keeper, Pant who pouches it. Not much celebration there for India but another wicket here will do good for them.

Angles it across, outside off on a length. Pooran looks to play at it but misses.

Two runs! Short of a length and on off. Pooran looks to pull again but mistimes this time. It goes in the air but falls safe near the mid-wicket region.

SIX! Just over the fielder! On a length but way outside off. Pooran gets a chance to free his arms. He pulls it hard and to long on. The fielder there leaps but the ball went off the middle and all the way.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-0-16-0) is back on.

Length and outside off, extra bounce. Mayers looks to push but misses.

FOUR! Two in a row! West Indies are making up here quite well after some low scores in middle overs! Shorter and outside off. Mayers slaps it aerially and through covers for a boundary.

FOUR! Beats the fielder! A low full toss, outside off. Mayers adjusts quickly as he makes room and throws his bat at it. The ball goes past the diving point player for four.

DROP AND RUN! Length and on top of off. Pooran chops it to short third man for a single.

FOUR! West Indies surely will target Khan! This is full and just outside off. Pooran makes room and drives it through covers and it races into the fence.

Length and around middle and leg. Mayers works it to long on for one.

Wide! A widish yorker by Khan to start his second spell. Not to the umpire's liking as it was over the tramline and a wide is called.

Avesh Khan (1-0-15-0) is brought back into the attack.

Ashwin serves it around off. Mayers taps it in front of point for a single.

Shorter and outside off, cut to point.

Quicker now, flatter and angling down the leg side. Mayers looks to pull but misses. A stifled appeal follows from Rohit Sharma but nothing given.

SIX! Fifty for Kyle Mayers! His second in T20Is! Ashwin drops it too short and on middle. Mayers hangs back and pulls it over cow corner for a biggie. A good knock from the opener but he needs to shift the gears now.

Quicker this time, shorter and angling on the pads. Mayers looks to pull but mistimes it on the deck.

Kyle Mayers is suddenly failing to time the ball! Fuller, flighted, outside off. Mayers looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

Leg bye! This one is full and on the pads. Mayers misses his flick and gets hit on the pads. It rolls to square leg for a leg bye. Hardik Pandya ends his spell with a wicket.

FOUR! Well played! On a length and on off. Mayers guides it through, beats the diving fielder at point and bags a crucial boundary.

Length and on middle, punched to deep cover for a single.

Length and on off. Defended back to Pandya. Third dot in a row!

Pandya rolls his finger on the ball and angles it across, outside off. Pooran looks to play through covers but misses it comprehensively.

A slower length ball, outside off. Pooran looks to drive but misses. Both the batters are finding it hard to play Hardik Pandya.

Around off, pushed through covers for a single.

BEATEN! Shorter, quicker and around off. Pooran hangs back and looks to cut but is beaten on the outside edge.

Tossed up on middle, slower in the air. Pooran comes down the track and looks to block but misses and gets hit on the pads. It lobs near the silly point region.

FOUR! Much needed! This is full and slanting on middle. Pooran reverse sweeps it well as he hits it past point for a boundary.

Flatter and around off, angling in. Pooran looks to play with soft hands but gets an outside edge and it drops in front of the fielder at first slip.

Flighted, full and outside off. Mayers skips down and smashes it to long off who collects on a bounce.

DRINKS! Since King's wicket, India have been brilliant at slowing things down and they are making the most of the old ball. West Indies were looking so good but have lost all the momentum and are desperate for some boundaries. India will hope to keep things tight and a couple of wickets here will get them right on top in this game. A pivotal passage of play awaits.

Mayers makes a bit of room past the leg stump but Pandya follows him. Mayers manages to flick it towards deep square leg and picks up a single. At the halfway mark, West Indies are 65/1!

Another play and a miss! Hardik Pandya getting the better of Kyle Mayers here. This time it is short and over middle, it's slower again and yet again Mayers looks to pull it away but misses.

BEATEN! Kyle Mayers has no idea about this one. Pandya keeps it on a good length and angles it across off yet again but this time he rolls his fingers over the ball. Mayers has another big swipe across the line but is beaten all ends up.

Wild swing from Mayers! West Indies are getting a bit bogged down here and the boundaries have dried up. This is on a good length and going across the off stump. Mayers hangs back and looks to muscle it away but misses.

LEG BYE! Length and around leg stump, Pooran once again looks to work it 'round the corner but fails to get any bat on it. The ball goes off the pads and towards square leg as the batters collect a leg bye.

Around the top of off, Pooran stands tall and taps it towards cover.

Beaten! This is shorter and outside off, Kyle Mayers looks to cut it away but there's a bit of an extra bounce. The ball goes past the outside edge.

Full and on off, Pooran gets off strike with a single down to long off.

Around off, Pooran strokes it away towards point. Three dots on the trot now!

A tad shorter and angling onto the pads, Nicholas Pooran tries to flick off the back foot but misses and gets hit on the pads.

A hint of flight, at the stumps, Pooran blocks it back to the bowler.

This is on a length and slower through the air, around off. Mayers works it away towards cover-point for a run.

Back of a length and around off, Mayers plays it off the back foot towards short third man for one more.

Length, angling across the left-hander, this is guided down to third man for a single.

That could have been catastrophic! This is on a shortish length and on off, Mayers bend his back and nudges it towards short third man for a single. The fielder has a shy at the batter's end but the throw is wide. Mayers looks for the second but is sent back. Shreyas Iyer then has a shy at the bowler's end but misses and Mayers survives.

Off the mark immediately! This is fuller and around leg, Pooran works it on the off side and sets off for the quick single.

Nicholas Pooran walks out to the middle.

OUT! DRAGGED ON! Hardik Pandya with his 50th T20I and Brandon King is sent packing! This is on a length and angling in from around off, King just loses his shape a bit and has a wild heave across the line. The ball takes the inside edge and knocks over the leg stump. India have the breakthrough and King walks back disappointed.

Pandya comes back in and continues with the short stuff. This is banged in over leg stump, Mayers mistimes the pull and the ball goes aerially but lands safely around mid-wicket. The batters get a single.

Change of bowler! Hardik Pandya is back on. Rohit Sharma is shuffling his pack here as he looks for the breakthrough.

Flatter and on the pads, this is flicked away behind square on the leg side for one.

Just shortens the length and angles it into middle, Mayers goes on the back foot to defend.

Nicely bowled! Ashwin slows it up and floats it outside off, King looks to slog it away but mistimes it towards mid-wicket for a run.

FOUR! Quicker and flatter, around off, Brandon King rocks back and punches it through covers for yet another boundary.

Good running! This is fired in on middle, Mayers squeezes it out on the off side and races through for one. The 50 is up as well for West Indies.

FOUR! Poor start from Ashwin! Starts off with a gentle half-volley on off stump. Kyle Mayers pummels it back over the bowler's head for a boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin is into the attack.

Good length, around off, King steers it towards short third man. A productive Powerplay for West Indies and they are 45/0 at the end of it.

FOUR! Sublime stroke! Singh goes wide of the crease and looks for a yorker on leg stump. Singh ends up bowling a low full toss and Brandon King drives it firmly straight down the ground to collect a boundary.

Excellent delivery! Singh nails the wide yorker, King reaches out but the ball sneaks under his willow.

Around the top of off and slanted in, Brandon King makes a bit of room and dabs it down towards backward point. Three dots in a row now!

Swing and a miss! Length again, angling it in from well outside off, King has a big swipe across the line but misses it completely.

Singh starts off from around the wicket and angles it on a length. King stays legside of the delivery and pushes it out to the left of the bowler.

Arshdeep Singh to bowl the final over of the Powerplay.

This is full and around leg. Mayers makes room and squeezes it out to square leg. 9 off the over then! West Indies going along nicely.

DROP AND RUN! King is happy to give the strike to Mayers who is striking well! Length and on off, worked to point for one.

Leg bye! On the pads this time. Mayers misses his whip and gets hit on the pads. It rolls to square leg for a leg bye. A direct hit at the bowler's end but Mayers was well in.

Effort ball from Pandya! This one is short and at 131 kph. Mayers sits under it.

SIX! Picks the length very quickly! Short of a length and on off. Mayers stays back and pulls it powerfully over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. Brilliant start for the Windies.

Length and on middle, nudged to mid-wicket for a single.

Hardik Pandya comes in to replace Avesh Khan.

Short and on middle. Mayers looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the body.

Mayers survives! This one is short and on middle. Not that short as Mayers bends his back and tries to play it over the keeper. He misses and Pant is quick to put up an appeal. A huge appeal for caught behind and the finger stays down. Rishabh Pant is very confident as he asks his skipper to take the review. Ultra Edge though shows nothing on it and India lose the review.

FOUR! DEFT TOUCH! Very clever from Mayers! Kumar serves a length ball from 'round the wicket and outside off. Mayers waits and plays it delicately past short third man for a boundary.

Pitched up, outside off. Mayers pushes it straight to covers.

FOUR! Pierced through the gap! Fuller ball, around leg. Mayers makes room and punches it through covers, through the gap there and bags another boundary. He holds the pose for the cameras as well.

Digs it short and on off. Mayers uses his feet as he pulls it to deep mid-wicket. Not off the middle and he will settle with a couple of runs.

Another two! 15 runs off it! The batters finding their rhythm now! Length and outside off. King chops it past point for two more.

Pitched up, outside off, it is hit to deep cover for one.

Two taken! Good running! This is too full and outside off. Mayers throws his bat at it and plays it to deep point. Mayers takes a risky second run but makes it with a big dive.

SIX! Much better from Mayers and it results in a six! Short of a length and outside off. Mayers pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie. First of the match!

FOUR! This time he connects it well! Khan stays with the same line but the length is touch short. Mayers stays back and muscles it over mid-wicket for a boundary.

Touch fuller and angling across, outside off. Mayers loses his shape as he tries to heave across and mistimes it to short fine leg.

Avesh Khan is into the attack now.

Six runs off the over! Decent start by Kumar as well! Length ball, outside off. King punches it firmly but straight to the man at point.

FOUR! Beautiful shot! Kumar drags his length back and King stands on his back foot. He pulls it past mid-wicket for a boundary.

Good fielding again! This time from Pandya! Length ball on off. King hits it to mid off.

Just short! Fuller ball, nipping in on middle. King pushes it on the up and to mid on. Arshdeep Singh dives forward and tries to collect but instead parries it away and the batters take a couple of runs.

Tight from Kumar! Outside off on a length, no room to throw the bat and King plays it straight to point.

Hooda with an excellent piece of fielding! On a length and outside off. King punches off the back foot to extra cover. Hooda dives to his right and stops it. He certainly saved four there.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to operate from the other end.

A dot to end the over! Good start for India! Hooda serves it fuller and outside off. Mayers works it to point. He wants a single but is sent back by his partner.

Three dots now! Slower through the air, full and on off. Mayers again mistimes his drive on the leg side.

This is full and on middle, drifting in. Mayers tries to push again but it goes off the inside edge to short fine leg.

Again there is drift for Hoda! Floats one full, around off. Mayers tries to drive but gets an inside edge to square leg.

QUICK SINGLE! Tossed up, around off. King drives it to mid off and takes a sharp single. West Indies are underway!

Starts with a fuller ball, around the pads, there is a little bit of drift. King tries to work it away on the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pads.

We are ready for play! The two umpires make their way out to the field and so do the West Indies openers, Brandon King and Kyle Mayers. The Indian players spread out on the field and it will be the part-time off-spinner Deepak Hooda to start proceedings with the new ball. The Windies players take the knee to show their support for the BLM movement before the first ball is delivered. Let's play...

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is down for a quick chat. He says he is feeling good and has bowled mostly in the Powerplay but there's not much help from the pitch. Adds that Arshdeep Singh has been phenomenal and Avesh Khan is also learning and he tries to share his experiences with those guys. Says that there are a lot of senior players in the side and they all talk to the young players.

West Indies (Playing XI) - Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Devon Thomas (WK), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Dominic Drakes (In for Odean Smith), Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy.

India (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda (In for Ravindra Jadeja), Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh.

Nicholas Pooran, the skipper of West Indies says they are happy to bat first. The wicket got slow in the second innings of the previous game and they want to put a respectable score. Adds that they tick the box as a bowling group. They stick to the plans and luckily things went their way. Shares that both the left-armers, Obed McCoy and Akeal Hosein bowled really well and informs that, they too think about left-arm players and that is why they bring in Dominic Drakes in place of Odean Smith. Mentions they are backing the players and says it's important to have the right players in the right positions.

Rohit Sharma, the captain of India says that they will field first and it is not because of the conditions, it's just that they like to chase. Adds that there's always a talk about the importance of the Powerplay and the ground is small but the average score here isn't big which is to be kept in mind. Mentions that when guys try and express themselves out there, there can be big scores or like what happened last time as well. Says that as a team they want to improve in all aspects of the game and yes, the left-armers have done good against them but it isn't particularly a weakness of their batting order. Ends by informing that they have given Jadeja a rest and Deepak Hooda comes in to replace him.

TOSS - India have won the toss and they will BOWL first!

West Indies have historically been a dominant force in the T20 format but over the last few years, they seemed to have lost their edge a bit. But a victory against formidable opponents in the last game will give them a major boost. Obed McCoy has been a revelation and the big left-armer took 6 wickets in the last game, a very rare feat in white-ball cricket. The hosts do need to perform well as a batting unit but a solid knock up top from Brandon King and a cameo in the middle-order from Devon Thomas was enough to seal the victory. Which side will sneak ahead in the series? We'll find out soon. Toss and team sheets in a bit.