Sabina Park in Jamaica played host to a mauling received by the inaugural T20 World Champions India at the hands of the only two time T20 World Champions, the West Indies. The one off T20 saw the party atmosphere synonymous with cricket in the Caribbean return as the stands were jam packed and the music was blaring out loud.
India had won the ODI series 3-1 ( West Indies were lucky to get a win after an Indian meltdown in the fourth game of the series.)
India had just strolled through the 5 match series. This game however, was not going to be a walk in the park as the West Indian T20 specialists Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine made their return to the squad. ( I wish the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies players can come to some sort of compromise about the playing of domestic cricket being made mandatory for consideration for selection in tests and ODI's. Especially after West Indies embarrassingly missed out on a spot in the recently held 8 nation ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales.)
Evin Lewis is a name that team India won't be forgetting for a long time. The young batsman overshadowed his illustrious teammate Chris Gayle and scored a magnificent 125 of 63 as the West Indies romped home with 9 wickets and 1.3 overs to spare.
India's bowling, barring Bhuvneshwar Kumar looked like a city club attack. Spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja failed to contain the batsmen.
Earlier in the day West Indies won the toss and sent India in to bat without any hesitation.
Openers Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan struck boundaries at will and India crossed the 50 run mark in the 5th over. They looked set for a huge total before Virat Kohli who had just struck a monstrous six over long on was looking to make the most of the final balls of the power play, ended up mis timing one straight to mid on. On the very next ball Rishabh Pant felt the nerves and did not respond to a quick single which saw Shikhar Dhawan get run out. Pant and Dinesh Karthik steadied the ship, but abysmal shot makingby India's lower middle order and beautiful death over bowling by the West Indians saw India restricted to 190 in their allocated 20 overs.
India's next assignment is an away series against Sri Lanka commencing in the last week of July.
West Indies take on England in mid August
India had won the ODI series 3-1 ( West Indies were lucky to get a win after an Indian meltdown in the fourth game of the series.)
India had just strolled through the 5 match series. This game however, was not going to be a walk in the park as the West Indian T20 specialists Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine made their return to the squad. ( I wish the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies players can come to some sort of compromise about the playing of domestic cricket being made mandatory for consideration for selection in tests and ODI's. Especially after West Indies embarrassingly missed out on a spot in the recently held 8 nation ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales.)
Evin Lewis is a name that team India won't be forgetting for a long time. The young batsman overshadowed his illustrious teammate Chris Gayle and scored a magnificent 125 of 63 as the West Indies romped home with 9 wickets and 1.3 overs to spare.
India's bowling, barring Bhuvneshwar Kumar looked like a city club attack. Spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja failed to contain the batsmen.
Earlier in the day West Indies won the toss and sent India in to bat without any hesitation.
Openers Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan struck boundaries at will and India crossed the 50 run mark in the 5th over. They looked set for a huge total before Virat Kohli who had just struck a monstrous six over long on was looking to make the most of the final balls of the power play, ended up mis timing one straight to mid on. On the very next ball Rishabh Pant felt the nerves and did not respond to a quick single which saw Shikhar Dhawan get run out. Pant and Dinesh Karthik steadied the ship, but abysmal shot makingby India's lower middle order and beautiful death over bowling by the West Indians saw India restricted to 190 in their allocated 20 overs.
India's next assignment is an away series against Sri Lanka commencing in the last week of July.
West Indies take on England in mid August
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