Suryaa Sports Desk: Hyderabad / Sports Department: In the exciting T20 match against the West Indies, the Caribbean batsmen poured in a flood of runs. Indian bowlers washed and dried on the field... Hyderabad / Sports Department: The Caribbean batsmen poured in a flood of runs in the exciting T20 match against the West Indies. The Indian bowlers were showered with boundaries from all corners of the field. As a result, the West Indies team posted a huge score of 247 runs in the allotted 20 overs, losing only 3 wickets. With this, a very tough and mountainous target of 248 runs was set before Team India to win this match or clinch the series. Aggressive start: The West Indies openers, who won the toss and went into bat, counter-attacked the Indian bowlers from the first over.
They ran up the scoreboard without any hesitation in the powerplay. Shai Hope's unbeaten century: Wicket keeper-batter Shai Hope played a brilliant innings in the West Indies innings. He completed his century in just 50 balls and remained unbeaten (102 runs). His innings included massive sixes and impressive fours. Middle-order thrust: The middle-order batsmen take the strong foundation provided by the openers further. The score board went close to 250 as the batters who came in the last overs also played hard. Flattened Indian bowling: The Indian bowling department was completely disappointing in this match.
Apart from failing to control the runs, the bowlers also struggled to take wickets. Especially in the death overs, the Caribbean batsmen had to pay a heavy price as they could not restrain them. 248 runs is not an ordinary target in the history of T20 cricket. Indian openers Rohit Sharma / Yashaswi Jaiswal or the top order batsmen will have to play an exceptional innings to achieve this huge target against West Indies bowling. Team India has a chance to reach victory only if they take full advantage of the powerplay and ensure that the run rate does not drop at any stage. Let's see how exciting India's run chase, which is about to start soon!
