IND vs WI 3rd T20I Live Commentary - Indore (11 October 2026)

SIX! High and handsome. Kamil Pooran finally gets one away. Is this the shot that gets Pooran going? Floated up, on a good length, not all that full for the slog sweep but Pooran goes for it and parks it into the crowd towards deep mid-wicket.

Wide! Spinning down leg. Pooran swings and misses.

SIX! Up, up and away. Dhir fires it in full but overpitches, outside off. Kamil extends his hands into the lofted hit and thumps it over wide long off for half a dozen more.

Full and darted in at the stumps. Pooran has a swipe across the line and mistimes it square on the leg side for one.

Drifting in, full and on middle. Rutherford comes down the track and powers it away to long on for a run.

SIX! Well, well, the third six of the over. Flighted delivery, on a length, on middle. Pooran sinks to a knee and nails the slog sweep over deep square leg for another six.

OUT! That is a simple catch to the fielder.

Stump-to-stump delivery, full in length, Powell pushes it back to the bowler.

Too full at 95 kph, on middle, Powell heaves it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Around off and middle, full in length, Pooran fails to time the sweep shot and it rolls to the right of deep square leg for a single.

OUT! MISTIMED IN THE AIR AND GONE! Something had to give and Powell gets consumed by the pressure. Length ball outside off, and Powell comes dancing down the track for the release shot, aiming to go inside out over the off side. He gets it all wrong, slicing it up into the air, and Kishan strolls in from the deep point to pouch an easy catch. A bit of a redemption for Axar, who went wicketless in the previous game and went for plenty. West Indies are 82/3, needing 142 more runs in 62 balls.

From around the stump, this is fuller and drifting outside off, Sherfane Rutherford taps it through cover-point for a single.

Tailing into the batter, full in length. Pooran flicks it along the turf to deep mid-wicket for a single. End of a successful over for India and Axar. Just 4 runs and a wicket from it. At halfway stage, West Indies are 84/3, needing 140 runs.

Short on off, spinning in. Pooran mistimes the heave off the inner half to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short again, but outside off, Powell whips it off the back foot to long on for one more.

Pushed wide outside off, full in length, 90.2 kph. Kamil Pooran tries to fetch it for a sweep but loses his bottom hand and mistimes the shot through square leg for a single.

On the stumps, slightly fuller than a length. Powell rocks back and steers it past mid-wicket for a single.

Lands in front of the stumps, full in length. Pooran gets low on his knee and sweeps it to deep backward square leg for a single.

Quicker through the air, 94.5 kph. Rovman Powell goes deep inside the crease and nudges it to the right of deep mid-wicket. There is a slight fumble by the fielder but he is quick to recover. Just a single.

Length ball outside off. 94.2 kph. Pooran backs away and punches it to deep extra cover for a single.

Sliding into the batter, on a length, Powell hangs deep inside the crease and knocks it down to long on for a single.

FOUR! Up and over and Pooran will feel mighty relieved. Slightly back of a length, around off. Pooran backs away and hammers it over the leaping extra cover fielder for a boundary.

Slower and shorter, on off, Pooran hangs back and chops it away to cover.

 Beaten! Axar spots Kamil backing away to create room to access the off side, or perhaps going down the ground, and smartly darts the ball on the leg stump, following the batter. Pooran swings for the hills but gets beaten on the inside edge, but he keeps his back leg grounded inside the crease as Samson whips the bails in a flash.

Around off and fuller, Kamil eases it through extra cover for a single.

Fired fuller on leg, Hetmyer misses the flick and the ball trickles in the leg side for a leg bye.

Drops short and outside off, Pooran slaps it to long off for a single. 

Wide! Drifts one down the leg side, on a length, Hetmyer misses to tickle it behind. Samson swiftly moves to his right to grab.

Holds on the surface ever so slightly, touch full on middle and leg. Shimron Hetmyer tries to whip it to the leg side off the back foot, but gets a leading edge and the ball rolls to cover.

 FOUR! Just a little bit of bat on it but Hetmyer will take it. Angling into the left-hander, full in length. Shimron Hetmyer jumps down the track to give it a mighty heave over the leg side but gets an inside edge and the ball races to the deep fine leg fence.

SIX! WOWZA! That's some hit! A smidge short of full, on leg. Shimron Hetmyer sinks his back knee into the pitch and nails the slog-sweep behind the deep square leg fielder for half a dozen runs.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Dhir roars back in style and gets rid of the dangerous Hetmyer. Quicker one from Dhir, on a good length, pitching around middle, and the ball skids on through quickly. Hetmyer rocks back, looking to whip it away, misses, and it strikes him on the back leg before deflecting on to uproot the off stump behind him. West Indies are 67/2, needing 157 more runs.

FOUR! Not timed well enough, but gets it away. Fuller ball on the leg stump, Kamil Pooran swings hard across the line but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat and rifles through to the deep backward square leg fence.

Mayank bangs in a sharp bumper and follows the batter as Kamil moves leg side. Pooran swings to pull but the ball gets big on him and he ends up mistiming the shot to deep fine leg for a single.

Comes bustling from around the stumps and slams it hard into the pitch. Short outside off, Shimron leaves it through.

 FOUR! 50 up for the West Indies! In 5.4 overs. Short of a length, pace off at 119.5 kph. Hetmyer fetches it from outside off and nails the pull shot wide of mid on for a boundary.

Cranks it up at 141.4 kph, on a good length, around off, Shimron is hurried into the pull shot but the ball stays low to beat his swinging blade.

Pitched hard into the surface, on off, Hetmyer stands tall and punches it to widish mid off for a single. Another fine over from Mayank, just 10 runs from it. West Indies are 54/1 at the end of the Powerplay.

At 137.5 kph, on a good length, on off. Hetmyer chops it down to cover.

In and around the off stump, on a good length. Hetmyer shapes up to swing through the line and go down the ground. He gets it right off the toe end and the ball dribbles towards mid on.

No ball! Spears in the yorker, on off. Hettie jams it out to mid on and crosses over. Oh, Prince has overstepped. Free Hit coming up. Can Pooran cash in?

Just a bye! Sanju Samson does really well to lay a glove on it. Full and trying to tuck the batter up for room. Pooran clears the front leg and swings with all his might but is beaten past the inside edge. It whistles past the leg stump and Sanju Samson moves well with the ball to his left. He gets his left glove behind the ball, making a half stop.

FOUR! Not in control but Hetmyer gets away with it. Prince bends his back and digs it in short, over off. Hetmyer walks into the shot and tries to take the short ball on. He can't get on top of the bounce and a top edge is found. Luckily for him, it sails well over the head of the man at short fine leg and races away.

Bowled on a length, on off. Shimron clips it in front of square on the leg side and gets to the other end.

Full and quick, on off. Pooran firms the drive towards mid off and hurries to the other end. Shreyas Iyer has a shy at the bowling end but misses. Kamil was home anyway.

On off, on a nagging length. Hettie punches it back to the bowler.

SIX! Into the stands. On a length, on off. Hetmyer puts his head down and just swings through the line, clubbing it over wide long on for half a dozen.

FOUR! Threads it through. Takes pace off, on a nagging length. Hetmyer is slightly early into the shot and punches it uppishly but gets it away from the diving Nitish Kumar Reddy at cover to his left for a boundary.

FOUR! Lovely shot. Floated up, another slower one, full and at the sticks. Hetmyer gets his hands out in front and flicks it to the left of mid on for a four.

Nails the yorker, on middle. Shimron knocks it to long on for a single.

FOUR! Smart batting. Arshdeep spots Pooran backing away and he tries to follow him with a full ball. Kamil gets enough room to get his hands through the line of the ball and cleverly carves it over cover to pick up a boundary. A very productive over for West Indies, 19 runs off it. 189 needed from 96 balls.

Goes past the bat. Going away from the left-hander on a good length. Hetmyer hangs his bat out away from his body, trying to run it down but is beaten for pace. That read 151 kph on the speedgun, the fastest ball of the series, informs Murali Kartik.

And again. Mayank pulls the length back and pushes it across. Shimron has a loose poke and gets beaten on the outside edge.

Hits the top of the off stump, does Yadav. Hetmyer steers it with an open bat face to backward point. Three dots in a row.

FOUR! No need to run for that. Mayank errs in his line as he offers width, on a back of a length. Hetmyer hops and gets on top of the bounce nicely. Punches it all along the ground through covers and the quick outfield does the rest.

DROPPED! That should have been taken. On a hard length, on off. Hetmyer stands tall to punch it away. The ball nibbles away a touch to take the outside edge and it flies quickly to Abhishek Sharma, who, due to Mayank's pace, is standing on the edge of the ring at short third and is placed fine. It comes around the midriff for Sharma, who has his fingers pointing neither upwards nor downwards, somewhere in between. The ball seems to have got big on him, and he spills the chance. Sherfane Rutherford was given a reprieve in Ranchi and made India pay dearly. How costly will this drop prove to be for the Men in Blue?

TWO WIDES! Pace off and on a shortish length. Pooran looks to shovel it away but misses. Sanju Samson moves to his left and does well to get the left glove on the ball as it bounces in front of him. It is parried behind as the batters cross.

Good effort! On the shorter side, on off. Hetmyer punches it wide of cover, where Axar Patel dives and makes a half-stop, keeping it down to just a single.

Swing straight away for Arshdeep. Tailing back in at the toes, very full. Kamil squeezes it out to mid-wicket.

This goes the other way and the length is pulled back as well. Pooran lets the ball come on and drops it in front of cover for a quick single.

Prodigious swing for Singh. Switches to around the wicket and nails the inswinging yorker, on off. Shai hurriedly gets his bat down to keep it out.

FOUR! Gets it through. Singh attempts another yorker but ends up being a bit too full, around off. Hope just extends his hands and knocks the low full toss in the gap between cover and mid off for a boundary.

OUT! TIMBER! Arshdeep Singh has the prized scalp of Shai Hope, who has been a thorn in India's flesh across both ODIs and T20Is. Angled back into the right-hander, on a back of a length. Shai backs away and has an ungainly swipe across the line. It sneaks under the blade and crashes into the top of the middle stump. Windies suffer a big blow early in the chase of 224.

Full and around off. Hetmyer leans on to drive it through the off side but the bat turns in his hand and he miscues it wide of mid-wicket for a single. End of a successful over for Arshdeep and India.

Hope and West Indies are underway. Mayank steams in from over the wicket and pitches it up, getting the ball away in the air. Hope dances down the track and backs away as well. He digs it out to cover, where Tilak Varma moves to his right but lets it through, conceding a single.

A stifled appeal for LBW! Not much interest shown by the bowler, as he feels that there was an inside edge and the replays confirm that. At 149 kph, angled in on a nagging length, on off. Pooran hops to nudge it away but ekes out an inside edge onto the front pad.

Curving away, on a good length, around off. Kamil dabs it to cover-point.

Hits the back of a length, on off. Pooran presses up on his toes and angles it to backward point.

Bowled into the deck, cutting back in towards the right-hander to cramp him for room. Pooran swivels for the pull but misses and wears it on the thigh pad. A leg bye is taken as the ball drops beside the strip on the leg side.

A big swing and a miss. At 148.2 kph, slanting in on middle and leg, on a short of a length. Hope dances down the track and swings for the hills but can only connect with thin air. End of a fiery first over by Mayank.