IND vs WI 3rd T20I Commentary - Kolkata (20 February 2022)

Slower ball, on a length, outside off. Dominic Drakes swings his bat but gets beaten. 23 off 5 balls now!

FOUR! Top shot! Fuller ball, outside off. Dominic Drakes drives it powerfully past cover for a boundary. 

OUT! CAUGHT! A stunner by Rohit Sharma! That should be the game for India! A slower ball, full and outside off. Dominic Drakes tries to go over cover, but the ball goes off the bottom of the bat, and it lobs in the air towards Rohit Sharma at cover. Who dives forward to his right and takes a superb catch! West Indies 9 down now!

Wide! Fuller ball, wide of off. Hayden Walsh swings his bat but misses. Wide given!

Tad shorter, slower again, outside off. Hayden Walsh looks to pull this one, but misses. 

Back of a length, outside off. Hayden Walsh once again swings his bat but misses once again. 

Another bumper, outside off. Hayden Walsh looks to pull but misses. India yet again hold on under pressure and win by 17 runs!

TWO LEG BYES! NOT OUT! A full toss ball, on the pads. Romario Shepherd misses his heave and gets hit on the pads and the ball rolls towards third man. An appeal for LBW, but the umpire says no! India opts for a review! There's a huge gap between bat and pad, UltraEdge confirms this! Ball Tracker shows that the impact is the umpire's call and the ball is missing leg stump. The on-field decision stands. Also, the batters steal a leg bye. There was a throw at the non-striker's end but the ball misses the stumps. The batters steal an overthrow in return as well. 

Slower ball, shorter on middle. Romario Shepherd pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Slower ball, outside off. Fabian Allen swings at it but misses. 

This is excellent from Harshal Patel. He goes seam up this time, into the pitch and pushes it wider. Allen fetches and sort of half-pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! The 19th over generally is the most important over and Harshal Patel has just bowled a gem of an over so far. A loopy slower ball, full and outside off. This is dipping on the batter and even though Romario Shepherd is waiting for it, it is really difficult to get under it and generate the power to go big. Shepherd forces the big shot over extra cover but can only manage to lift it towards the cover region. Rohit Sharma over there takes a couple of steps back and pouches it comfortably. Is that the final nail in the Windies coffin?

FOUR! A low full toss, on the pads. Fabian Allen flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. 23 runs needed off the last over now!

OUT! CAUGHT! Shardul Thakur strikes now and gets rid of the man in form, Nicholas Pooran! Another fine innings by him comes to an end! A fuller ball, outside off. Nicholas Pooran gets low and looks to go over cover, but he gets a thick top edge high towards point. Ishan Kishan the man with the gloves on, runs ahead calls for it, and dives forward to take a sharp catch. Is this the turning point?

FOUR! Clever shot! On a length, outside off. Romario Shepherd cuts it past the fielder at short third man for a boundary. 

Shorter ball, outside off. Romario Shepherd swings his bat at it but misses. 

Good-length delivery, shaping away, outside off. Romario Shepherd looks to go over cover this time but misses. An appeal for caught behind from Shardul Thakur, but Ishan Kishan says there was nothing on it. 

Wide! Too short, wide of off. Romario Shepherd looks to cut this away but misses. Wide given!

Shorter ball, outside off. Romario Shepherd pushes it towards cover and he wants a single there, but he is sent back halfway down the wicket. A slight mix-up, but safe in the end. Rohit Sharma collects the ball, and throws it to the keeper, Ishan Kishan runs forward but slips on his way to the stumps. Romario Shepherd was no where in the picture but he survives!

Slower ball, around middle. Romario Shepherd drills it to long on for a single. 

Well bowled! A yorker-length delivery, outside off. Romario Shepherd digs it out towards point for a single. 

Fuller, outside off. Nicholas Pooran knocks it to long off. Two runs taken!

FOUR! Crunched! Another fuller ball, outside off. Nicholas Pooran smashes it down the ground for a cracking boundary. 

Good ball! A yorker, outside off. Nicholas Pooran tries to dig it out but misses. 

Another good ball! Yorker, around middle. Nicholas Pooran gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls towards point and the batters grab a single.

SIX! PUNISHED! Avesh Khan misses his length and serves a full toss, on middle. Romario Shepherd makes full use of it and heaves it way over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 37 runs needed off 18 balls. 

Wide! Slower ball, wide of off. Nicholas Pooran stays in the crease and looks to slash this but misses. Wide given!

Another off-pace delivery, fuller, on middle. Nicholas Pooran knocks it towards long on for a single. 

Quicker this time, very full, on middle. Romario Shepherd drills it towards long on for a single. 

Yorker-length delivery, outside off. Nicholas Pooran pushes it towards deep cover for a brace. Fifty for Nicholas Pooran! That's his third fifty of the series! He is in sublime form. 

FOUR! Nicely done! On a length, outside off. Nicholas Pooran stays in his crease and slashes this towards deep point for a boundary. 

An off-pace delivery, outside off, on a length. Nicholas Pooran hangs back and looks to cut this away but misses. 

Another dot ball! On a length, outside off, slower ball again. Nicholas Pooran stays in his crease and looks to guide this on the off side but misses once again. 

On a length, on off. Pooran watchfully keeps it out on the off side.

Short and wide, this is thrashed through the cover region for just a single. Nicholas Pooran misses out on that one.

SIX! That has disappeared into the night sky! It's the googly yet again, right in the slot. Romario Shepherd stays deep in his crease and sends it a long, long way over the long on fence for a maximum.

Just a little bit shorter, quicker and outside off. Shepherd defends it out solidly.

Did that carry? This is tossed up nicely, outside off. Romario Shepherd looks to go inside out, over extra cover but doesn't get all of it. Venkatesh Iyer runs in and to his left from long off and the replay shows that he did get to the ball. Iyer slips and spills the catch as well. Two taken.

Googly again, turning in from outside off. Shepherd gets his front leg outside the off stump as he looks to sweep. He misses and gets hit on the pads. The keeper seems a bit interested but nothing given. 60 needed now off 30 balls.

Khan hits the length hard and bowls it around off. Shepherd punches it straight towards mid off.

Back-to-back dots now! Length again, around off and the ball nips back in sharply. Shepherd gets cut into half as the ball goes agonizingly over the off pole.

Looking for two but it'll only be a single. Back of a length, outside off. Romario Shepherd cuts it behind point for a single.

Fuller, on off. Pooran bunts it out on the off side for a quick run.

SIX! Romario Shepherd flexes his muscles and sends the ball a long way. Khan drags back his length a bit and bowls it around off. Shepherd pulls it deep into the stands over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Well bowled! Slower this time, bowled into the deck and dragged wider. Shepherd looks to slap it through point but gets a bottom edge back onto the deck.

Was there an edge there? Looks like it. This is dragged down by Bishnoi and it's the googly yet again, angling across off stump. Nicholas Pooran hangs back looking to cut it away but gets the faintest of bottom edges. Ishan Kishan is unable to pouch it and these catches are never easy, they just stick. Pooran survives.

Another googly, angling away from the left-hander. Pooran is well beaten.

SIX! Clean strike! A tad bit fuller, on off. Nicholas Pooran leans in and launches it right back over the bowler's head for a monstrous hit.

Bishnoi pulls his length back again and fires it around off. Pooran tries to cut hard but gets beaten again.

Short and a bit wide. Pooran taps it through cover-point and races back for the second. Excellent running!

Quicker, around 94 clicks and sliding across off stump. This one stays low and Pooran misses the cut yet again.

On a length, outside off. Chase punches it towards cover for a quick single.

Slower one, angled across of. Pooran waits for it and dabs it down towards short third man.

Good-length ball, on off. Pooran chops it towards point for a single.

Ooh! A tad slower, on a length and outside off. The ball grips a bit on the surface and cuts back in sharply. Chase is taken aback and gets beaten on the inside edge.

OUT! Cleaned up! The off-cutter yorker has done the trick for Harshal Patel! Really skillful from Patel and deceives Roston Chase completely with that gem of a delivery. There is no change in the arm speed and Chase gets pushed onto the back foot. The ball just almost never arrives and sneaks under Chase's blade to go on to hit the off stump. India right on top of proceedings here.

On middle and leg, flicked away on the leg side. Just 2 runs and a wicket off it.

A length ball, nipping back in a bit from wide of off stump. Jason Holder looks to drag it onto the leg side but doesn't make a connection.

OUT! CAUGHT! Venkatesh Iyer did it with the bat earlier on and now he is doing it with the ball as well. Jason Holder though will be a tad disappointed with that shot. This is pitched up around off, a bit in the slot. Holder clears the front leg and just doesn't swing through the line freely. In the end, he holes out to long on where Shreyas Iyer takes a simple catch. West Indies in a spot of bother at the moment.

Good fielding! On off, this is heaved towards wide long on. Shreyas Iyer sprints to his right from long on and slides in to cut off the boundary. Chase gets a couple. or runs.

FOUR! A lucky boundary now for Roston Chase. A length ball, angled in from outside off. Chase looks to dive but gets an inside edge past the stumps and the ball runs away into the fine leg fence.

FOUR! Now on the other side! A touch fuller and pushed wider. Chase goes for the cover drive yet again and this time gets an outside edge which runs away to the third man fence. Streaky but useful.

Around off. This is eased through cover-point for a run.

A shorter ball, around middle. Nicholas Pooran pulls it to the fielder at deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Good-length delivery, on the pads. Jason Holder looks to flick this away but gets an outside edge past the fielder at cover-point. Single taken!

Fuller ball, wide of off. Nicholas Pooran leaves it alone. 

A off-pace delivery, outside off, fuller in length. Nicholas Pooran stays in his crease and tries to slash this, but misses. 

Good-length delivery, outside off. Nicholas Pooran cuts it towards deep cover for a single. 

A full toss, outside off. Jason Holder knocks down to long on for a single. West Indies are 87/4 at the halfway mark. They need 98 runs off 60 deliveries!

Fraction shorter, on middle. Nicholas Pooran pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. 

FOUR! Edgy runs! Very short, around middle and off. Kieron Pollard pulls, but the ball goes off the top edge over the keeper for a boundary. 

OUT! CAUGHT! Venkatesh Iyer strikes now! He sends back the West Indies skipper, Kieron Pollard! Fuller ball, outside off. Kieron Pollard looks to go over cover, but the ball goes off the outer half of the bat towards deep cover. Ravi Bishnoi pouches it safely. West Indies are now 4 down!

On a length, outside off. Nicholas Pooran taps it towards point for a single. 

Slower ball, outside off. Jason Holder taps it towards point. No run this time!

Brilliant stop! Another length ball, outside off. Jason Holder pushes it towards backward point. Ruturaj Gaikwad dives to his left and makes an amazing stop. Dot to end the over! 

Fuller ball, outside off. Kieron Pollard leans and defends it out. 

Another loopy delivery, full and outside off. Kieron Pollard presses forward and tries to defend but misses. A stifled appeal for LBW, but not given!

Wide! Quicker one, firing it down the leg side. Kieron Pollard misses his flick and wide is called! 

Wide! Another one down the leg side. Kieron Pollard once again misses his tuck. Wide called! 

Quicker again, on the pads. Kieron Pollard tucks it towards deep square leg for a single. 

Outside off, fuller. Nicholas Pooran taps it to point. 

NOT OUT! A googly, this one lands outside off, and turns in a bit. Kieron Pollard lunges and looks to flick this one, but misses, and gets pinged on the front pad. A huge appeal from Ravi Bishnoi and Ishan Kishan, but the umpire says no. India opts for a review. The replays roll in. Ball tracker shows that the impact was outside off. The on-field decision stands!

Quicker one, on middle. Kieron Pollard tucks it towards square leg. Dot to end the over!

FOUR! Top shot! Harshal Patel begins with a shorter ball, on the body. Nicholas Pooran pulls it towards deep mid-wicket. Ravi Bishnoi runs to his left, dives, but fails t stop the ball. Boundary!

Change of pace now! A slower one, outside off. Nicholas Pooran looks to drive but misses. 

Back of a length, on middle. Nicholas Pooran pulls it towards deep square leg for a single. 

DROPPED! A very tough chance tough! Good effort by Harshal Patel! A length ball, on middle. Rovman Powell chips it towards the right of the bowler. Harshal Patel dives to his right, gets his right hand to it, but can't grab it. 

OUT! CAUGHT! India gets the much-needed breakthrough! Harshal Patel strikes in his first over! A stunning catch by Shardul Thakur as well! A shorter ball, wide of off. Rovman Powell tries to pull this from outside off, but he gets a thick top edge over short fine leg. Shardul Thakur runs backward, spins around, but does not move his eyes off the ball, and catches the ball safely. 

Fuller now, outside off. Nicholas Pooran taps it towards point. End of a successful over by Harshal Patel!

Ravi Bishnoi starts with a googly, shorter ball, on the pads. Rovman Powell tucks it towards square leg for a single. 

Quicker now, at 100.1 clicks, shorter, outside off. Nicholas Pooran stays in his crease and looks to chop this but misses. 

Shorter, outside off. Nicholas Pooran pushes it towards long off for a single. 

Slower through the air, loopy ball, full and off. Rovman Powell drills it towards mid off. Mohammed Siraj (sub) does well to stop the ball. One taken!

FOUR! CUT AWAY! Shorter, outside off. Nicholas Pooran stays back and cuts it towards deep cover for a cracking boundary. 

Outside off, fuller. Nicholas Pooran taps it towards point and takes a single. West Indies end the Powerplay at 68/2!

SIX! Rovman Powell with another huge hit and West Indies flying at the moment. Dug in short by Thakur, but down the leg side. Powell picks it up and dispatches it a long way over the fine leg fence.

FOUR! Poor bowling this from Shardul Thakur. Short again, sliding down leg. Powell pulls it fine and gets it past short fine leg. The fifty is up for the Windies in quick time.

WIDE! Thakur goes full and wide this time, a bit too wide though.

Back of a length, on off. This is tucked away straight to mid-wicket.

In the air...safe! Back of a length, on off. Rovman Powell tries to take on the pull shot but gets a top edge which flies right back over the bowler's head and lands in middle of the converging players from mid off and mid on. Two taken.

FOUR! Bread and butter for Rovman Powell! Short and wide, Powell slaps it through the point region to bring up a third boundary in the over.

Slower, fuller and a bit wider. Powell eases it behind point for a single. 18 off Thakur's first over and West Indies are 60/2 in 5 overs.

A length ball, on off. Pooran winds up for the big slog leg side but mistimes it towards mid on for a single.

Around off, Powell taps it with soft hands towards point.

Leg bye! Sliding down leg, Powell looks to flick but misses. The ball goes off his pads towards square leg and the batters sneak in a leg bye.

FOUR! Easy picking for Nicholas Pooran. Short of a length, around off. Pooran stays deep in his crease and pulls it powerfully through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Slower one this time, a bit fuller and around off. Pooran edges it down with soft hands towards the gully region.

FOUR! The short length is being punished at the moment and Nicholas Pooran has picked up from where he left off. Over off, Pooran pulls it through mid-wicket yet again for another boundary.

FOUR! Short of a length, outside off. Shai Hope stands tall and short-arm jabs it through mid on for a glorious boundary.

FOUR! Two in a row! Chahar drifts this on the pads and Hope just clips it through the vacant mid-wicket region for another boundary.

A length ball, on off. Hope pushes it on the off side.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Deepak Chahar sends both the openers packing now and what a peach of a delivery that is! This is beautifully angled into middle, a bit fuller and Shai Hope is pushed on the back foot. He looks to push it out on the off side but the ball just straightens a bit and takes the outside edge of Hope's blade. Ishan Kishan takes a simple catch behind the stumps and top-order troubles for the Windies continue.

The ball is moving a bit in the air. Full and wide, looking for the big inswinger. Powell looks to drive away from his body and gets beaten on the inside edge.

SIX! Nonchalant flick from Rovman Powell! Venkatesh Iyer comes in to finish off Chahar's over and bowls it fuller, on off. Powell stays back and just uses his wrists to flick it all the way over the square leg fence for a biggie.

FOUR! Avesh Khan's first ball in international cricket is treated with a boundary. Short of a length, outside off. Nicholas Pooran hangs back and slaps it through extra cover for a boundary.

Pitched up this time, around off. Pooran drills it towards mid off where the fielder makes a good diving stop. The batters still get a couple of runs.

FOUR! This is a poor start from Avesh Khan. Short and wide again. Pooran is the man in form and he isn't going to miss out on that one. Pooran slaps it over point for another boundary.

On a good length, over middle. The ball hurries onto Pooran who gets a blow in the mid riff.

WIDE! An attempted bouncer from Khan, this one flies over the batter's head. Wide signalled.

Too close for comfort! A length ball, close to the off pole and holding its line. Pooran looks to whack it across but misses and the ball goes just past the off stump.

Length again, on middle. Pooran solidly defends it out.

Just short! A bit of shape right away for Deepak Chahar. Fullish ball, on middle and shaping in. Kyle Mayers looks to thump it downtown but mistimes it badly. The ball bounces just in front of mid off and the batters get a couple of runs off the rebound. Mayers is up and running.

A good length ball, outside off and angling away. Mayers looks to cut it away but misses.

NOT OUT! Excellent review from West Indies in the end and Kyle Mayers survives. A length ball, on off and shaping back in beautifully. Mayers hangs back and looks to heave it leg side but misses. He gets pinged on the back leg and the hosts appeal. The umpire raises his finger but Mayers reviews. There is not bat involved as confirmed by UltraEdge and Ball Tracker shows that the ball was just going over the top of off. The decision is reversed.

FOUR! Full, on off. Mayers drills it back past the bowler and picks up a boundary at the long off fence.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Now India makes fruitful use of DRS and Deepak Chahar has his man! On a nagging length, around off and middle. The ball is angling away and Kyle Mayers leans in to block this. The ball seems to beat the outside edge and the keeper gobbles it up. The hosts though are convinced and Rohit Sharma reviews it straightaway. UltraEdge shows that there was a spike as the ball went past the bat and the decision is reversed yet again. Mayers has to walk back.

A length ball, around leg. This is flicked away to deep square off the inside edge for a single.