WI vs IND 1st T20I Commentary - Tarouba (29 July 2022)

FOUR! Nicely played! It is slightly short, on the pads. Keemo Paul moves to the leg side and pulls it to deep square leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries now. A little too late for the hosts. It is short again, outside off. Paul pulls it powerfully towards wide long on and finds the boundary.

Fuller, on middle. Paul drags his sweep to deep square leg for a single.

Floated and full, on off. Alzarri Joseph gets low and sweeps it through mid-wicket for a single.

Looped up, full and on off. Paul works it to long on for one more.

A dot to end the innings here! Ravi Bishnoi ends his spell with two wickets. A googly this time, around middle and leg, a bit quicker. Alzarri Joseph tries to smoke heave it away but misses it completely and the ball sneaks through his legs. India win the game by 68 runs.

It is full, angled into the pads. Paul stays back and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.

LEG BYE! Full length, angling in, around middle and leg. Alzarri Joseph tries to flick it away but misses. The ball goes to point off the pads. They collect a leg bye.

A sharp bouncer, on off. Paul leaves it alone for the keeper.

Full length, around middle and leg. Paul blocks it to the right of the bowler and scampers across for a quick single.

Back of a length, outside off. Joseph punches it to cover for a single.

A low full toss, on the pads, Paul tucks it through mid-wicket for an easy single.

Flatter, on off. Joseph flicks it to mid-wicket. Ravindra Jadeja gives it a chase and keeps it down to one.

Fuller, wide outside off. Paul gets low and smashes it to long off for one.

Looped up, around off, Joseph pushes it back to the bowler.

Tossed up, full and outside off. Alzarri Joseph gets down on one knee and tries to whip it across the line but misses.

On off, defended out.

Touch flatter, on off. Alzarri Joseph pushes it to cover. Four dots in a row to end the over. 

Arshdeep Singh comes from around the wicket and fires in a yorker, on off. Keemo Paul blocks it back to the bowler.

A slower short ball, outside off. Paul stays back and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

OUT! TIMBER! Arshdeep Singh comes over the wicket for the left-hander and it certainly does the trick. Singh serves a yorker, around off, tailing in. Akeal Hosein shuffles across and tries to defend it out but misses. The ball sneaks through to disturb the stumps. India need two more wickets to seal the victory.

Full length, on off. Alzarri Joseph hits it towards long on and crosses for a single. He is off the mark.

This time Singh angles it into the pads, on a fuller length, Paul flicks it to fine leg for a single.

Slower one now, length and on the pads, Alzarri Joseph tucks it to square leg for one. 

It is googly to start the over. Keemo Paul fails to pick up early. He moves to the leg side but is unable to work it away.

Swing and a miss! Googly yet again, outside off. Keemo Paul slashes hard but only connects with this air.

Tossed up, on middle and leg. Paul looks to sweep it away but misses. It brushes off his pads.

NOT OUT! Keemo Paul reacts quickly to get back in the crease. Nonetheless, it was a valiant effort by Pant behind the sticks. Ravi Bishnoi sess the batter charge down the track and fires it way down leg. Rishabh Pant moves to his left, but as soon as he gathers the ball, he looses his footing but still manages to get the bails off with a dive towards the stumps. This could be close. The umpire takes it upstairs and it is confirmed that Paul is safe. The umpire though signals a wide.

Wild swing! This is floated up well outside off and it is the googly. Keemo Paul gets low and looks to slog it away but he goes a bit too hard at it and misses. Pant takes off the bails and seems interested. Rishabh Pant from behind the sticks pleads to the square leg umpire  and it is taken upstairs. The replay shows that Paul has his back leg rooted just inside the crease so it will be NOT OUT.

A googly again, around middle. Paul blocks it out.

Touch short, around off. Paul pulls it over mid on and gets a single. Just two runs off the over then. Also, 100 is up for West Indies.

Length ball, on middle, this is hit uppishly straight back past the bowler for a single.

Digs in a short ball, slower and on middle and leg. Keemo Paul steps out and looks to pull but takes his eyes off the ball. Paul misses and gets hit on the body.

On a good length, over off. Paul hops and tucks it away past square leg for a run.

Another slower short ball, over leg stump. Akeal Hosein tries to get inside the line of the ball and play it fine but misses.

Slower again, on a hard length and around off, this is dabbed down to short third man.

Swing and a miss! Pandya goes full and around off, Hosein has a big swing through the line but makes no connection.

Quicker one, on the pads, this is flicked away to short fine leg.

OUT! STUMPED! It is just too easy for the Indian bowling attack at the moment. Ravi Bishnoi tosses it up, on a length and around off. Odean Smith is tempted to go for the big shot and he goes for it. The googly completely beats Smith in flight and Rishabh Pant teases the batter before dislodging the bails. Smith is way down the track and has no chance of getting back. West Indies going down in a hurry.

Flatter and on the pads, Paul looks to use his feet but misses and gets rapped on the pads.

On the shorter length, over leg stump, Paul gets down on one knee and paddles it away behind square for a run.

NO BALL! There is a huge appeal for caught behind from the Indian skipper at first slip but it isn't given. Another googly, quicker and going across the left-hander. Akeal Hosein throws his hands at it but gets beaten. Bishnoi has overstepped and a Free Hit will follow.

WIDE! This is flatter and way, way outside off. Left alone for a wide. Free Hit will continue.

SIX! Yet another googly from Bishnoi, full and around off. Akeal Hosein hangs back and smokes it all the way over the long off fence for a biggie.

Switches to around the wicket and bowls it on off, Hosein turns it through square leg for one.

Drifted full and into leg stump, Hosein defends it back to the bowler.

Around middle, played towards cover for a single.

Risky from Hetmyer, going on the back foot to a fuller delivery. This is darted onto middle, Hetmyer backs away to cut but finds the man at backward point.

OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust. This is a bit tossed up and on off. Shimron Hetmyer was itching to get a move on and decides to take it on. Hetmyer backs away and tries to loft it inside-out over the extra cover fence. Hetmyer ends up just lofting it straight down the throat of the man at wide long off and Suryakumar Yadav takes a simple catch. Ashwin picks up his second wicket and that seems to be the final nail in the coffin for West Indies.

Quicker and flatter, played off the back foot towards cover.

A bit slower through the air and on a length, around middle. Akeal Hosein nudges it onto the leg side.

OUT! TIMBER! Beaten all ends up! Dream delivery to start with from Ravi Bishnoi and he has knocked over the dangerous Rovman Powell. This is quicker and flatter, around middle and it is the googly. Powell gets pushed onto the back foot as he looks to work it leg side but ends up playing all around it. The ball rattles into the middle stump and West Indies digging themselves a big hole here.

Well bowled! Quick delivery, another googly, on a length and going across. Akeal Hosein looks to block but the ball zips past the outside edge.

Fuller and outside off, squeezed down to short third man for a single.

Drops it a bit short and outside off, Hetmyer punches it off the back foot and towards wide long on for a run.

Around off, Hosein drives it through mid off for one more.

Peach! Bishnoi gives it just a bit more air and floats it up close to the off pole. Shimron Hetmyer looks to press forward and defend but gets completely beaten in flight. 106 needed now off 48 balls.

On off, Rovman Powell looks to powers it downtown but doesn't get all of it. Ends up playing it towards long off for a single.

SIX! All the way! Tossed up on off, Shimron Hetmyer swings through the line of the ball and clears the long off fence for a maximum.

Beaten in flight! Ashwin bowls it slower and floats it up well outside off, the ball turns away as well. Hetmyer looks for the booming cover drive but is well beaten.

This is fired in on the pads, Hetmyer tucks it away 'round the corner for a single.

Quicker and turning it into the pads, Powell manages to nudge it behind square on the leg side for one more.

Turn and bounce! Nicely flighted, around off and the ball grips before turning away sharply. Shimron Hetmyer looks to drive through the line of the ball but gets beaten past the outside edge.

It is short, outside off, turns in a touch. Shimron Hetmyer blocks it out.

Floated and full, outside off. Shimron Hetmyer mistimes his drive to cover.

FOUR! Hit with sheer power. Check the ball please, did it catch fire? It is tossed up, full and on off, slower through the air as well. Shimron Hetmyer slaps it through covers for a boundary.

Slightly short, on off. Shimron Hetmyer pulls it to wide of long on for a single.

Outisde off, pushed to point.

Floated around off. Powell pushes it to cover for one.

It is full and on off. Powell tries to flick it away but gets it to covers off the leading edge. They take one.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Ravichandran Ashwin wins the battle against Nicholas Pooran. It is flatter and quicker, on fourth stump. It extracts some extra bounce off the deck as well. Nicholas Pooran tries to cut it away on his back foot. He only manages to get an outside edge and Rishabh Pant makes no mistake behind the sticks. India are in the driving seat here.

Full and on off, blocked back to the bowler.

Floated and full, on off. Shimron Hetmyer blocks it out.

Fuller, on leg, Hetmyer flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter one, on off, Powell blocks it back to the bowler. A wicket-taking over by Ashwin comes to an end.

A single now as this is worked towards mid on.

FOUR! Deft touch! It is short, outside off. This one turns in with some extra bounce. Nicholas Pooran waits for it and guides it past short third man for a boundary.

Tossed up, around off. Pooran dabs it to third man for a quick single.

Fuller, on off. Powell defends it out watchfully.

SIX! BANG! Rovman Powell gets into the act now. It is floated and full, on off. Powell uses his feet and lofts it towards long on. There is a man in the deep, but it does not matter as it is beats Arshdeep Singh for a maximum.

On the pads, tucked through mid-wicket for one. Another good over for West Indies.

Hardik Pandya serves a short ball, on off. Pooran stays back and dabs it to short third man. They take a risky single this time. The fielder has a shy at the striker's end but misses.

Length ball, on the pads, Powell tucks it to deep square leg for a single.

Pandya bends his back now and serves a short ball, on off. Pooran pulls it through mid-wicket for one.

A length ball, around middle, angling into the batter. Powell pulls it to fine leg for one.

SIX! BANG! Nicholas Pooran getting into his rhythm here. It is full and on off. Pooran whips it across the line and sends it into the stands past the mid-wicket fence. 

Back of a length, angling across the left-hander. Nicholas Pooran looks to chase it but misses. A good over for the hosts, 10 runs off it.

A slower short ball, outside off. Shamarh Brooks lets it through to the keeper.

OUT! TIMBER! Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes back into the attack and strikes on his second delivery. It is a length ball, around off, nips in a touch off the deck. Shamarh Brooks tries to heaves it across the line but misses it completely. The ball goes through to rattle the stumps. West Indies in a spot of bother,

A length ball, outside off. Powell presses forward and defends it to point. The fielder there misfields but the batters do not cross.

Fuller length, around off. Powell blocks it to the off side watchfully.

A slower length ball, outside off. Powell guides it behind point but not in the gap.

A wicket-maiden for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Rovman Powell stays back and blocks this length delivery to backward point. West Indies are 42/3 at the end of Powerplay.

 An amazing on the fence by Shreyas Iyer and he has saved four runs for his side. Ashwin tosses it up first up, around off. Nicholas Pooran dances down the track and lofts it against the turn towards the cow corner fence. The ball seems to be going all the way but Iyer leaps up and manages to keep his balance before throwing the ball back in and falling over. It is checked and Iyer has managed to keep his right boot from touching the ropes. Two taken.

Looped up, around off, Pooran dabs it to short third man for a quick single.

SIX! All the way! A wonderful strike from Brooks. It is tossed up, full and on off. Brooks dances down the track and smokes it over the bowler's head for a maximum.

On off, pushed to point.

Flatter and on off, this is pulled away well in front of mid-wicket for a single.

Quicker and flatter, darted into middle and leg, Pooran backs away and pushes it towards cover.

This is dug in short and over off, Shamarh Brooks takes on the pull but mistimes it towards deep square leg for a run.

Good length, over middle, Nicholas Pooran gets behind the line to make the block.

NO BALL! Singh hits the length hard and angles it into middle and leg, Pooran hangs back and tucks it towards square leg. A no ball is called for overstepping and a Free Hit will now follow.

Excellent delivery, Singh gets in the yorker on middle. Nicholas Pooran can only manage to dig it straight back past the bowler for a single.

Around the wicket now to the right-hander and curves in a full ball from well outside off. Shamarh Brooks squeezes it through point and collects a single.

Back to over the wicket now and digs in a slower bumper, outside off. Nicholas Pooran looks to get on top of the bounce but is early in the pull. The ball goes off the gloves and down to short third man.

Length, on the pads, this is just pushed through wide mid on for a single.

How has that missed the stumps? Jadeja starts off with a length ball, drifted into leg stump and turning away a long way. Shamarh Brooks has a wild heave across the line but misses and the ball goes an inch or so over the middle stump.

Flatter delivery, around off, kept out by Brooks.

FOUR! Nicely played! This is angled into middle and leg, Brooks hangs back and punches it crisply over mid on for a boundary.

This is darted into the pads, Brooks attempts the reverse sweep but misses. The ball hits the pads and there is a stifled appeal from the bowler but the umpire isn't interested.

Tossed up, around off, this is pushed down to long off for one.

OUT! Cleaned him up! This is excellent bowling from Ravindra Jadeja, not so much smart batting from Jason Holder though. Jadeja serves it on a length and around leg stump, slower through the air as well. Holder shows all three stumps as he looks to cut it away. The ball grips and turns a long way and clatters into the stumps. The move to send Holder up the order has backfired and the Windies are already two down.

SIX! Muscled! Arshdeep Singh starts off with a fullish delivery around off, Kyle Mayers walks towards off stump and smokes it back over the bowler's head for a biggie.

WIDE! Singh pulls back the length but pushes it a bit too wide outside off. Mayers can't reach it and a wide is called.

FOUR! Carnage from Kyle Mayers and the crowd is all pumped up. This is full and wide, Mayers thrashes it away through cover-point for another boundary. And with that, Mayers changes his bat, not quite sure why though.

OUT! CAUGHT! The change of bat hasn't worked for Kyle Mayers and Arshdeep Singh has the last laugh here. Singh digs in a short ball, well outside off and it is the leg cutter. Mayers doesn't pick it up at all and ends up just sticking his bat out. The ball takes the top edge and pops up around short mid-wicket. Bhuvneshwar Kumar over there takes a simple catch and Singh sends back Mayers with a victorious stare towards him.

Good length, around middle, Jason Holder looks to play it off the back foot but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

Fuller this time, close to the off pole, Holder blocks it out.

Firmly hit but straight to the fielder. This is on a driving length and outside off, Holder creams it straight to the man at cover.

Starts off on a perfect length, around the top of off and looking for any swing on offer. Kyle Mayers hangs back and pushes it out on the off side.

FOUR! Aggression from Mayers straightaway and West Indies are up and running. Goes a bit fuller, Mayers walks towards the bowler to negate any swing and lofts it over wide mid on for a boundary.

Length, around middle, this is nudged away in front of mid-wicket for a quick single.

Length again, around off, Shamarh Brooks with a positive intent heaves it first up towards deep mid-wicket. Brooks gets off the mark with a brace.

FOUR! Easily done! Good length, width on offer, Brooks just stretches out and places it perfectly in between backward point and short third man for a boundary.

A dot to end an expensive first over, 11 runs coming from it. Around the top of off, Brooks looks to drop and run towards cover but Mayers says no.