India beat West Indies in first T20I

Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer took India to victory after managing a very steady 48 run partnership for the fifth wicket as India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I in Kolkata on Wednesday. Suryakumar Yadav returned back to the pavilion after scoring 34(18) not out while Iyer scored 24(13) as India managed to chase down the 158-run target with seven balls to spare.

 After winning the toss, India decided to bowl first. The visitors piled 157/7 in 20 overs. In response, India quickly came up to the 50-run mark in the first 5 overs. Ishan Kishan was slow off the start but managed to pick up his pace after Rohit Sharma smashed Odean Smith for 22 runs in one over. India’s first setback came at 64 runs as Roston Chase got the wicket of Rohit (40 off 19). Following his dismissal, India lost three wickets in quick succession in the form of Virat Kohli, Kishan, and Rishabh Pant.

However, another impressive batting spell by Suryakumar Yadav helped India in coming out as victors comfortably in the end. The stand-out performance in the game has to go to Ravi Bishnoi who at the age of just 21 years managed to make his Team India debut. The youngster also had a great first bowling spell as he took 2 wickets at the expense of just 17 runs in the 4 overs. Ravi Bishnoi has got everything to become a successful Indian player in the future.