- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.6 taken at mid-on!! Abhishek had faced a fair number of dot balls so far, and falls looking for a big hit. Motie, inside the circle, turned halfway to his left, and moved a few steps back. The ball dropped comfortably into his hands. Chase bowled it on the shorter side, and around off. There was considerable bounce for him, and Abhishek got his pull off the higher side of the bat 42/114.3 Pooran is underneath and gets second time lucky. He had dropped Samson on 6, and now 76 runs later, finally gets his man. Banged in short outside off, Samson ramps, trying to clear deep backward point but doesn't get enough power behind it and Pooran does the rest. Here's Sreshth: Springer's celebration of P and V with his hands is a tribute to his mother (Pamela) and father (Victor) who died in 2026 and 2016 respectively 162/411.1 He picked up Abhishek, and now he's sent back the local boy Ishan Kishan! Gets the length ball to skid through on off stump. Kishan gives himself room trying to smack that through the offside. The ball doesn't bounce as much as Kishan expects. He misses and sees his off pole flattened 139/213.3 A third wicket for Chase and he celebrates with gusto. Flatter 92.7kph length ball just outside off, with the ball also keeping a tad low. Dube looks to crash that across the line, gets a thick inside-edge onto pad with the ball then ricocheting onto the stumps. 158/319.5 Straight down deep midwicket's throat. Banged in short on middle, Iyer gets it very high off the bat and only as far as Hetmyer, who makes no mistake 245/5Extras9 (lb 1, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL249/5 (20 Overs, RR: 12.45)Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Abhishek Sharma, 3.6 ov), 2-139 (Ishan Kishan, 11.1 ov), 3-158 (Shivam Dube, 13.3 ov), 4-162 (Sanju Samson, 14.3 ov), 5-245 (Shreyas Iyer, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AJ Hosein 3 0 46 0 15.33 4 3 4 0 1 R Shepherd 3.4 0 47 0 12.81 4 6 1 4 0 RL Chase 4 0 24 3 6 10 3 0 1 0 G Motie 2 0 21 0 10.5 4 1 2 0 0 S Joseph 3 0 39 0 13 2 5 1 1 0 SK Springer 4 0 64 2 16 4 7 4 0 1 R Powell 0.2 0 7 0 21 0 0 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 Bishnoi, the sub fielder, takes a skier. Mayank fires a short delivery at 143kph, and Pooran's attempted pull results in the ball ballooning up a long way. Bishnoi, at square leg, ended up at midwicket as the dropped into his lap, and he fell to the ground. The short ball results in a wicket after a boundary last ball 5/10.4 inside edge from Hetmyer. Mayank has lit up Ranchi. He's firing everyone up. Mayank takes off after Hetmyer falls first ball. Short delivery from Mayank at 144kph, and on the stumps. Little room for Hetmyer to play that attempted slash, not least with that pace and bounce from Mayank. He ends up chopping it onto the top of middle stump 5/25.1 gone!! This is launched at 149.5kph. The off stump is pinged, and is uprooted with that pace. On a length and angling into off from Mayank, as Powell looked to swipe-push at it, but was struck on the flap of his front pad. The ball rolled over to the off stump, which came off in a second 58/314.1 Kuldeep gets his man! That is the breakthrough India wanted so badly. A soft dismissal in the end. Flatter well outside off stump, Rutherford reaches out and looks to guide that fine. He can only manage a thin edge and Samson does the rest. He walks back for a fabulous 84 off 37 balls 178/4Extras4 (w 4)TOTAL252/4 (18.3 Overs, RR: 13.62)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Kamil Pooran, 0.3 ov), 2-5 (Shimron Hetmyer, 0.4 ov), 3-58 (Rovman Powell, 5.1 ov), 4-178 (Sherfane Rutherford, 14.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MP Yadav 3 0 36 3 12 9 5 2 0 0 Arshdeep Singh 4 0 45 0 11.25 5 7 1 0 0 AR Patel 3.3 0 63 0 18 7 4 7 1 0 S Dube 2 0 30 0 15 1 2 2 1 0 Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 53 1 13.25 6 2 5 1 0 Naman Dhir 2 0 25 0 12.5 6 1 3 1 0
Match Details
Toss
West Indies , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
9 October 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 79 runs, 1 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (27 balls), Extras 1
- SV Samson: 50 off 21 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (SV Samson 33, Ishan Kishan 17, Ex 0)
- India: 100 runs in 8.1 overs (50 balls), Extras 1
- Over 9.5: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Pandit, Batter - Ishan Kishan (Struck down)
- Drinks: India - 127/1 in 10.0 overs (SV Samson 72, Ishan Kishan 33)
- India: 150 runs in 12.2 overs (75 balls), Extras 6
- India: 200 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (SS Iyer 31, NT Tilak Varma 21, Ex 1)
- Over 18.4: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - SS Iyer (Struck down)
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 19.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Innings Break: India - 249/5 in 20.0 overs (NT Tilak Varma 44, Naman Dhir 4)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 72 runs, 3 wickets)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (SD Hope 29, R Powell 23, Ex 0)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 1
- SD Hope: 50 off 24 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (SD Hope 23, SE Rutherford 31, Ex 1)
- Drinks: West Indies - 122/3 in 10.0 overs (SD Hope 54, SE Rutherford 39)
- SE Rutherford: 50 off 24 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 43 balls (SD Hope 30, SE Rutherford 68, Ex 2)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 3
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (SD Hope 27, R Shepherd 26, Ex 1)
- West Indies: 250 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 4
- SD Hope: 100 off 45 balls (6 x 4, 9 x 6)
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