- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 Soft dfismissal and Samson just does not want to move. Hard length on middle and off, 150.8kph. Samson looks to stand still and flick it across the line. He is cramped for room and it goes off the inner half to Pooran at short midwicket. Easy catch and an early strike for West Indies after choosing to bowl 7/19.5 The short ball does it for Springer! Digs it in on middle and leg. Seem to have taken Abhishek by surprise. He is on the front foot and looks to pull. Only gets a top edge. Springer himself settles under it and pouches it. West Indies have come back really well after the powerplay 124/48.2 Chase has the last laugh and roars back with a wicket! Once again anticipates the charge from the batter. Pulls his length ball and lands it on a length, 94.4kph. Gets it to go straight on. Kishan comes down the track but is done in by the length. Looks to turn it across the line. Misses and is beaten on the inside edge. Finds himself in a tangle, too. Hope does the rest with Kishan flat on the ground outside the crease 115/28.5 Huge appeal for lbw! Given. And Iyer reviews straightaway. Tossed up outside off, 93.1kph. Slightly fuller in length. He looks to whack it across the line but is beaten on the inside edge. He is hit on the back pad. Is it in line of the stumps? Iyer has already started to walk back by the time ball-tracking loads. Umpire's call on impact but it would have gone on to hit the stumps. India retain the review but lose their captain. Once again Chase making things happen 117/316.4 Low full toss on leg, flicked out fine on the leg side, Kamil Pooran at deep square leg runs and dives to his left. His attempt to stop that ball sees him flick it back towards his right and the ball nearly bounces off the ground and nearly rolls to the ropes, but Pooran is able to keep it out. But wait, what's happened here? Axar and Tilak think they've got a four and while returning for the second run they bump fists and, and West Indies have appealed for a run-out!. The ball comes in to Hope at the striker's end but Axar is able to get back before Hope knocks the bails off. Now they'll check the bowler's end. Tilak appears to be walking off! Hope threw the ball to Motie, and Tilak was casually strolling back, not aware of the threat, and that's a massive brain-fade from the India vice-captain! Bizarre dismissal, but sharp work from West Indies! They thought they had a boundary, but didn't realise the ball was still in play! 194/710.5 And it's another wicket gone for India! This is tossed up full outside off and Dhir reaches away from his body. Doesn't quite get under it and ends up lofting it straight to long-off. India in a spot of bother here 135/514.2 Has he tickled it down leg? Looks like he has, as Reddy walks off This is a length ball going down leg, a harmless delivery really, that Reddy looks to glance but it just gets a thin edge that Hope gobbles up. Soft delivery and India lose another wicket at a key moment 169/618.1 Another run-out! Pretty sure Iyer and Gambhir won't be happy with this! This is full and wide, hit out straight to point. There was no run there and Axar isn't interested but turns to see that Arshdeep has run all the way over. So he belatedly starts off, but in vain. Easy run-out in the end. Should he have just sent Arshdeep back, as the last recognized batter? Probably! Was his call as well! 202/818.6 Springer comes back with a wicket! Or at least the umpire reckons so. Arshdeep reviews. Arshdeep plays all around a full toss and is hit plumb in front of middle. And ball-tracking shows that crashing into middle and off. This review can be counted as a hat-trick of brain-fades from India for their last three wickets! 210/919.6 Shamar Joseph nails the yorker and India are bowled out for 223. 146kph yorker on leg, Mayank Yadav looks to squeeze it out but it goes off the bat onto his boot and deflects onto the stumps. West Indies need only 224 to win, and not 250 or more! 223/10Extras10 (b 5, lb 1, w 4)TOTAL223 all out (20 Overs, RR: 11.15)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Sanju Samson, 1.4 ov), 2-115 (Ishan Kishan, 8.2 ov), 3-117 (Shreyas Iyer, 8.5 ov), 4-124 (Abhishek Sharma, 9.5 ov), 5-135 (Naman Dhir, 10.5 ov), 6-169 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 14.2 ov), 7-194 (Tilak Varma, 16.4 ov), 8-202 (Axar Patel, 18.1 ov), 9-210 (Arshdeep Singh, 18.6 ov), 10-223 (Mayank Yadav, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RL Chase 4 0 38 2 9.5 8 2 3 0 0 S Joseph 4 0 54 2 13.5 6 10 1 0 0 KMA Paul 4 0 38 1 9.5 4 5 0 1 0 SK Springer 4 0 50 2 12.5 5 6 2 2 0 G Motie 4 0 37 1 9.25 3 1 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Big wicket! Holkar Stadium roars. They know what it means to get Hope out cheaply. Swings back in from a length outside off, 136kph. Hope clears his front leg and goes for a mighty heave across the line. He loses his shape and stumps. Pretty strange from the West Indies captain to go for the blind hits early on, especially after showing how clean he can hit even while holding his shape 7/110.6 Oh, Dhir does get six-and-out again! He took a few extra blows but the wicket is what matters, and just as Kamil Pooran was starting to let loose. This is tossed up fuller, and around leg, cramping him for room. Pooran looks to play that pick-up shot over square leg again but can't quite get under it this time and hits it straight down the fielder's throat in the deep. All five of Dhir's T20I wickets have now come after being hit for six! 105/46.6 Slows it down and extracts the just reward. Actually it skids on and Dhir benefits. On a length on middle and leg, it goes on with the arm, 87.7kph. Hetmyer goes back to turnm it across once again. Misses and the ball ricochets off his back pad onto the stumps. A six-and-out wicket for Dhir once more in the series 67/29.4 The release shot... releases him from the middle! Holes out to deep cover. Axar bowls it with a slightly side-arm action. On a length outside off. Powell charges down to go inside out over the off side. Slices it aerially and Kishan runs in from the deep and takes it comfortably 82/317.5 Arshdeep's yorkers are doing it for India! Inswinging yorker and it sneaks under the bat to hit the base of middle stump! That's probably the game gone for West Indies as the in-form Rutherford departs trying to swing for the hills. Excellent death bowling, this, from India's quicks 174/715.3 Flat and straight to long-off! Wide yorker, would have been a wide if he left it alone, but he shuffles across and looks to thump it down the ground. Doesn't get the elevation needed and Tilak Varma gets across to his right to take that safely. Reddy points at the skies as he gets a crucial breakthrough, his first of the match too 151/517.2 Taken at deep cover! Arshdeep goes for a yorker around middle and leg and Paul looks to back away and swing it leg side. Gets a leading edge and it goes high on the off side to the safe hands of Tilak Varma 169/6Extras11 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL209/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.45)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Shai Hope, 1.5 ov), 2-67 (Shimron Hetmyer, 6.6 ov), 3-82 (Rovman Powell, 9.4 ov), 4-105 (Kamil Pooran, 10.6 ov), 5-151 (Quentin Sampson, 15.3 ov), 6-169 (Keemo Paul, 17.2 ov), 7-174 (Sherfane Rutherford, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MP Yadav 4 0 34 0 8.5 11 3 2 1 0 Arshdeep Singh 4 0 44 3 11 7 6 1 2 0 Prince Yadav 4 0 37 0 9.25 5 3 1 1 1 Naman Dhir 3 0 39 2 13 4 1 4 2 0 AR Patel 3 0 33 1 11 6 2 3 0 0 K Nitish Kumar Reddy 2 0 19 1 9.5 4 0 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
West Indies , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 2-1
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
11 October 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 87 runs, 1 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (Abhishek Sharma 28, Ishan Kishan 19, Ex 6)
- Abhishek Sharma: 50 off 18 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- India: 100 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 37 balls (Abhishek Sharma 63, Ishan Kishan 30, Ex 7)
- Over 8.5: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - SS Iyer (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Drinks: India - 124/4 in 9.5 overs (NT Tilak Varma 5)
- India: 150 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 9
- India: 200 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 9
- Over 18.6: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - Arshdeep Singh (Struck down)
- Innings Break: India - 223/10 in 20.0 overs (Prince Yadav 13)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 1 wicket)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (35 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (K Pooran 11, SO Hetmyer 33, Ex 6)
- Drinks: West Indies - 82/3 in 9.4 overs (K Pooran 22)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (66 balls), Extras 8
- West Indies: 150 runs in 15.1 overs (92 balls), Extras 11
- West Indies: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (119 balls), Extras 11
Match Coverage
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