Dinesh Karthik performed a quickfire knock of 41 not out off simply 19 balls after India’s middle-order failed towards West Indies within the first T20I.
Dinesh Karthik with Ravichandran Ashwin within the center throughout 1st T20I towards West Indies. (Courtesy: AP)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Dinesh Karthik scored 41 not out off simply 19 balls
- India defeated West Indies by 68 runs in first T20I
- Rohit Sharma hit a fifty on his return to guide India
India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik expressed his happiness after the Males in Blue defeated West Indies by 68 runs within the first T20I of the five-match sequence on Friday (July 29).
Karthik, who joined the Indian squad for the T20Is within the Caribbean, hit a quickfire 41 not out off simply 19 balls to assist India publish 190 for six after being put into bat. The 37-year-old’s innings arrange the match for the guests after India’s middle-order, which did not embody Suryakumar Yadav as he was despatched in to open, did not construct on the beginning given by captain Rohit Sharma (64 off 44).
India’s bowlers then efficiently restricted West Indies to 122 for 8, with Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi taking two wickets every.
“Turning on the warmth. Good to start out off the sequence with a win!” Karthik, the Participant of the Match, tweeted.
Turning on the warmth
Good to start out off the sequence with a win!#WIvIND pic.twitter.com/J164FbRSQs— DK (@DineshKarthik) July 29, 2022
Whereas Karthik is taken into account as the most effective finishers within the shortest format, Rohit stated that he was pleasantly stunned by the crew’s late cost at Brian Lara Stadium, Trinidad.
“We knew it was going to be barely robust, the shot making wasn’t straightforward at first. The fellows who’re set want to hold on for longer and the way in which we completed off the primary innings was an ideal effort,” Rohit stated after the match.
“Once we completed the primary 10 overs, we did not suppose we might get to 190. It was an ideal effort from the boys and an ideal end. There are three sides of the sport which we try to enhance. We’ve got acquired to try to again the concepts about executing it with the bat. We need to strive sure issues and all in all I believed it was an ideal effort.”
With the victory, India took their win-loss file to 14-6 towards West Indies. The Males in Blue have now received their final 5 T20Is towards the Males in Maroon. The groups will play the second T20I on August 1 at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts.
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