Jaiswal and Gill helps India level the series 2-2

S Gill and Jaiswal put together 165 runs for the first wicket (Image Credit:- Twitter)

West Indies:- 178/8 (20 overs)India:- 179/1 (17 overs)

India beat West Indies by 9 wickets in fourth T20 to level series. India chased down 179 target set by West Indies in 17 overs with 9 wickets remaining.

Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (84* runs from 51 balls) and Shubman Gill (77 runs from 47 balls) took the game away from Windies by putting 165 run opening stand in 15.3 overs. They equals the record of highest opening stand for India along with Rohit Sharma and K.L.Rahul.

Tilak Varma (7* runs from 5 balls) remains not out with Jaiswal when India chased down the target.

Romario Shepherd (1/35 in 3 overs) is the only wicket taker for West Indies.

West Indies Opener Kyle Mayers ( 17 runs from 7 balls ) started well for Windies by hitting a six off Axar Patel in third ball of the first over. Arshdeep Singh bowled a beautiful short delivery to dismiss him in the second over of the match.

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Brandon King (18 runs from 16 balls) and Shai Hope (45 runs from 29 balls) put together 35 runs from 24 balls before Arshdeep Singh dismissed Brandon King to took his second wicket. At the end of the power play they were 55/2.

Kuldeep Yadhav dismissed dangerous Pooran and Powell (Image Credit:- Twitter)

Kuldeep Yadhav dismissed dangerous Nicholas Pooran (1 run from 3 balls) and Rovman Powell (1 run from 3 balls) in the seventh over to push them back to 57/4 in 6.5 overs.

Shai Hope and Shimron Hetymer (61 runs from 39 balls) brought them back by scoring 49 runs in 36 balls for the fifth wicket. Yuzvendra Chahal broke the partnership by dismissing Shai Hope.

Romario Shepherd (9 runs from 6 balls) got out to Axar Patel and Mukesh Kumar clean bowled Jason Holder (3 runs from 4 balls) cheaply.

Shrimon Hetymer scores 69 runs from just 39 balls (Image Credit:- Twitter)

Shimron Hetymer 61 runs from 39 balls helps West Indies to reach 178/8 in 20 overs. They scored 57 runs in final 5 overs. 17 runs scored by them in the final over bowled by Arshdeep Singh. Odean Smith scores 15 runs from 12 balls and remains unbeaten.

Kuldeep Yadhav (2/26 in 4 overs) was the pick of the bowler for India. Arshdeep Singh (3/38 in 4 overs) , Mukesh Kumar (1/25 in 3 overs) , Yuzvendra Chahal (1/36 in 4 overs) and Axar Patel (1/39 in 4 overs are the wicket takers for India

West Indies captain Rovman Powel won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth T20I. West Indies made 3 changes to their side. Shai Hope , Jason Holder and Odean Smith in the playing XI for Windies. India goes with the same XI.

IndiaWest Indies
Yashasvi JaiswalBrandon King
Shubman GillKyle Mayers
Suryakumar YadhavShai Hope
Tilak VarmaNicholas Pooran
Hardik Pandya (c)Rovman Powel
Sanju Samson (wk)Shimron Hetymer
Axar PatelRomario Shepherd
Kuldeep YadhavJason Holder
Arshdeep SinghAkeal Hosein
Yuzvendra ChahalOdean Smith
Mukesh KumarObed McCoy

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