India vs West Indies, 52nd Match, Super 8 Group 1 (X1 v X3), ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Commentary
India opt to bowl
WI
119
-3
(14)
CRR8.5
P'SHIP16(13)
IND
57%
WI
43%
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IND
57%
WI
43%
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Summary (Overs 7-14) -- 74/3, 9.25rpo
-- WI raise the tempo but also lose wickets
-- Varun removes a struggling Hope for 33 (8.5)
-- Hetmyer makes a quickfire 27 off 12
-- Varun taken for 17 in his second over
-- Bumrah makes a double strike in 12th over
-- Tilak drops tough catch; Rutherford survives
-- He removes Hetmyer and Chase to lift India
-- WI raise the tempo but also lose wickets
-- Varun removes a struggling Hope for 33 (8.5)
-- Hetmyer makes a quickfire 27 off 12
-- Varun taken for 17 in his second over
-- Bumrah makes a double strike in 12th over
-- Tilak drops tough catch; Rutherford survives
-- He removes Hetmyer and Chase to lift India
Time for a drink! Gautam Gambhir walks out to the centre along with Kuldeep and Washington. Darren Sammy is out too. Can you guess what would be the message for both teams? As of now, India have a slight edge with two relatively new batters out in the middle. Remember, there is a bit of dew as well and anything under 180 could prove below par.
14
0 1 1 1 2 1 (6 runs)
WI 119-3
Sherfane Rutherford
14(8)
Rovman Powell
3(6)
Varun Chakaravarthy
3-0-26-1
13.6
Varun Chakaravarthy to Sherfane Rutherford, 1 run, fired in on a length at the stumps, Rutherford tucks it off the splice towards Axar at long-on
13.5
Varun Chakaravarthy to Sherfane Rutherford, 2 runs, full on middle and leg, Rutherford flicks it along the ground to the left of Axar at long-on
13.4
Varun Chakaravarthy to Rovman Powell, 1 run, stays leg-side of this quicker delivery and punches it to the left of sweeper cover
13.3
Varun Chakaravarthy to Sherfane Rutherford, 1 run, allows the ball to slide in and clips it to the left of mid-wicket
13.2
Varun Chakaravarthy to Rovman Powell, 1 run, tucked away in the gap through mid-wicket
13.1
Varun Chakaravarthy to Rovman Powell, no run, ooft! That was a close call. Umpire Chris Gaffaney has had an excellent game so far and he's spot on once again! Varun Chakaravarthy gets the ball to drift in from a length and traps Rovman Powell in front of middle and leg. Past the inside edge and struck him in line with middle. SKY had a long chat with his skipper and it ultimately proved to be a good review for India...
Appeal for leg before. Will India review? SKY has a chat with Samson and goes for the review with 4 seconds left on the clock. Powell is the man in question and Varun is the bowler. No bat involved. Umpire's call on hitting - clipping the top of leg stump. Not out.
Varun Chakaravarthy [2.0-0-20-1] is back into the attack
13
6 2 0 1 0 1 (10 runs)
WI 113-3
Rovman Powell
1(3)
Sherfane Rutherford
10(5)
Axar Patel
4-0-35-0
12.6
Axar Patel to Rovman Powell, 1 run, lets the ball come in and flicks to long-on
12.5
Axar Patel to Rovman Powell, no run, flatter delivery, Powell defends
12.4
Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, 1 run, gets inside the line and scoops this flatter to backward square leg
12.3
Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, no run, beaten! Flatter delivery outside off stump, Rutherford looks to cut and misses
12.2
Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, 2 runs, flatter delivery outside off stump, Rutherford cuts square of the wicket past point and cut off in the deep
12.1
6
Axar Patel to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX, uppishhhh and tipped over the bar. This guy can turn a game single-handedly. Beware, India! Tilak ran to the left and jumped but he could only get his fingertips to it and the ball escaped over the rope. Wonder why Tilak was well inside the rope. Flatter delivery, Rutherford smashed it flat over mid-wicket and got the six
Axar Patel [3.0-0-25-0] is back into the attack
Maestro Manohar: Dismissing two set batters in the same over, cometh the hour, cometh Bumrah.
12
1 2 W 1 W 0 (4 runs)
WI 103-3
Rovman Powell
0(1)
Sherfane Rutherford
1(1)
Jasprit Bumrah
2-0-11-2
11.6
Jasprit Bumrah to Rovman Powell, no run, fullish delivery, Powell defends off the front foot
Rovman Powell, right handed bat, comes to the crease
11.5
W
Jasprit Bumrah to Roston Chase, out Caught by Suryakumar Yadav!! In the airrrr and SKY is literally in the sky taking that great catch. Chase got sucked into the shot early by this lovely slower delivery that jumped on him. Chase tried to check his defence. Ball lobbed off the splice of the bat. SKY had to run to the right and stretch full length beyond him to have a chance and he managed to cling on getting both hands to it. The timing of the jump was the key and SKY was spot on. Roston Chase c Suryakumar Yadav b Jasprit Bumrah 40(25) [4s-5 6s-1]
