Indian captain Virat Kohli was involved in some banter-filled exchanges with West Indies' Kesrick Williams during the first T20I between the teams at Hyderabad on Friday, when he imitated the latter's famous 'notebook' celebration.
The first T20I between India and West Indies at Hyderabad on Friday marked the start of front-foot no-balls being monitored by the third umpire instead of the on-field umpire. The International Cricket Council (ICC) made the announcement on Thursday.
Virat Kohli once again showed his class in a chase, scoring a T20I career-best 94* as India beat West Indies by six wickets in the first match of the series.
India have been excellent at chasing, and one of the biggest reasons for that is the consistency of skipper Virat Kohli. On Friday too, he decimated the opposition bowlers and slammed 94 from just 50 balls. But it wasn’t the usual fluent innings from Kohli, but the one where he took time to get in the groove.
The West Indies lost to India in the first T20I at Hyderabad by six wickets, despite setting them a target of 208. India skipper Virat Kohli scored a swashbuckling 94 to take India over the line and decimated the opposition bowling.
India skipper Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 94 off 50 balls as India beat West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I in Hyderabad on Friday.
Yuzvendra Chahal had a game to remember against the West Indies during the first T20I at Hyderabad, as he returned with figures of 2/36 in his quota of four overs. With the wickets of Shimron Hetmyer and Keiron Pollard, Chahal became the joint-highest wicket-taker in T20Is for India, along with R Ashwin -- 52 wickets. In the process he also surpassed the tally of Jasprit Bumrah, who has 51 wickets to his name.