IND vs WI Ball by Ball Commentary

An unusual end to the game. Chase pushes it through at the sticks. Iyer taps it to the right of the bowler. Ishan is backing up a bit far and Chase gets to the ball quickly. He turns around and fires in a throw at the bowling end but misses, conceding an overthrow as the ball rolls towards deep cover.

SIX! There it is, a maiden T20I ton for Shreyas Iyer. What a way to return to form for the Indian skipper. Right from the outset, the way he struck the ball gave you the feeling that something special was brewing, and it only got better as the innings progressed, with Iyer going through the gears beautifully. Shreyas brings up his hundred in just 42 balls, the fastest by an Indian in a T20I against West Indies, inform the on-air commentators. This is fired in by Chase from around the wicket, right in the slot. Iyer hangs deep in the crease and swings high and handsome over long on for half a dozen. Shreyas takes off his helmet and turns towards the dugout, raising both hands aloft in celebration. A special moment for the Indian skipper.

Floated up, on middle and leg. Kishan lunges and ease it to long on for a single. He brings Iyer back on strike, who is on 95 and India need 7 more runs for the win.

Darted in at the pads. Kishan misses out on the glance and gets hit on the pads.

SIX! Iyer is in a hurry here, and what a knock this is turning out to be. He's on 95. Back of a length and over middle, trying to angle it across. Shreyas Iyer leans across to the off side and clobbers it over wide long on for a biggie.

FOUR! That's too easy. Bowled from around the wicket, a full toss on the pads, and Iyer flicks it away down to fine leg or a boundary.

Pitched up around off, pushed down through mid off for a single.

PUT DOWN! That is a simple catch spilled by Shamar Joseph. Length ball over off and middle, Shreyas Iyer looks to power it down the ground but hits it flat and straight to the fielder at long on. Joseph is late to get forward and ends up getting hit on the wrists, rather than pouching it safely into the hands.

SIX! One more! Dug in shorter this time and straighter, too. It is a back-of-the-hand slower ball as well. Iyer picks it right out of the hand and swings it high over deep mid-wicket for another biggie.

SIX! Straight as an arrow! Back of a length, it is the leg cutter. Iyer picks it early, moves to the off side and tonks it towards the sightscreen for a biggie.

FOUR! Powered away to the fence. Floated up on a length and around off. Ishan Kishan goes deep in the crease and moves to the off side, drilling it down with a straight bat and to the right of the bowler for a boundary. 19 big runs off that over.

Fractionally shorter on the pads, worked away to deep square leg for one more.

Flatter and darted well across off, Ishan Kishan rocks back and tries to muscle it over deep mid-wicket. Kishan gets rushed and mistimes it on the bounce to the fielder in the deep for a single. The 100-run stand is up between these two as well.

A bit fuller and straighter, worked away through wide mid on for a single. Uh, oh! There's a late call for a front-foot No Ball, and that is a cardinal sin for a spinner. Free Hit loading...

FOUR! Iyer has been prolific in that region this evening. Good length at the stumps, bowled flatter, and once again Iyer makes a bit of room and hits it hard and flat over the leaping extra cover fielder for a boundary.

SIX! One of, if not the, shots of the day. Hosein drags the length back a bit, on off, looking to turn it away. Shreyas Iyer backs away and just slams it handsomely over deep cover for a biggie.

On a length and drifted across the off stump. Kishan stays back and slaps it down to long off for a single.

Agricultural from Shreyas this time. Floated up on middle, slogged away between deep backward square leg and deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. 7 runs off Chase's returning over. 51 needed now off 48 balls.

Five singles in a row now. Nicely flighted, drifted into middle and leg. Kishan clips it in front of mid-wicket and turns the strike over.

Bowled really quick, at 110.1 kph and outside off. Iyer tries to go over the off side, but miscues it down to long on for yet another single.

Pushed through quicker and flatter, Kishan hops back and taps it wide of point for a quick single.

Dragged length, turning back into the stumps. Iyer stays back and works it through mid-wicket for one more.

Floated up, full and on leg. Kishan makes room and drives it along the turf to long on for a single.

SIX! Oh, that will really hurt the bowler. Dug in a bit short and around off, Shreyas Iyer stays upright and flat-bats it back down the ground for a biggie.

What a let-off! The West Indian players are dumbfounded by the decision, but it was a really close call. Shamar Springer dishes out a wide full toss, and Ishan Kishan is taken aback by it. Kishan ends up slicing it with one hand and towards deep cover. Matthew Forde comes in from the deep but is a bit lazy and has to lunge at the last second. Forde takes it with both hands, but the fingers are a bit splayed on the impact. The third umpire has a look at it, and after watching it from many different angles, he feels that some part of the ball is touching the ground. It will be just a single, then.

There to be hit, but Kishan finds the fielder. Short and wide, smacked down straight to the man at short cover.

The length is pulled back a bit, bowling it over the stumps. Shreyas Iyer tucks it down in front of square leg and picks up a single to break the drought and bring up his 11th T20I FIFTY.

FOUR! Shreyas Iyer moves to 49 with that boundary. Length ball at a gentle 122.4 clicks, and wide outside off. Iyer moves to the off side and smashes it to the right of mid off for four runs.

Springer starts with a slower one, on a good length and around off. Iyer dabs it down to short third, looking for a single, but Kishan sends him back.

Darted in fuller and on off. Iyer gets down on a knee and brings out the reverse, playing it to deep cover for a single.

Dropped short again, on off. Iyer taps it to extra cover from the crease.

Nice and tight, fractionally short, on the off stump. Iyer knocks it to cover.

Good running! Slower through the air, on a nagging length, on off. Iyer nurdles it in the vacant mid-wicket region and comes charging back for the second run. The 100 is up for India.

Across off, flatter trajectory. Kishan cuts it late towards deep backward point for a single.

FOUR! That should have been stopped. A half-tracker, and Akeal offers width too. Kishan reaches out and slaps it on the bounce to cover. Kamil Pooran can't get his body behind the ball as the ball bounces past him and races away.

PUT DOWN! A very tough chance. One of those catches that either they stick or they don't. Into the deck, on off. Iyer swats it with a flat bat back towards the bowler. Shepherd sticks out the right hand on his follow-through but can only get his fingertips to it. It goes wide of long on and the batters pick up a couple. Shepherd goes for 19 runs in his 2nd over after a tidy first over. 78 needed from 66 balls.

FOUR! Rinse and repeat. Slightly on the shorter side, on off. Iyer takes a step back in the crease and stands tall as he slams it over extra cover for four more.

FOUR! Up and over. This is on the fuller side, outside off. Iyer walks across to the off side just as the bowler is about to release the ball. Shreyas gets his hands through the line of the ball and thumps it over, leaving the sweeper cover no chance. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters.

FOUR! Shimron Hetmyer's effort goes in vain. Shepherd bangs it into the deck, outside off. Iyer walks across the stumps and gets on top of the bounce before dragging it in front of square on the leg side. Hetmyer covers good ground to his left at deep mid-wicket and dives but cannot prevent the boundary.

The length is pulled back, on middle and leg. This sits up to be hit as Kishan pulls it hard to deep mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Too straight and Romario Shepherd is made to pay for it. On the pads, on a length. Kishan brings his wrists into play and flicks it behind square leg, picking the big gap between short fine leg and deep square leg.

Back to bowling at pace. 139.5 kph on the speed gun, but it looked a lot quicker than that. Banged in short, around the left shoulder. Kishan goes for the pull but is rushed. One hand comes off the bat handle as Kishan pulls it square on the leg side for a single. 39 runs off the last 4 overs. India require 97 runs in 72 balls.

FOUR! Powered away! Joseph takes pace off, bowling it at 118.2 kph, full and wide on off. Kishan reaches out, collapses his back knee and smacks it in the gap between extra cover and mid off for a boundary.

A little too straight, slightly on the fuller side, on the pads. Kishan leans inside the line to play the pick-up shot but is beaten for pace and gets hit on the thigh pad.

Hits the hard length, on off. Iyer takes a step across towards the off side and punches it to long on. They cross.

In and around the off stump, skidding through. Kishan whips it through mid-wicket and crosses over.

In the channel, on a good length. Iyer stays back and glides it to the left of backward point for a single.

Bowled on a back of a length, on middle. Iyer turns it in front of square on the leg side and picks up a single.

Banged in short, outside off. Iyer sways away and lets it be.

Dug in short, over middle. Iyer gets his hands high and pulls it to the left of deep square leg for a brace.

Romario hits the top of off, Kishan presses up on his toes and hurriedly gets his bat down as he chops it wide of point and hurries to the other end.

Across off, on a good length. Kishan steers it to backward point.

Slanted in at the pads, on a good length. Shreyas nudges it wide of mid-wicket for a single.

In the air...but safe! Heart-in-mouth moment for Shreyas Iyer. A well-directed short ball by Shamar around the right shoulder. Iyer tries to take it on but is rushed and the ball gets big on him. It catches him high on the bat and it is skied behind square leg. Kamil Pooran in the deep does not quite judge it well and runs around the ball rather than charging in. Perhaps, had he judged it better, he was in with a chance there. A single taken. 15 runs off the over as India end the Powerplay on a high. The Men in Blue are 62/2, needing 110 from 84 balls.

Shamar goes searching for the yorker but ends up bowling a low full toss, on off. Iyer jams it out back to the bowler.

FOUR! Deft placement. 4th boundary in 9 balls for the Indian skipper. Joseph's pace is working against him. Skidding through, on a back of a length, on off. Shreyas lets the ball come on and opens the face of the bat at the last moment. He glides it to the right of the diving short third fielder.

FOUR! Easy pickings. Iyer is off to a flier here. Joseph tries to attack the stumps with a full ball but ends up being a bit too full. Iyer plants his front foot across and flicks it over mid-wicket.

FOUR! One bounce and over the ropes. Hits the good length, outside off. There is just enough width for Iyer, and he cashes in. He stands tall and plays it on the rise, lofting it over cover. India's 50 comes up.

At 141.3 kph, on a good length. angled in towards the off stump before it nibbles away. Iyer is squared up in defence. It squirts off the outer half behind point for a couple of runs.

Dragged length again, at the stumps, Iyer moves inside the line and stabs it down through mid-wicket for a single. 125 more needed off 90 balls.

FOUR! Clinical from the Indian skipper. Good length around off, Shreyas Iyer transfers his weight onto the back foot and slaps it down to the left of Shamar Joseph at point, picking up a boundary.

Nagging length, in and around off. Kishan dabs it into the off side and picks up a single.

FOUR! Onto it in a flash! Marginally short again, around off. Ishan Kishan rocks back and smacks it down through cow corner for a boundary.

Oh, a bit of hold in the deck now. Fractionally short of a good length, on off, and this one turns as well. Kishan is taken aback and has to fend it down.

Flighted ball, a bit full and outside off. Iyer leans on and pushes it towards cover-point for a quick single.

Fast hands from Kishan, but he can't pierce the infield. Angled across the off stump, Kishan slams it away towards cover-point, where Shamar Joseph makes a sharp stop.

A touch fuller and on off, Iyer takes a step to the off side and punches it down to long off for a single.

The arm ball now, speared back in from outside off. Shreyas Iyer stabs it away into the off side.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! A complete miscue, and Akeal Hosein picks up a wicket in his 100th T20I game. This is darted in quicker by Hosein and bowled into the turf, over middle. Sanju Samson looks to rock back and whack it over mid-wicket but splices it back to the bowler. Hosein hops up a bit in his follow-through and snaffles it with both hands. Samson's dry run of form continues, and India are now 35/2 inside the first 4 overs.

Another in-drifter, a bit fuller and on leg. Samson makes a bit of room and pushes it to the left of the bowler.

Drifted well into the pads, looking to turn it away. Samson presses back and plays it with a straight bat to mid on.

That's brilliant work in the field by Shamar Joseph. Shortish length, turning back in towards off. Sanju Samson hops back and punches it sweetly past cover. Joseph sprints after it and flicks the ball back in play, saving a run for his side.

Dropped well short and outside off, this is cut away behind point for a single.

Nagging length, on middle. Ishan Kishan leans on to work it leg side, but gets an inside edge past the short fine leg fielder, picking up a couple of runs.

OUT! CAUGHT! Abhishek Sharma lives and dies by the sword, and that is a really good take by Shimron Hetmyer. Roston Chase changes the angle by coming over the wicket, and he darts this one across the left-hander. Sharma keeps moving around in his crease, and he yet again backs away to go over the off side. However, Sharma miscues it high over extra cover and Hetmyer comes charging across from long off, putting in a late dive to pouch it brilliantly with both hands. The third umpire has a quick look at the legality of the catch, but it's all fine.

FOUR! Slammed away this time by Abhishek. Flatter one around off, Sharma makes room leg side and gets enough width to slap it over the point region for a boundary.

Straighter one at 93 clicks, Sanju Samson taps it down to long on and milks a single.

Forced over the off side. Pushed through on a length and on leg, Abhishek Sharma once again backs away and ends up slicing it over the cover region. Sherfane Rutherford at extra cover runs after it and chases it down, keeping it down to two runs.

The attempted arm-ball now. Full and straight, Sanju Samson defends it off the inside edge to mid-wicket and pinches a run.

Not enough power behind it. Good length around leg, Abhishek Sharma backs away and lofts it straight back over the bowler's head. The ball lands well to the right of Rovman Powell at long on and plugs, and the batters pick up a single.

Pitched around the leg stump, pushing the ball towards the pads. Sharma nudges it 'round the corner on the leg side.

Hosein gets lucky here. The length is pulled back, and this is bowled short and wide outside off. Samson goes after it but finds the man at covers, who makes a half-stop, and it will only be a single.

FOUR! An eye-catching shot from Samson. Floated up wide outside off, slightly turning away. Samson extends his arms, smacking it down through covers for a boundary.

Forde comes over the wicket and gets the ball to nip away from the left-hander. Sharma leaves it alone. 15 off the first over, and India's chase is off to a flier.

FOUR! Too straight this time. Sliding it into the pads, not looking to actually swing the ball. Sharma just flicks it off the legs and the ball skips down to long leg for a boundary.

Much better length from Forde. Pitched fuller on off and middle, Abhishek Sharma gets his hands out in front to make the block.

FOUR! It all seems too easy for Sharma at the moment. Back of a length again from Forde, wider of the off stump. Abhishek stands tall and punches it through covers for a boundary.

SIX! Abhishek Sharma gets off the mark in Abhishek Sharma style. Back of a length over off and middle, sitting up a bit. Sharma just lays into it and clubs it over long on for a biggie.

Some swing right away for Forde. Good length, slanting back into the pads. Sanju Samson tucks it down through square leg and gets off the mark with a single.