IND vs WI Ball by Ball Commentary

SIX! Goes the distance but it won't be enough as India win by 14 runs and go 2-1 up in the series. A touch short and a bit wide outside off, Springer creates room by backing away, and flat-batting it over long off. Clean strike by Shamar. He finishes with a quickfire 35 off 11, though it ends up being purely a consolation.

Floated up, fuller than a length, around off, Springer heaves it off the inner half of his bat. Goes a bit uppishly to the right of long on. They do not run.

SIX! Some shot, that. Sliding into the batter, on a good length. Springer rocks back and nails the pull shot into the stands behind deep mid-wicket. West Indies go past 200!

FOUR! Springer showing his batting skills here. Short and wide outside off, Shamar Springer stands tall and carves it over backward point for a boundary.

Quicker at 100.6 kph, on a length, outside off. Springer tries to cut it hard to the off side but inside edges onto his pads.

SIX! Pure muscle power! Drops it full and on the leg stump. Shamar sinks to his back knee to get low and brings his long levers to play. He finds the middle of the bat and smokes it over long on for a massive six.

Another slower ball, short at 113.6 kph, Chase fetches it from outside off and drags it to widish deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

A deceptive slower delivery, dug in short and over the stumps. Roston Chase shuffles far outside off to help it over short fine leg but swings early and is beaten.

Attempted yorker at the stumps, Springer makes room and hammers it down the ground for a single only.

SIX! Into the second tier! That's a mighty hit from Springer. Prince lands a half-volley, right into the slot in front of the stumps. Shamar gets his front leg away and clobbers it over long on for a biggie. 40 needed off 9 balls.

Short of a length, outside off, Roston stands tall and pulls it on the bounce to Tilak's right at long on. Just a single.

A low full toss on the off stump line. Shamar works it to long off for a single.

Goes for the yorker but spills a full toss, on off. Roston Chase drills it between long on and long off. The long on fielder swoops across, dives and saves a couple of runs for his side.

OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! A fast bowler's delight. And that should be the game for India as Rutherford departs. An inswinging yorker, right on the money. Sherfane clears front leg away to swing over mid-wicket, but the ball dips and sneaks right under the bat to crash into the base of middle stump.

Low full toss, angling in, Springer works it down to long off for a single.

FOUR! Oh, what a fine shot! Back of a length from around the stumps. Shamar Springer stays leg side of the ball, lets it arrive at him, uses the pace and places it beautifully between short third and backward point for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT! Paul falls in an attempt to go big, and that's wicket number 2 for Arshdeep. He hunts for the yorker around middle and leg, and Paul backs away, looking to clear the deep cover fence. The ball soars high towards deep extra cover, where Tilak Varma settles under it and takes a safe catch. West Indies are 169/6, needing 55 runs in 16 balls.

Straight on the stumps, 135.3 kph, almost a yorker, Sherfane Rutherford smashes it to long on for a single. India won't mind singles at all at this stage.

In the air... PUT DOWN! A tough, tough chance though. A low full toss outside leg, and Rutherford goes to flick but gets a leading edge that balloons up over the umpire's head. Prince wants it himself, turns around, sprints back and puts in a dive, but cannot hold on. A single taken.

FOUR! These are easy pickings for Rutherford! Slower at 114.6 kph, short and outside off, Sherfane Rutherford waits on it and swivels to pull it over short fine leg, beating deep backward square leg to his left for a boundary. 57 needed off 19 balls.

Goes for the yorker and gets a bit of a reverse as well. Paul clears the front leg but mistimes the heave towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Spears it full and straight, on leg, Sherfane strokes it powerfully to long on for a single.

Low full toss, around off, Paul drills it to long off for a single.

Very full on leg, Rutherford swings hard and whips it to deep backward square leg for a single.

Attempted yorker on the stumps, Keemo Paul takes it on the full and whips it through mid-wicket. They run the first run hard as Axar charges in off the ropes. But by the time he picks and releases a rocket-throw to the bowler, the batters hustle back for the second. Not a bad over from Reddy. Just 10 runs and a wicket off it.

SIX! Fine shot! He has made that look so easy. Fuller and wide outside off. Keemo Paul reaches out for it and smokes it into the stands behind deep extra cover.

Swing and a miss! Full and outside off at 134.6 kph, Keemo Paul shuffles across his stumps, drops down on one knee and goes for the sweep, but is beaten on the inside edge.

OUT! CAUGHT BY TILAK! A very important wicket for India as Nitish delivers. He fires it wide outside the off stump, on a fuller length. Quentin Sampson tries to tonk it over long off, but fails to get underneath the ball properly. Hits it flat to Tilak Varma at long off, who takes a sharp catch. Sampson walks off and is visibly frustrated with himself. West Indies are 151/5, needing 73 runs from 27 balls.

Bowls a yorker from around the stump, outside off, Rutherford drills it back past the bowler and down to the left of long off for a single.

Lasered in straight, full and outside off, Quentin fails to get underneath it and carves it to deep extra cover for a single. 150 up for the West Indies!

Over off, on a short of a good length. Sampson rises with the bounce and punches it to deep cover for a single. 15 runs off the over.

This is bowled at 148.2 kph, on a good length, on the off stump. Sampson is hurried and just about manages to chop it down.

SIX! Caribbean flair on display. Mayank bashes the hard length, on off. Sampson is ready for that length and pivots to smack the pull over wide long on, lifting the front leg in the process in Calypso style.

The length is pulled back now, on off. Sherfane unleashes the pull wide of deep mid-wicket but can't find the fence. Nitish Kumar Reddy tidies up in the deep with a sprint to his left. Just a single.

SIX! That is clean as a whistle. Mayank gets the yorker wrong and dishes it out right in the slot, on off. Rutherford needs no second invitation as he holds his shape and dispatches it over long on for half a dozen.

Hits the hard length and does not offer the width for Sampson to free his arms. This is flat batted to long on for a single.

Switches to over the wicket and spears in a yorker, on off. Sampson squeezes it out to long off for a single. West Indies require 90 runs off the final 6 overs.

Wide! Wide yorker attempted but this is well wide on off. Quentin Sampson lets it be.

Slips in a full ball, honing in on the off stump. Rutherford drills it to long on for one.

Into the wicket, on off. Rutherford swings across for the pull but does not manage to get it away as he toe-ends it to the right of the bowler.

Low full toss, on the pads, flicked to deep mid-wicket for just a single. 8 runs off the first 3 balls. 93 needed off 39.

Wide! Nails the yorker but drifts just past the tramline. Quentin tries to guide it behind point but fails to lay any bat on it.

Arshdeep bashes the back of a length and tucks the batter up for room. Sampson swivels for the pull but is hurried and cramped for space. He mistimes it towards the vacant mid-wicket region and that actually allows Quentin to come back for the second run.

FOUR! Straight as an arrow. Arshdeep slants in a full ball at the sticks. Sampson gets his hands out in front and gets under the ball, thumping it over the umpire's head for a boundary.

SIX! Tonked. Nitish Kumar Reddy can't get out of the over quietly. Still only 9 runs in the over, which is under par given the context of the game. Reddy takes pace off and bowls it on a length, on off. Rutherford lets the ball arrive and launches it over long off for half a dozen.

Pace off, on a good length, outside off. Rutherford hangs back for the cut but gets it off the toe end to short third.

On the bounce. Reddy gets it very full, on off. Rutherford tries to get under the ball but does not manage to get the desired leverage. Spoons it on the bounce to extra cover.

Low full toss, tailing back in towards the leg stump. Sampson smears it away to deep mid-wicket. They cross.

Comes from around the wicket for the left-hander, and attempts the yorker but it comes out as a low full toss, on off. Sherfane squeezes it out to long off for a run.

Fine effort! Full and straight, at the sticks. Sampson powers it down the ground with a straight bat. Tilak Varma is quick to his left at long on and flings himself at the ball to save a boundary. Just a single.

Nails the yorker, on off. Sampson jams it out through covers for a single.

Wide! Daren Ganga was just pointing out how effective the short ball had been against Quentin Sampson in the CPL, and Prince Yadav produces one here. Sampson lets it pass. Too high for the umpire's liking.

Serves it fuller at 136.7 kph, on middle. Rutherford knocks it to long on and gets to the other end.

Skidding through, on a back of a length, on off. Sampson dabs it to the right of point and gets off the mark with a single.

Lands it full, on off. Quentin does not move his feet much and taps it to cover.

On a good length, on the off stump. Rutherford drops it in front of cover and crosses over.

FOUR! Fast hands from Rutherford. Going away, on a back of a length. Sherfane cashes in on the width and plays a fierce cut past backward point for a four.

OUT! CAUGHT! Naman Dhir gets hit for a six and strikes on the very next ball, for yet another time in the series. Dhir slows it down and drags the length back, on middle. Pooran clears the front leg and has a heave across the line but is not to the pitch of the ball. Gets it off the bottom part of the blade and it goes only as far as deep backward square leg, where Arshdeep Singh steadies himself near the ropes and takes the catch. Pooran falls just as he has had started to open up. West Indies are 105/4, needing 119 from 54 balls.

SIX! Well, well, the third six of the over and the 100 is up for the West Indies. Flighted delivery, on a length, on middle. Pooran sinks to a knee and nails the slog sweep over deep square leg for another six. Whatever Daren Sammy said to Kamil Pooran during the break seems to be working.

Drifting in, full and on middle. Rutherford comes down the track and powers it away to long on for a run.

Full and darted in at the stumps. Pooran has a swipe across the line and mistimes it square on the leg side for one.

SIX! Up, up and away. Dhir fires it in full but overpitches, outside off. Kamil extends his hands into the lofted hit and thumps it over wide long off for half a dozen more.

Wide! Spinning down leg. Pooran swings and misses.

SIX! High and handsome. Kamil Pooran finally gets one away. Is this the shot that gets Pooran going? Floated up, on a good length, not all that full for the slog sweep but Pooran goes for it and parks it into the crowd towards deep mid-wicket.

Tailing into the batter, full in length. Pooran flicks it along the turf to deep mid-wicket for a single. End of a successful over for India and Axar. Just 4 runs and a wicket from it. At halfway stage, West Indies are 84/3, needing 140 runs.

From around the stump, this is fuller and drifting outside off, Sherfane Rutherford taps it through cover-point for a single.

OUT! MISTIMED IN THE AIR AND GONE! Something had to give and Powell gets consumed by the pressure. Length ball outside off, and Powell comes dancing down the track for the release shot, aiming to go inside out over the off side. He gets it all wrong, slicing it up into the air, and Kishan strolls in from the deep point to pouch an easy catch. A bit of a redemption for Axar, who went wicketless in the previous game and went for plenty. West Indies are 82/3, needing 142 more runs in 62 balls.

Around off and middle, full in length, Pooran fails to time the sweep shot and it rolls to the right of deep square leg for a single.

Too full at 95 kph, on middle, Powell heaves it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Stump-to-stump delivery, full in length, Powell pushes it back to the bowler.

Quicker through the air, 94.5 kph. Rovman Powell goes deep inside the crease and nudges it to the right of deep mid-wicket. There is a slight fumble by the fielder but he is quick to recover. Just a single.

Lands in front of the stumps, full in length. Pooran gets low on his knee and sweeps it to deep backward square leg for a single.

On the stumps, slightly fuller than a length. Powell rocks back and steers it past mid-wicket for a single.

Pushed wide outside off, full in length, 90.2 kph. Kamil Pooran tries to fetch it for a sweep but loses his bottom hand and mistimes the shot through square leg for a single.

Short again, but outside off, Powell whips it off the back foot to long on for one more.

Short on off, spinning in. Pooran mistimes the heave off the inner half to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Around off and fuller, Kamil eases it through extra cover for a single.

Beaten! Axar spots Kamil backing away to create room to access the off side, or perhaps going down the ground, and smartly darts the ball on the leg stump, following the batter. Pooran swings for the hills but gets beaten on the inside edge, but he keeps his back leg grounded inside the crease as Samson whips the bails in a flash.

Slower and shorter, on off, Pooran hangs back and chops it away to cover.

FOUR! Up and over and Pooran will feel mighty relieved. Slightly back of a length, around off. Pooran backs away and hammers it over the leaping extra cover fielder for a boundary.

Sliding into the batter, on a length, Powell hangs deep inside the crease and knocks it down to long on for a single.

Length ball outside off. 94.2 kph. Pooran backs away and punches it to deep extra cover for a single.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Dhir roars back in style and gets rid of the dangerous Hetmyer. Quicker one from Dhir, on a good length, pitching around middle, and the ball skids on through quickly. Hetmyer rocks back, looking to whip it away, misses, and it strikes him on the back leg before deflecting on to uproot the off stump behind him. West Indies are 67/2, needing 157 more runs.

SIX! WOWZA! That's some hit! A smidge short of full, on leg. Shimron Hetmyer sinks his back knee into the pitch and nails the slog-sweep behind the deep square leg fielder for half a dozen runs.

FOUR! Just a little bit of bat on it but Hetmyer will take it. Angling into the left-hander, full in length. Shimron Hetmyer jumps down the track to give it a mighty heave over the leg side but gets an inside edge and the ball races to the deep fine leg fence.

Holds on the surface ever so slightly, touch full on middle and leg. Shimron Hetmyer tries to whip it to the leg side off the back foot, but gets a leading edge and the ball rolls to cover.

Wide! Drifts one down the leg side, on a length, Hetmyer misses to tickle it behind. Samson swiftly moves to his right to grab.

Drops short and outside off, Pooran slaps it to long off for a single.

Fired fuller on leg, Hetmyer misses the flick and the ball trickles in the leg side for a leg bye.

Pitched hard into the surface, on off, Hetmyer stands tall and punches it to widish mid off for a single. Another fine over from Mayank, just 10 runs from it. West Indies are 54/1 at the end of the Powerplay.

Cranks it up at 141.4 kph, on a good length, around off, Shimron is hurried into the pull shot but the ball stays low to beat his swinging blade.

FOUR! 50 up for the West Indies! In 5.4 overs. Short of a length, pace off at 119.5 kph. Hetmyer fetches it from outside off and nails the pull shot wide of mid on for a boundary.

Comes bustling from around the stumps and slams it hard into the pitch. Short outside off, Shimron leaves it through.

Mayank bangs in a sharp bumper and follows the batter as Kamil moves leg side. Pooran swings to pull but the ball gets big on him and he ends up mistiming the shot to deep fine leg for a single.

FOUR! Not timed well enough, but gets it away. Fuller ball on the leg stump, Kamil Pooran swings hard across the line but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat and rifles through to the deep backward square leg fence.

Full and quick, on off. Pooran firms the drive towards mid off and hurries to the other end. Shreyas Iyer has a shy at the bowling end but misses. Kamil was home anyway.

Bowled on a length, on off. Shimron clips it in front of square on the leg side and gets to the other end.

FOUR! Not in control but Hetmyer gets away with it. Prince bends his back and digs it in short, over off. Hetmyer walks into the shot and tries to take the short ball on. He can't get on top of the bounce and a top edge is found. Luckily for him, it sails well over the head of the man at short fine leg and races away.

Just a bye! Sanju Samson does really well to lay a glove on it. Full and trying to tuck the batter up for room. Pooran clears the front leg and swings with all his might but is beaten past the inside edge. It whistles past the leg stump and Sanju Samson moves well with the ball to his left. He gets his left glove behind the ball, making a half stop.

No ball! Spears in the yorker, on off. Hettie jams it out to mid on and crosses over. Oh, Prince has overstepped. Free Hit coming up. Can Pooran cash in?

In and around the off stump, on a good length. Hetmyer shapes up to swing through the line and go down the ground. He gets it right off the toe end and the ball dribbles towards mid on.

At 137.5 kph, on a good length, on off. Hetmyer chops it down to cover.

FOUR! Smart batting. Arshdeep spots Pooran backing away and he tries to follow him with a full ball. Kamil gets enough room to get his hands through the line of the ball and cleverly carves it over cover to pick up a boundary. A very productive over for West Indies, 19 runs off it. 189 needed from 96 balls.

Nails the yorker, on middle. Shimron knocks it to long on for a single.

FOUR! Lovely shot. Floated up, another slower one, full and at the sticks. Hetmyer gets his hands out in front and flicks it to the left of mid on for a four.

FOUR! Threads it through. Takes pace off, on a nagging length. Hetmyer is slightly early into the shot and punches it uppishly but gets it away from the diving Nitish Kumar Reddy at cover to his left for a boundary.

SIX! Into the stands. On a length, on off. Hetmyer puts his head down and just swings through the line, clubbing it over wide long on for half a dozen.

On off, on a nagging length. Hettie punches it back to the bowler.

Good effort! On the shorter side, on off. Hetmyer punches it wide of cover, where Axar Patel dives and makes a half-stop, keeping it down to just a single.

TWO WIDES! Pace off and on a shortish length. Pooran looks to shovel it away but misses. Sanju Samson moves to his left and does well to get the left glove on the ball as it bounces in front of him. It is parried behind as the batters cross.

DROPPED! That should have been taken. On a hard length, on off. Hetmyer stands tall to punch it away. The ball nibbles away a touch to take the outside edge and it flies quickly to Abhishek Sharma, who, due to Mayank's pace, is standing on the edge of the ring at short third and is placed fine. It comes around the midriff for Sharma, who has his fingers pointing neither upwards nor downwards, somewhere in between. The ball seems to have got big on him, and he spills the chance. Sherfane Rutherford was given a reprieve in Ranchi and made India pay dearly. How costly will this drop prove to be for the Men in Blue?

FOUR! No need to run for that. Mayank errs in his line as he offers width, on a back of a length. Hetmyer hops and gets on top of the bounce nicely. Punches it all along the ground through covers and the quick outfield does the rest.

Hits the top of the off stump, does Yadav. Hetmyer steers it with an open bat face to backward point. Three dots in a row.

And again. Mayank pulls the length back and pushes it across. Shimron has a loose poke and gets beaten on the outside edge.

Goes past the bat. Going away from the left-hander on a good length. Hetmyer hangs his bat out away from his body, trying to run it down but is beaten for pace. That read 151 kph on the speedgun, the fastest ball of the series, informs Murali Kartik.

Full and around off. Hetmyer leans on to drive it through the off side but the bat turns in his hand and he miscues it wide of mid-wicket for a single. End of a successful over for Arshdeep and India.

OUT! TIMBER! Arshdeep Singh has the prized scalp of Shai Hope, who has been a thorn in India's flesh across both ODIs and T20Is. Angled back into the right-hander, on a back of a length. Shai backs away and has an ungainly swipe across the line. It sneaks under the blade and crashes into the top of the middle stump. Windies suffer a big blow early in the chase of 224.

FOUR! Gets it through. Singh attempts another yorker but ends up being a bit too full, around off. Hope just extends his hands and knocks the low full toss in the gap between cover and mid off for a boundary.

Prodigious swing for Singh. Switches to around the wicket and nails the inswinging yorker, on off. Shai hurriedly gets his bat down to keep it out.

This goes the other way and the length is pulled back as well. Pooran lets the ball come on and drops it in front of cover for a quick single.

Swing straight away for Arshdeep. Tailing back in at the toes, very full. Kamil squeezes it out to mid-wicket.

A big swing and a miss. At 148.2 kph, slanting in on middle and leg, on a short of a length. Hope dances down the track and swings for the hills but can only connect with thin air. End of a fiery first over by Mayank.

Bowled into the deck, cutting back in towards the right-hander to cramp him for room. Pooran swivels for the pull but misses and wears it on the thigh pad. A leg bye is taken as the ball drops beside the strip on the leg side.

Hits the back of a length, on off. Pooran presses up on his toes and angles it to backward point.

Curving away, on a good length, around off. Kamil dabs it to cover-point.

A stifled appeal for LBW! Not much interest shown by the bowler, as he feels that there was an inside edge and the replays confirm that. At 149 kph, angled in on a nagging length, on off. Pooran hops to nudge it away but ekes out an inside edge onto the front pad.

Hope and West Indies are underway. Mayank steams in from over the wicket and pitches it up, getting the ball away in the air. Hope dances down the track and backs away as well. He digs it out to cover, where Tilak Varma moves to his right but lets it through, conceding a single.