IND vs WI Highlights, 3rd T20I: Arshdeep, Dhir, Abhishek star as India beat West Indies in Indore, take 2-1 lead
IND vs WI Highlights, 3rd T20I: India beat West Indies by 14 runs in Indore to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
IND vs WI Highlights, 3rd T20I: Finally, it was the bowlers who had their say. Shai Hope looked confident in winning the toss and opting to bowl first, but the Indian bowlers came with a plan in Indore and made 224 a winning total. For the first time in this series, a team has successfully defended a total. Abhishek Sharma set India up with the bat, before Arshdeep Singh and Naman Dhir helped the hosts seal a 14-run win. India now lead the series 2-1. On to Hyderabad!
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- 11 Oct 2026, 11:08:23 PM IST
Arshdeep Singh is the MoM
The fast bowler is the Man of the Match after his three-wicket haul in the game.
βIt was pretty nice, the ball was reversing a bit. It is nice when the dew is there but couldn't do it in the last game. Managed to do it today. There's no such thing as a leader or a senior. The environment is quite chill. As an international cricketer you are bound to have good days and bad days, as long as you are level-headed. I personally love it when the batters goes hard. That's when you can test yourselves and your mental strength. It's good fun. The main focus is to come early and bowl a bit with the new-ball and the old-ball. The schedule is always tight and the team that adapts early comes out on the right side of the result,β he said.
- 11 Oct 2026, 11:07:07 PM IST
Shreyas Iyer speaksβ¦
He is happy with the bowlers, finally. "It was wonderful to see the bowlers being confident. The clarity was very much visible when I was interacting. They were ready to take up the challenge and that's what we want. It was a phenomenal start from Abhishek, and then Ishan coming and taking on the bowlers. He has been simply remarkable in the last few months. Prince came and scored some crucial runs as well. Both the grounds are high-scoring, but it's important to stick to your routines," he said.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 11:03:15 PM IST
Shai Hope speaksβ¦
He feels it was a game of margins. Hope reckons a tad better execution with the ball and a strong foundation in the powerplay would have tilted the game in their favour.
"So many things you could put your finger on. Probably with the ball, we could've executed a little bit better. So those little margins would be the deciding factor come the end of the game. The guys really finished well and gave us a good chance of chasing that score. Once you lose wickets in the powerplay, it will put you back a bit. If you get the foundation laid, it will make it easier for the others. Very small margins, 14 runs, here and there," he said.
- 11 Oct 2026, 10:58:21 PM IST
Nayar breaks down Hope wicket
That's a wonderful analysis there. Former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar reveals India's plan against Shai Hope, who scored a century in the 250-run chase in the previous game -- using the wide angle to cram him for room and not free himself up. That wild slog...he would have connected on any day, but not today. West Indies lost the plot thereafter.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 10:53:19 PM IST
Where West Indies fell short
Here is a phase-wise breakdown of where West Indies stood in the run chase compared to India
Overs 1-6: 87/1 vs 54/1
Overs 7-15: 87/5 vs 95/3
Overs 16-20: 49/4 vs 60/3
- 11 Oct 2026, 10:42:41 PM IST
India win by 14 runs
West Indies got close. The early wickets and not being allowed to settle in cost them in the chase, and India take a lead in the series 2-1 with two more games to go.
Springer smashes a six and a four in the first three balls against Axar, reducing the equation down to 27 from 3, before he smashes another six over square leg and then ends the over as well with a six. But none of that is enough to get West Indies over the line. They get restricted to 209/7.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 10:34:13 PM IST
Arshdeep strikes twice in one over
He dismisses Keemo Paul and Rutherford in a space of four balls as West Indies lose the plot in the chase. That should be game for India.
West Indies 174/7 in 17.5 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 10:22:43 PM IST
Reddy strikes
He gets Sampson and West Indies lose their fifth wicket. Fuller and wide as the batter goes down on one knee to loft it over cover for a six. But the shot finds Tilak Varma in the deep. West Indies are in big, big trouble in this match. They are 151/5 in 15.3 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 10:19:26 PM IST
Sherfane Rutherford threatens
He had impressed with insane hitting in the Ranchi game. He has turned on the pressure now with a huge six down long-on against Mayank Yadav, before Sampson too hits him for a six in the same over.
West Indies 149/4 in 15 overs.
- 11 Oct 2026, 09:57:45 PM IST
Naman Dhir strikes again
Pooran finally takes some responsibility and smacks Naman for two straight boundaries. The first one was launched into the second tier at long-on, while the second was launched over long-off. It's probably down to that chat with Daren Sammy during the drinks break after Powell's dismissal.
There come another six! Three sixes in this over and West Indies bring up 100.
Oh..Naman has the last laugh yet again. Pooran looks for another six, doesn't quite get the full power. Moreover, he was cramped for room, and Arshdeep took it comfortably right near the boundary rope.
West Indies 105/4 in 11 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 09:53:30 PM IST
Rovman Powell departs
Pressure has been building to West Indies with Pooran struggling at the other end. Powell looked to break free from the shackles, but fails to get full connection on the delivery from Axar. He steps out, goes for the big one, but ends up slicing the ball straight to Ishan at sweeper cover.
West Indies 84/3 in 10 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 09:39:56 PM IST
Naman Dhir has the last laugh
Hetmyer smashes the spinner for a four, then six, but Dhir comes back in the final ball with the wicket. Same length, just hurries the batter into the shot that crammed him for space, and the ball hits his pad and then ricochets onto the stumps.
West Indies 67/2 in 7 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 09:34:35 PM IST
Powerplay over
Thick inside edge, and Pooran gets fortunate with a boundary down deep backward square-leg against Mayank. The bowler then goes for a slower off-cutter against Hetmyer and he wipes with disdain through mid-on for a four. West Indies seem to be slowly bouncing back. They are 54/1 in six overs.
Powerplay done. But they are miles behind. India were 87/1 at this stage. They are also behind the asking rate, which is now just over 12.
- 11 Oct 2026, 09:23:46 PM IST
Poor over from Arshdeep
He got India the breakthrough, but got smashed for 19 runs in his second over with Hetmyer unleashing with 6, 4, 4, 1, 4 in five balls.
West Indies 35/1 in 4 overs.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 09:18:01 PM IST
Dropped!
Mayank creates an opportunity. He changes the angle and goes around the wicket against Hetmyer and the batter edges the shorter delivery straight to Abhishek at short third man. But he drops it.
West Indies 16/1 in 3 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 09:13:10 PM IST
Breakthrough for India!
Shai Hope, the man who led the 250-run chase in Ranchi, has been sent back. Wild slog from the batter, and he uncharacteristically misses the shot as the length ball nips back in to rattle against the middle stump. He goes back for 5 off 5.
West Indies 8/1 in 2 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 09:07:12 PM IST
And so the chase begins...
Shai Hope and Pooran get things underway for the West Indies. Mayank Yadav opens the attack for India.
There is a loud appeal on the second ball. There is a big inside edge from Pooran. The players are in two minds. Iyer feels there is a flick of the bat. India don't review.
West Indies 2/0 in 1 over
- 11 Oct 2026, 08:47:32 PM IST
India get bowled out for 223
What a shot! Prince Yadav...that is very good thinking! Scoops that fuller one from Shamar Joseph over the keeper for a four. That is quite some bravery. Then comes another. Settles deep inside the crease, and slashes the wider and shorter delivery that goes past the slip region for a four. Shamar ends it with a terrific yorker, and Mayank had no answer to that. India get bowled out for 223.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 08:41:12 PM IST
Now Axar's run out
West Indies keep crawling back. They pick up two wickets in the 19th over. Axar is run out, while Arshdeep is out lbw.
India 210/9 in 19 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 08:32:31 PM IST
Tilak run out!
West Indies can't control laughing. Tilak was out by miles. Axar sees the funny side to it. He plays the fuller ball from Motie towards the on-side. They take a single, but reckon there was a boundary already. The two batters pause midway for a fist bump, but the ball is thrown back to the keeper in time. Axar realising it gets inside the crease in time, but not Tilak.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 08:23:54 PM IST
Tilak holds key
He's the man for India now. Gets underneath the overpitched delivery and whacks it over midwicket for a four against Springer. Tilak has already scored 27 off 15 , laced with four boundaries.
India 187/6 in 16 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 08:14:57 PM IST
Reddy falls
The sixth-wicket stand came for 34 runs in 21 balls. But Keemo Paul puts an end to it, dismissing Reddy for 21. India go 6 down for 169 runs in 14.2 overs.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 08:08:30 PM IST
Reddy instantly makes an impact
No wasting time. The all-rounder gets into business straight away. He smashes Chase for a four in the 12th over, and then takes down Shamar Joseph for three fours in the following over, where Tilak too hit two fours.
India 162/5 in 13 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 07:59:44 PM IST
West Indies bounce back
Naman Dhir is the next batter to fall. He goes back for 10 off 5. Gudakesh Motie, left-arm orthodox, dismisses him as the batter hits it straight to Springer at long-off. That's his 50th career T20I wicket.
India 136/5 in 11 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 07:52:20 PM IST
Abhishek falls!
Caught and bowled! Top edges and Shamar Springer take it comfortably. Abhishek looked to pull the shorter one, mistimed it and India have now lost three wickets in a space of 10 balls for just nine runs.
India 124/4 in 9.5 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 07:46:43 PM IST
Chase strikes again
In the same over, he gets rid of Iyer too. The India captain wants a review. On-field umpire reckons it is out. But this is close. Ball-tracker says it's smashing the middle stump. Impact umpire's call. This was a length ball, and it looked quite in his arc, but the ball slowed down a bit and hit his back leg.
India 117/3 in 9 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 07:40:45 PM IST
Ishan out!
Steps out of the crease. But the ball sneaks through and the keeper does the rest. This is the fourth time Chase has gotten the better of the left-hander. Ishan goes back for 37 off 18.
India 115/2 in 8.2 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 07:39:38 PM IST
100 up for India
The 18-ball fifty was the fastest half-century by an Indian against the West Indies in T2OIs. Abhishek also became the fastest to get to 2000 runs in the format in terms of balls faced (1024).
He marches on even after his fifty, taking the Windies bowlers to the cleaners as India go past the 100-run mark inside the eighth over.
India 109/1 in 8 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 07:29:11 PM IST
18-ball 50!
What an innings this has been! 18 balls. He smashes Shamar for a six and two fours as India finish powerplay with 87 runs for the loss of just one wicket.
- 11 Oct 2026, 07:24:52 PM IST
Abhishek keeps charging
Forget the dew. Indians want to remove that out of the equation. Another change in attack, and the treatment remains the same. Shamar Springer gets hit for two fours and as many sixes in a 24-run over.
India 66/1 in 5 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 07:21:18 PM IST
Ishan Kishan joins the party
West Indies make a bowling change as Keemo Paul comes in, and Ishan smashes him for three boundaries in the fourth over. The first one is sent through mid-wicket, the next lofted over mid-on and the final one over mid-off.
India 45/1 in 4 overs
- 11 Oct 2026, 07:14:59 PM IST
Abhishek Sharma breaks free
And against an off-spinner. 4, 6, 0, 6. What an over from the left-hander. That's a big over for India. 18 coming of it.
India 29/1 in 3 overs
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- 11 Oct 2026, 07:09:34 PM IST
Samson OUT!
Shamar Joseph picks up the first wicket. It wasn't a drivable length. He did not have enough space to execute that shot, and he holes it out to the fielder at mid-wicket. He goes for just 3 off 6.
Desperate attempt from him to break free and India pay the price.
- 11 Oct 2026, 07:07:02 PM IST
No Akeal, but Chase is here
Another off-spinner here to trouble the two Indian openers. And India get off to a quiet start. Just four runs in the over.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 07:00:48 PM IST
Ready for action!
The umpires walk out. Followed by the West Indies players. They get into a huddle. Narender Hirwani, former India leg-spinner, who took 16 wickets on his Test debut, rings the bell in Indore.
Samson and Abhishek to begin the proceedings for India. No Akeal today. That's some respite for both the openers.
- 11 Oct 2026, 06:46:05 PM IST
Look at the two playing XIs
West Indies (Playing XI): Shai Hope(w/c), Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Keemo Paul, Roston Chase, Shamar Springer, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav
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- 11 Oct 2026, 06:45:24 PM IST
Two changes for West Indies
Romario Shepherd suffered a niggle and so has been rested. Quentin Sampson replaces him. Keemo Paul comes in for Akeal.
- 11 Oct 2026, 06:42:11 PM IST
Two changes for India
Dew played an massive role in West Indies getting to the record chase in Ranchi, says Iyer, and hence asked his bowlers to move on and proceed into the 3rd T20I with a fresh mindset. India make two changes -- Dube and Kuldeep replaced by Reddy and Prince. Why? He explained it was down to the dimensions of the field, so a more tactical change.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 06:32:52 PM IST
Toss time!
βWe all know what I'm going to pick,β says Shai Hope as he wins the toss. He opts to bowl first in Indore against India.
- 11 Oct 2026, 06:29:33 PM IST
Raining sixes in Indore?
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- 11 Oct 2026, 06:26:39 PM IST
Meanwhile, look who's back in action!
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Tilak Varma opens up on batting at No. 5/6
βHonestly, I haven't played much at No.4. You know, as our coach said, every batsman after... The openers are only fixed. Other than that, everyone keeps rotating. But I always say, batting up the order was my strength before, but now I got used to it since the World Cup. During the World Cup, I was batting at five and six. So from there, I was practising how I could finish the game from there. So mentally and in practice also, I have really worked hard. And yes, at the right moment, I have already said before that God is really kind, and yes, everything is going well.β
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- 11 Oct 2026, 06:05:27 PM IST
Win the toss and opt to?
Bowl. Dew will come into effect later in the game, just like it happened in the second T20I.
- 11 Oct 2026, 05:59:31 PM IST
Another run-fest in Indore?
Oh yes. There is not stopping to that. In fact, 200 is the average first-innings score in Indore, which has hosted all but four T20Is. This is also the venue where Virender Sehwag scored his ODI double hundred. And among T20 centurions, besides Rohit and Iyer, the list also includes Pujara and Amla. The last time the venue staged a T20 game was in December 2024, when Gujarat scored 251 runs against Karnataka in SMAT.
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- 11 Oct 2026, 05:47:19 PM IST
Will India make any changes?
Unlikely. You can't start blaming players right away if dew has had a major factor in the run chase in the 2nd T20I. But Shivam Dube could be rested to bring in Nitish Kumar Reddy in this game. The CSK player hasn't quite had a good series so far.
- 11 Oct 2026, 05:42:17 PM IST
What does the two squads look like?
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prince Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravi Bishnoi
West Indies Squad: Shai Hope(w/c), Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Shamar Springer, Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Quentin Sampson, Matthew Forde, Amir Jangoo, Keemo Paul
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- 11 Oct 2026, 05:31:00 PM IST
Hello and welcome!
Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of the third T20I of the five-game series between India and West Indies. Stay tuned for more updates!