India vs West Indies 1st T20 Highlights: IND cruise to 68-run win over WI

And that is the end of Shamarh Brooks's stay. Slower ball at length around middle from Brooks and he is way to early to a big cross batted heave. The bails take flight behind him. 

Brooks b Bhuvneshwar 20 (15), West Indies 42/3 in 5.2 overs

Brooks with a six off Ashwin in the 5th and he has moved to 20 off 13 at the end of it. It has been a good start so far from the opener. 

Holder might have been sent in as a pinch hitter at No.3, he has only managed to get a four-ball duck. Backs away to hit it over the ring but Holder is done by the spin Jadeja gets. The ball just goes and hits the stumps. 

Holder b Jadeja 0 (4), West Indies 27/2 in 3 overs. 

Arshdeep stands with his arms wide open and a frown on his face, gives Mayers a bit of a stare as well for good measure. Short with pace taken off, Mayers surprised with that and goes for some kind of a cross-batted shot. It floats to midwicket. Mayers and hit a six off the very first ball of this over and then a four off the next.

Mayers c Kumar b Arshdeep Singh 15 (6) West Indies 22/1

Two fours in that over, with Mayers hitting one off the second ball of the over itself. Arshdeep Singh to bowl the second. 

Bhuvneshwar with the ball in his hands, Kyle Mayers and Shamarh Brooks open the batting for the West Indies. 

He stabilised the innings first and then went haywire. 36 runs came off the last two overs, most of it from DK. He and Rohit have been the stars of this innings and he almost single handedly has taken India to a very strong total when it looked like they might be all out before they cross 170. 

India can thank Dinesh Karthik and Nicholas Pooran's decision to pack the infield with five fielders for this one. With the licence to go over the infield, Karthik did what he does best. He finishes unbeaten on 41 off 19 balls. 79 runs off the last five overs and the partnership between Ashwin and Karthik ends on 52 off 25. 

That inexplicable decision from Pooran to bring in the field has allowed Karthik to just whack the ball over cover. That would have been an easy catch if there was any fielder there. India 175/6 in 19 overs. 

Holder goes full and Karthik simply picks it up and deposits the ball well past deep midwicket. Pooran for some reason brings in the fielders! Karthik has full license to go for it now. 

Holder misses the yorker, it becomes a low full toss and Ashwin sends it soaring into the stands. It is also called a no ball.  

Well some bizarre scenes in the 18th over. Karthik and Ashwin take a tight second run and the ball arrives in McCoy's hands. It was a good return and Ashwin is not even in the frame as McCoy collects the ball but for some reason, the fast bowler doesn't dislodge the bails! That is quite extraordinary, a free wicket let go of by McCoy. 

Short and wide from Joseph, not the best of deliveries from him. Jadeja opens the face of the bat and only ends up finding short third man. 

Jadeja c Paul b Joseph 16 (13), India 138/6 in 16 overs

Wonderful catch from Hetmyer diving forward and Holder gets the big wicket of Rohit Sharma! Slow and back of a length from Holder, Rohit ends up finding wide long off. 

Rohit Sharma c Hetmyer b Holder 64 (44), India 127/5 in 14.5 overs

Back of a length from Odean Smith, Rohit rocks back and cuts it past point for his seventh four. India 124/4 in 14 overs 

Hardik Pandya is the next man to fall. India are scoring at a good click but they need a partnership somewhere. 

Hardik Pandya c McCoy b Joseph 1 (3)

Rohit's first T20I half century in nearly a year. He seems to be playing on a different pitch to his team mates, has looked absolutely solid. Ominous for the West Indies. 

Keemo Paul makes amends. Full accross off and Pant gets a thick outside edge while trying to drive. It flies to the right of short third man where the man standing is, you guessed it, Akeal Hossein. Keep this man out of the game if you can today. 

Pant c Hosein b Paul 14 (12), India 88/3 in 10 overs

Short from Keemo Paul, Pant goes for a pull and gets a top edge. The ball flies just past short third to the boundary. Pant then smashes the next ball through the vacant deep midwicket area. 

Rohit is looking pretty comfortable, which is good news for India. Pant is silent for now and looking get into his groove. A lot will hinge on how well these two will do. A the same time, India do have plently of batting yet to come. 

Rishabh Pant is in the middle with Rohit Sharma now. If it wasn't for these two wickets, this powerplay would have been India's quite comfortably but those two wickets have got West Indies back in the game. 

What a catch by Hosein and Iyer falls for a duck. Thick outside edge from Iyer that flies fast towards short third man. Hosein gets down, dives to his left and snatches the ball one-handed. 

Shreyas Iyer c Hosein b McCoy 0 (4), India 45/2 in 5.5 overs

Suryakumar has been looking suspect against Akeal Hosein. The spinner finally gets his man. Full and flighted outside off, Suryakumar looks to flick again but is early on the shot. Ball ends up taking a leading edge and floats to Jason Holder at short third man. 

Suryakumar Yadav c Holder b Hosein 24 (16), India 44/1 in 4.4 overs

What a shot by Suryakumar. Debutant Joseph sends in a length ball on middle and leg and SKY just whips it over long leg. It has become something of a trademark shot for him. 

Two big chances off the first two balls of the third over bowled by Akeal Hossein. SKY goes inside out off the first ball and ends up finding Kyle Mayers at cover and then gets a top edge while trying to sweep. The ball lands just behind the bowler out of his reach. 

Jason Holder comes in first change and Rohit charges down off the very first ball. Converts the length ball into a full one and sends it flying over wide mid-off. 

Full toss on middle and leg, Suryakumar says thank you very much, flicks it through midwicket for the first boundary of the match. 

Of course India throw up a surprise opening combination. It has happened so often in the past, one would expect someone to play in a certain position and then someone else would walk in. Suryakumar Yadav walks out with captain Rohit Sharma to open the batting for the visitors, Obed McCoy starts the West Indies attack. 

Pant retains the openers' position, or so it seems for now, and Jadeja is fit to play after all. It means India have chosen as many as three spinners, tells you what kind of surface is on offer. 

“Going to bowl first. Maybe there's something in the pitch. Nice to know what you're chasing. Looking forward to this series. We enjoy the format. We like to entertain. One spinner. Alzarri Joseph making his debut. Shimron Hetmyer back into the team.”

“Ready to go. Good to have some time off. Pretty excited to get back and get things underway. First international game being played here, good to see the fans coming in large numbers. Facility looks good. Will have to look at how the wicket plays. Few guys have left, few have come back. Quite excited to get underway.”

Shamarh Brooks, Shimron Hetmyer, Odean Smith, Kyle Mayers, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran (captain, wicketkeeper), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph.

Rohit Sharma (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh

West Indies win toss, choose to field. There could be something in the pitch and it is nice to be chasing, says Nicholas Pooran. 

Hetmyer had been excluded from the ODI series on fitness grounds. He seems to have cleared the tests and is expected to play every match in this series. 

Pant could get another chance at the top of the order with Rahul being unavailable. He had scored just one run in the third T20I against England and 26 off 15 in the second.

Weather is always expected to be a talking point in matches in the Caribbean. There are chances of a shower but that is only later in the day. This match starts at 10.30am local time and so hopefully rain comes after this match. 

Jadeja had been rested in the ODI series and there is a good chance that he won't be playing in the first T20I as well at least. Remains to be seen how many other matches he misses of course. 

This is the first time that an international match is being played at this venue. It was intended to host a number of preliminary matches during the 2007 World Cup but a number of delays meant that those games had to happen elsewhere. Enough CPL games have been played at the ground and the average first innings score is 141. So we could be in for a pitch on the slower side.

In case you are wondering, Virat Kohli has been rested for this T20I series. It remains to be seen whether he will be included in India's upcoming series in Zimbabwe as well.