India vs West Indies 4th T20I Highlights: Jaiswal, Gill help India cruise to series-levelling win

A bye off a wide delivery finished the job for India. A dominant, dominant win for them and they have now levelled the series 2-2. Jaiswal finishes unbeaten on 84 off 51, Varma at the other end on 7 off five. Jaiswal is making some very loud noises at the start of his career in all formats of the game. He was not selected in the ODI series, or else he may as well have got a century in that series as well. Shubman Gill had scored a half-century in the last ODI over the course of what has otherwise been a pretty ordinary tour for him but this innings was by far his best in this lean period. He gives a reminder of what he can do. Considering his best has mostly come in India and the World Cup this year is also going to be held in India, this innings will pretty much do away with any doubts over his credentials to be included in that squad.

Jaiswal flashes at the last ball of that over and beats shirt third to go to 83 off 48. He has Tilak Varma at the other end.

A wicket at last for West Indies, Gill edges behind off Romario Shepherd. The partnership ends on 165, which is the joint-highest opening stand of all time for India in T20Is.

Gill c Hope b Shepherd 77 (47), India 165/1 in 15.3 overs

Jaiswal on 79 off 47, Gill on 59 off 44. We are starting to enter record territories now. First of all, this is now India's third highest opening partnership in T20Is

India need 28 to win from 36. Jaiswal is just unstoppable. McCoy goes full outside off, Jaiswal gets a thick edge past the keeper. Then he hammers the last ball over the bowler's head for a six.

Jaiswal sends Smith flying off the last ball of that over. That is deposited past cow corner. He moves to 67 off 40, Gill on 63 off 39. India need 41 to win off 42 so chances of either of these batters scoring centuries getting slimmer with every boundary they hit.

Just no respite here for the West Indies. They had gone up after the fourth ball of the 13th from Smith and the umpire raised his finger. Gill reviewed immediately. There was no bat though but the ball is missing leg stump.

Gill flicks the first ball of the 13th bowled by Odean Smith over fine leg and sends the ball sailing over the boundary. He moves to 61 off 36, Jaiswal is on 61 off 38. What an innings these two young openers have played thus far.

Akeal Hosein had bowled a good spell before this and was looking to close it out but Jaiswal whips out the reverse sweep and sends the ball sailing to the boundary. India are 123/0, need 56 to win from 48. Jaiswal has moved to 61 off 38, Gill is on 55 off 35.

It has come in 33 balls. Powell had overstepped and this was a free hit delivery. Jaiswal shuffles all the way across, gets low and scoops it over backward square leg. That is a maiden T20I half century for Jaiswal. A lot of these West Indies players had played in the IPL this year and so they are more than aware just how dangerous Jaiswal can be in this format. 

His first T20I fifty, although technically this is the second time he has gone past that mark. But when he had done so for the first time in his career, ended up converting that into a century. It has come in 30 balls 

Gill on 47 off 31, Gill on 49 off 29. This is India's first 100-run stand in the format since September 2022.

Fantastic placement there from Gill, length ball from Hosein, Gill jabs it between long on and deep midwicket.

Gill is on 30 off 17, Jaiswal on 33 off 19. Well India have turned around their opening partnership woes and then some here. The two young openers have got them off to a flier here.

Jaiswal hits the fifth ball of the fifth over through extra cover. Then he goes unconventional, moves across the stumpos for the next ball and scoops it over fine leg for four more. He has raced to 33 off 19, that debut innings was a false start after all.

After watching Jaiswal go bang-bang against the pacers, Gill decided to join the party as he smashed McCoy for a six over midwicket. Nine runs came off the over. 

India 37/0 in 4 overs

Jason Holder gets the same treatment that Obed McCoy got in the first over as Jaiswal smashed him for three boundaries - first carved behind square on the off side, second one driven through cover and the last one was drilled through extra cover as 12 runs came off it.

India 28/0 in 3 overs

India had started off with a left-arm spinner in Axar Patel. West Indies bring in Akeal for the second over and only six runs came off it. 

India 16/0 in 2 overs

Ohh...what a start! Short and wide from McCoy and Jaiswal steered it past square on off side for a boundary. And then ended the over with a boundary as well. Wide and half-volley from the pacer as the youngster smashed the slower one over mid-off for a boundary.

India 10/0 in 1 over

India openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill make their way out to the middle with Obed McCoy set to kick off the proceedings for West Indies with the ball. 

"Thought we started well. We didn't do ourselves justice in the middle but good job from Hettie. We could be 10-15 short but confident of defending this. The mindset was positive, Hettie came along and made things easier for me. Was waiting for my opportunity, always want to play all formats. We always think we have enough, time will tell."

Odean Smith ends the innings with a six. India will have to break the record for the highest succesfull run chase on this ground if they are to level this series now. They conceded 57 runs in the last five overs.

Hetmyer can't quite get the connection and Tilak takes a brilliant catch running in from long on. He dives forward and claims the catch, the umpires decide to send it upstairs. The third umpire deems that Varma had his fingers underneath the ball and so Hetmyer has to go. Arshdeep slowed it up significantly which deceived him.

Hetmyer c Tilak Varma b Arshdeep Singh 61 (39), West Indies 171/8 in 19.2 overs

Hetmyer clears his front leg and hits it with the wind to deep midwicket. Not the greatest of deliveries there from Arshdeep on a length on middle and leg.

Right this is already a good score and Hetmyer can make it much better. Arshdeep Singh bowling the last over.