India vs West Indies 1st ODI Highlights: IND beat WI by 5 wickets as Rohit finishes the job from No.7

Rohit Sharma sweeps Motie through midwicket and that is the end of this little contest. He ends on a score of 12 off 19. A comprehensive win for India in the end on a pitch that surprisingly for everyone supported the spinners of both sides heavily. While India lost five wickets, the fact remains that their batters were going for big hits, Rohit Sharma came in at No.8 and Virat Kohli didn't bat all so there is every chance that this chase would have panned quite differently if the West Indies had set up a competitive total. Lots of pondering for the hosts to do. 

Another good all-round effort here from Jadeja. He had taken three wickets earlier and now he has scored a very valuable 16 off 19. 

Virat Kohli padded up at last and so he will come out at No.8. India will be rather unhappy with this effort. Had they been in this position batting first, things would have been looking very different.

Shardul Thakur claims that he was distracted but Michael Gough comes in from square leg and says that the ball cannot be called dead now. Rohit Sharma comes out to bat at last. 

Thakur c Athanaze b Cariah 1 (4), India 97/5 in 17.2 overs

Motie tosses it up, Kishan steps down the track and goes for a slog sweep. It has been hit straight into the hands of the deep midwicket fielder.

It has come in 53 balls. Quite a brilliant innings this from Ishan Kishan, making the most of the chance that he has got to open the innings.

Second ball of the 15th, once again, Kishan comes down the track and this time smashes it past Motie straight down the ground. The ball careens to the boundary. It is Jadeja who has come into the middle now and Kohli is not even padded up in the dressing room. 

Low full toss from Cariah for the third ball of the 14th and Kishan smashes that over midwicket. It should have been a full delivery but Kishan came down the track and converted it into a full toss.

Kishan hammers the first ball of the 14th by Yannick Cariah down the ground. The bowler tries to catch it but can't hold on. However, the ball has deflected on to the stumps and the non-striker's end and Pandya is on trouble. He had backed up too far and replays show that his bat was inches away from the ground when the bails were dislodged.

Pandya run out (Cariah) 5 (7), India 70/3 in 13.1 overs

Hardik Pandya has come in at No.4. Wonder if we will actually see Rohit or Kohli walking in at something like No.7 or No.8 today. Kishan is on 34 off 30, Pandya has scored 5 in 7.

SKY misses the sweep and he has been given out. He reviews after a conversation with Kishan. No bat on it, and ball tracking shows that the ball would have taken the top of off. Suryakumar doesn't make a mark in ODI innings once again.

Suryakumar Yadav lbw b Motie 19 (25), India 54/2 in 10.5 overs

Darren Sammy seemed to indicate in the dressing room that it is time to bring in spin, that message was transmitted to Shai Hope and the captain does likewise. Gudakesh Motie bowling the 11th over.

Not a good start from Mayers in the ninth. The first ball goes wide down the leg side. Strays on the pads again and Ishan gets it to the fine leg boundary with a leg glance.

He goes across, crouches and plays that pick up shot he plays so often in T20 cricket to a length delivery from Jaydon Seales. Even the bowler can't help but smile seeing that shot.

Two fours by Kishan off Drakes in that over and he has made 17 in 20 balls. SKY, on the other hand, is on eight off six.

Leg glance off the final ball of the fifth from Drakes and SKY helps it along the way with a flick. India going into a totally scrambled batting order here, no Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli in the top three.

Outside edge and it flies to King at second slip. He dives to his right and takes a low catch, or has he? Umpires send it upstairs, the third umpire Marais Erasmus is happy that there are fingers underneath the ball and that is that for Shubman Gill.

Gill c King b Seales 7 (16), India 18/1 in 4 overs

They need exactly 100 to win now. Gill is on 7 off 12, Kishan on 4 off six.

Ishan dismisses the fourth ball from his presence with a pull shot, the bouncer goes over the infield.

It is Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan who open for India. Dominic Drakes with the new ball for the West Indies. 

He spoke to the host broadcaster after that blowout. "First of all, the fast bowlers did really well. Got early wickets. The ball was spinning a bit and we tried to focus on our lengths. Wind was too much so we were controlling our speeds as well. To be very honest, I've been working on my rhythm in the last two years. My rhythm wasn't very well last year, but now it's coming out very well. Of course the increase in pace… With the same spin, drift, it's very difficult for the batters to read. Especially in white-ball formats, I am focusing on the lengths and not on taking wickets. It depends on the conditions and situation. When they were five down, you have chances to try everything. Also important to mix up variations. If a left-hander comes in, you mix up some wrong'uns so they are not sure. That was my plan, to mix up my pace, lengths and variations. The wicket was very good for spinners, the way Jaddu bowled and I bowled just three overs."

Well maybe the West Indies should be happy that they have managed to last more than 20 overs, if that is the new reality that cricket fans have to accept - that the West Indies are a side who should consider it an achievement to last more than a standard T20 innings. A 38-run stand between King and Athanaze and then a 43-run stand between Hope and Hetmyer. These are the only two partnerships that actually went into double digits. Kuldeep finished the innings off with his fourth wicket, he has ended with figures of 4/6 in just three overs. Jadeja, meanwhile, has figures of 3/37 in six overs. The all-rounder gave away the runs in the beginning but it is him that West Indies started collapsing first. India need to chase down 115 to take a 1-0 lead in this three-match series.

Hope reviews and the umpire's call is held up. Hope tries a reverse sweep, he yorks himself and the umpire gives it out and the batter reviews. No bat on it and ball tracking holds up the umpire's call. West Indies retain the review, if it matters at all at this stage.

Hope lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 43 (45), West Indies 114/9

What a shot that is from Hope. Comes down the track and lifts Jadeja inside out over cover. Hope moves to 42 off 40. 

Big appeal as Kuldeep raps Cariah's pads, the umpire shakes his head and the visitors are quite surprised. Rohit takes the review, Cariah went to defend, the ball spun back into him. Ball tracking shows that it would have taken middle and leg.