India vs West Indies 2022, 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Ravi Bishnoi will make his India debut in the series. cricket news

1st T20 Live: India will face West Indies at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.© AFP




IND vs WI 2022, 1st T20 Live Score: Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl. Ravi Bishnoi made his Team India debut against West Indies in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Rohit said that India is playing 5 bowlers in the toss. Captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid will use this T20 series to explore more options for the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia later this year. After a clean sweep of the visitors in the three-match ODI series, India now face West Indies. India will find the right team combination As he has to face the selection dilemma for the series opener. West Indies, on the other hand, would be expected to turn their fortunes around with the change in format and venue. However, India are unbeaten in their last three T20Is at the Eden Gardens, and have lost just once at the venue in the shortest format of the game. With KL Rahul ruled out of the series due to injury, Rishabh Pant has been named as the stand-in vice-captain for three T20Is. All eyes will be on Virat Kohli as he looks to surpass Martin Guptill in the all-time T20I run scoring chart. Virat is just 73 runs away from overtaking the New Zealand batsman at the top of the pile. (live scorecard)

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal

West Indies: Kyle Meyers, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Rovman Powell, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Fabian Allen, Odeon Smith, Akil Hossein, Sheldon Cottrell

Here is the live score update of the 1st T20I match between India and West Indies, straight from the Eden Gardens in Kolkata







  • 18:51 (IST)

  • 18:47 (IST)

    Playing XI out!

    India XI: Rohit Sharma (capt), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal

    West Indies XI: Kyle Meyers, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Rovman Powell, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Fabian Allen, Odeon Smith, Akil Hossein, Sheldon Cottrell

  • 18:19 (IST)

    Ravi Bishnoi will debut!

    Young spinner Ravi Bishnoi will debut in Team India. He just got his India cap.

  • 18:07 (IST)

    Hello and welcome!

    Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the 1st T20I match between India and West Indies from the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India will be looking to get the right team combination as they face a selection dilemma for the series opener. West Indies, on the other hand, would be expected to turn their fortunes around with the change in format and venue.

    Stay tuned for some exciting action as it happens.

    The toss bus is less than an hour away.

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