Team looking to make a comeback: West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran after losing to India in first T20I | Cricket News – Times of India

Port of Spain: West Indies captain after his team’s 68-run defeat in the first T20I against India Nicholas Pooran He said that the team is trying to recover from the defeat.
India’s tough bowling, led by Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi taking two wickets respectively, helped the Men in Blue beat West Indies by 68 runs in the first T20I of the five-match series against West Indies, Brian Lara on Friday. in the stadium.
“Disappointed. Players are feeling hurt, it’s the first game of the series and we are looking to bounce back. 18 overs it was 150 and then they took the pace away from us, we just have to work on our discipline, spinners.” Well done and we will have to see some combinations going forward.
brilliant half century Rohit Sharma And a blistering 41-run cameo by Dinesh Karthik guided India to post 190/6 in the first innings of the match against West Indies, here on Friday at the Brian Lara Stadium.
Rohit scored 64 runs in 44 balls, while Dinesh Karthik scored 41* in 19 balls to give India a strong hand in the first innings in the death overs. Dinesh Karthik shared a 52-run partnership with all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin (13*). Also, the Windies kept India’s run flow in check by not allowing big partnerships to prosper. For West Indies, Alzarri Joseph (2/46) took two wickets, while Obed McCoy and Akil Hossein took one wicket each.
Chasing 191, West Indies regularly lost wickets at 86 for seven. Shamar Brooks (20) was the only player to touch the 20-run mark for the hosts. Ashwin (2/22), Bishnoi (2/26) and Arshdeep Singh (2/24) performed brilliantly for India with the ball.
Dinesh Karthik was given the ‘Man of the Match’ for scoring 41* in 19 runs with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes.
The second T20 match will be held on August 1.