On Sunday (8th December) night, the home team India suffered a thrashing eight-wicket defeat against the visiting team Windies at Greenfield International Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram).
The visitors won the toss and sent the hosts to bat first. At the end of the first innings, the home team scored 170/7 (20 overs). Windies successfully chased down that target comfortably in 18.3 overs after losing just two wickets.
With this victory, Windies have levelled this series by 1-1 and the last match of this T20I series will be the series decider.
Brief Scores: India – 170/7 in 20 overs (Shivam Dube 54, Rishabh Pant 33*; Hayden Walsh 2/28)
Windies – 173/2 in 18.3 overs (Lendl Simmons 67*, Evin Lewis 40; Ravindra Jadeja 1/22)
Result – Windies won by eight wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
India vs Windies batting scenario
| Team | India | Windies |
| Total | 170/7 (20 overs) | 173/2 (18.3 overs) |
| Dots | 44 | 44 |
| 1s | 48 | 38 |
| 2s | 13 | 7 |
| 3s | 0 | 0 |
| 4s | 12 | 11 |
| 6s | 5 | 12 |
| Extras | 18 (13 wides, 3 leg-byes and 2 no-balls) | 5 (4 wides and 1 no-ball) |
Windies
i) The away team Windies won the match by eight wickets.
- Since July 2017, it was the first T20I victory for Windies against India. Previously, they beat India in a T20I match on 9th July 2017 at Kingston. After losing seven consecutive T20Is, finally, the Caribbean side managed to claim a T20I victory against this Asian side.
- It is the joint largest victory (by wickets) for Windies in their non-home T20Is. On 17th December 2018, the Caribbean side beat Bangladesh by eight wickets at Sylhet.
(Players’ stats)
India
Virat Kohli
i) The right-handed batsman Virat Kohli has scored 2,563 runs in T20I career.
- Virat Kohli becomes the leading run-scorer in T20I cricket history. During this match, he surpassed his fellow cricketer Rohit Sharma (2,562 runs) who is just one run short from Kohli.
Ravindra Jadeja
i) Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja has scalped 35 wickets in T20I career.
- Ravindra Jadeja is the joint most T20I wicket-taker for India as a left-arm bowler. Kuldeep Yadav, the left-arm chinaman, has also taken 35 T20I wickets.
Rishabh Pant
i) Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has made five T20I dismissals against Windies.
- It is the joint-most T20I dismissals for an Indian wicketkeeper against Windies. MS Dhoni has also made five dismissals as a wicketkeeper against Windies.
Windies
Lendl Simmons
i) Opener Lendl Simmons remained not out on 67 runs.
- It is the second-highest individual T20I score by a Windies batsman against the hosts India. The record is 82 not out by Lendl Simmons at Mumbai on 31st March 2016.