It was a storm where the Windies team got blown away. It all started with Rohit and Rahul as they formed a brilliant and thunderous 135-run opening stand. They hit 72 runs in the Powerplay and that layed down the foundation for the rest of the innings. However, once Rohit departed, the run-flow slowed down a bit. Pant too followed him soon after coming in at number 3. Then in the latter stages came the Kohli storm. He played a devastating knock where he scored 70 runs off just 29 balls. Amidst all this, KL Rahul was brilliant at the other end as he powered his way to 91 runs.
Boom, boom and boom! That is how the innings has gone. India have scored an astonishing 240 runs which even the most optimistic of fans would not have expected before the start of the innings.
S Cottrell to V Kohli, SIX! What a finish to the innings. Fuller ball around off, Kohli lines himself and launches it over the bowler's head for a maximum. India end the innings on 240/3. A quickfire 70 from Kohli.
S Cottrell to V Kohli, Goes wide outside off but too wide. Kohli reaches out but makes no connection. Called wide by the umpire.
S Cottrell to V Kohli, Yorker on middle, Kohli jams it out and looks for a run for Iyer shows no interest. Kohli returns to his crease quickly.
Shreyas Iyer walks in to partner his skipper in the final over.
S Cottrell to KL Rahul, OUT! Caught! No second T20I hundred for Rahul. Slower back of a length ball around off, Rahul looks to pull but gets a top edge which goes left of Pooran who settles under the ball and pouches it easily. The umpire goes upstairs to check if it is second short ball of the over but the third umpire deems it a legal ball so Rahul has to walk back. He gets a tap on the back from the opposition skipper.
Again the umpire has gone upstairs. This time Rahul has been caught behind but the question is about height. Rahul is asking whether this can be given as the second bouncer of the over, and thus an illegal delivery.
S Cottrell to V Kohli, Full around off, Kohli pushes it towards long on for a single.
S Cottrell to V Kohli, NOT OUT! A day-light between bat and ball says the third umpire. A back of a length ball around off, Kohli looks to pull but misses out. The ball goes behind and Cottrell appeals. Not out says the umpire. West Indies opts for the review but nothing helping as the Ultra Edge rolls in and confirms no bat.
An appeal for caught behind has been taken upstairs. Replays come in and it doesn't seem that there is any bat involved there. Probably brushed the helmet on its way to the keeper. Let's see what the TV umpire thinks.
S Cottrell to KL Rahul, Full ball around off, Rahul looks to reverse sweep this time but misses to get hit on the pads.
Cottrell to bowl the final over.
K Pollard to V Kohli, SIX! Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! Sound the alarm bells as Kohli is on fire! Full ball just outside off, Kohli shuffles and flicks this one over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. 27 runs off the over. Pollard has been punished at the Wankhede.
K Pollard to KL Rahul, Length ball wide outside off, Rahul drags this one down the ground towards long on for one. Had he left that alone, maybe it would have been signalled as a wide.
K Pollard to V Kohli, Back of a length ball, Kohli pulls it towards long on for a single.
K Pollard to V Kohli, MISFIELD AND FOUR! A full ball outside off, Kohli is in the perfect position to drill it inside out. It goes straight to Hetmyer but he misfields it and it goes to the fence.
Free Hit time!
K Pollard to V Kohli, Short of a length ball around off, Kohli drags his pull towards long on where Holder fumbles and allows a couple of runs. Pollard has overstepped so a Free Hit too.