After
registering a 3-0 clean sweep in the ODI series, India on Wednesday thrashed
West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The match saw debutante Ravi Bishnoi shine with the ball while Rohit Sharma and
Ishan Kishan provided India with a solid start during the chase.

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Here are
three talking points of the first T20I:

Nicholas Pooran smashes 61 off 43 balls

Nicholas
Pooran of West Indies shone with the bat as the batter played a quickfire 61 runs
knock off 43 balls during the first T20I against India at the Eden Gardens.
Pooran hit four boundaries and five sixes to announce his arrival in India
after being bought by SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) for a whopping sum of Rs 10.75
crore in the IPL 2022 mega auction. Pooran’s knock helped West Indies post a
modest total of 157-7 in 20 overs.

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Bishnoi impresses on his debut

Ravi
Bishnoi made a nervy start to his international career against West Indies.
However, he impressed one and all with his googlies and wrong’uns in his four-over
spell in which he conceded mere 17 runs and took two wickets. Out of those 17
runs, he conceded six through extras. Bishnoi picked up the wickets of Roston
Chase and Rovman Powell to rattle the visitors. The spinner will look to do
better in the next two T20Is.

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Rohit and Surya complete the chase

Captain
Rohit Sharma opening the innings scored a blitzkrieg 40 off 19 balls while
chasing 158 runs target. The right-handed batter destroyed the West Indies
bowlers in the powerplay, smashing them all around the park. Rohit smashed four
boundaries and three sixes during his innings in which he managed a strike rate
of 210.53. It was due to Rohit that India amassed 63 runs in seven overs. After
losing Rohit in the 8th over, India also lost the wickets of Ishan Kishan,
Virat Kohli and Rishabh pant before the end of the 15th over.

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Suryakumar
Yadav then partnered with Venkatesh Iyer to make sure India recover from a mini
batting collapse. Suryakumar played a crucial knock for India which powered the
hosts to a comfortable win over the West Indies. Suryakumar (34 not out) and Iyer’s
(24) batting heroics guided India to a six-wicket win in the series opener.
Rohit-led India will play the 2nd T20I at the same venue on Friday.