IND vs WI: Yuzvendra Chahal In Batting Order Confusion; What Law Says
INDIA lost the 1st T20I against West Indies at Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday at Brian Lara Stadium. Impressive performances by bowlers especially pacers helped West Indies to beat India by four runs.
Captain Rovman Powell (48) and Nicolas Pooran (41) top-scored for West Indies as other batters couldn’t stay long on the crease.
For India, Yuzvendra Chahal (2/24), Arshdeep Singh (2/31) got two wickets each while skipper Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav claimed one wicket apiece.
Chasing a challenging total on bowler friendly pitch, Indian openers Ishan Kishan (6) and Shubman Gill (3) got out cheaply inside the first five overs. India were in deep trouble at 28-2 in 4.5 overs but Suryakumar Yadav (21 off 21) and debutant Tilak Varma (39 off 22) joined hands to revive India’s innings.
Despite playing his first match for India, Tilak didn’t look in any sort of pressure and played some glorious shots. On the other hand, Suryakumar wasn’t at his fluent best but he was giving enough support from the other end.
During the 20th over Kuldeep Yadav was clean-bowled by Romario Shepherd but India still required 10 runs in 5 balls with two wickets in hand.
After his wicket, Chahal was all geared up to bat but he realized that coach Rahul Dravid and captain Hardik Pandya wanted Mukesh Kumar, the debutant, to bat at No.10. then Chahal decided to walk back but he was not allowed to do so due to ICC rule.
Here is what law says
According to the laws of the game, once a batter steps onto the field at the fall of a wicket, he can’t go back and send another.
Tail-ender Arshdeep Singh (12) made the game more interesting with a couple of fours in the penultimate over, making use of an extra fielder in the circle due to the home team’s slow over rate.
Eventually, Romario Shepherd was able to defend 10 runs off the final over.
Now India will face West Indies on August 6 for the second T20I which will be played at Providence Stadium in Guyana.
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