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IND vs WI: Shreyas's Century and Axar's 6-Ball Spell Seal 8-Wicket Win for India
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News18•06-10-2026, 22:37
IND vs WI: Shreyas's Century and Axar's 6-Ball Spell Seal 8-Wicket Win for India
- •Team India defeated West Indies by 8 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20 series.
- •Captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 102 runs, while Ishan Kishan contributed an unbeaten 37 runs.
- •After early dismissals of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, Shreyas and Ishan stabilized the innings with a 139-run partnership.
- •Axar Patel, who was recently stripped of the vice-captaincy, turned the match around in a single over by taking two crucial wickets and bowling a maiden.
Key Questions Answered
Team India successfully chased down the target set by West Indies in 14.4 overs to win the match by 8 wickets, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20 series.
After early dismissals of the openers, captain Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan built an unbeaten 139-run partnership for the third wicket, with Shreyas scoring an unbeaten 102 runs and Ishan contributing an unbeaten 37 runs.
During the sixth over, Axar Patel bowled a maiden over and took two wickets—run out on the first ball and bowled Rovman Powell on the fifth ball—which turned out to be the turning point that shifted the match in six balls.
