West Indies 194 for 1 (Lewis 125*) beat India 190 for 6 (Karthik 48, Taylor 2-31) by 9 wickets
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Chris Gayle returned to an otherwise expected West Indies XI which included other T20 specialists © AFP
Evin Lewis in his last T20I against India: 100 off 49. Evin Lewis in the whole ODI series against India: 67 off 121. Evin Lewis back in this T20I against India: 125 not out off 62 balls, including 12 disdainful sixes. Despite just 54 off 49 coming from the other end, Lewis carried world champions West Indies through in a chase of 191, which they finished with nine balls to spare. It should have been a bigger chase after the start India got – 64 for the opening stand between Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan in 5.3 overs – but India couldn’t find a finishing kick with Rishabh Pant getting stuck for a slow innings of 38 off 35. India didn’t help their cause as they dropped Lewis on 47 and 55.
Sidharth Monga is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo
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