WIvsIND 4th T20I 2nd. (Photo Source: Jio Cinema)
Ruthless batting from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill helped India edge over West Indies by nine wickets in the 4th T20I at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida.
Speaking about how the game unfolded, skipper Rovman Powell won the toss and elected to bat first. Arshdeep Singh drew the first blood for India by dismissing Kyle Mayers for 17 runs. He then dismissed Brandon King for 18 runs in the same over. Kuldeep Yadav joined the party and picked up two wickets in his over to reduce West Indies to 57/4.
Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer then added 49 runs for the fifth wicket. However, Yuzvendra Chahal broke the partnership by dismissing Hope for 45 runs. Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder were dismissed in quick succession. Hetmyer reached his fifth fifty in T20Is before being dismissed by Arshdeep Singh in the 20th over. West Indies managed to post a respectable total of 178 for 8 wickets.
In response to West Indies’ 178, Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill were ruthless against the meak Windies bowlers, recording the joint-second-highest partnership for India in T20Is. The West Indies bowlers had no answer to the Indian openers as they put together 165 runs for the first wicket.
Shubman Gill (77 off 63) reached his second fifty-plus score before being dismissed by Romario Shepherd in the 16th over. Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 84 runs and Tilak Verma chipped in with a quick cameo to help India reach 178 in 17 overs. The win helped India level the series 2-2, with Jaiswal winning the Player of the Match award for his unbeaten 84 runs.
Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers from the fourth T20I between West Indies and India.
58 – Kyle Mayers has now racked up just 58 runs in his last four innings with a poor average of 14.50
4 – Kuldeep Yadav has dismissed Nicholas Pooran more times than any other bowler in T20Is, with four dismissals.
66 – India scripted their third highest powerplay score against West Indies in T20Is. Their highest score was 72 at Wankhede in 2011 followed by 67 at Lauder Hill in 2016
4 – Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 84 runs and became the fourth-youngest Indian batter to score a half-century in T20Is
Here is the list of the youngest Indian batters to score a half-century in T20Is:
20 years and 143 days-Rohit Sharma v South Africa at Durban in 2007
20 years and 271 days-Tilak Varma v West Indies at Providence in 2023
21 years and 38 days-Rishabh Pant v West Indies at Chennai in 2018
21 years and 227 days-Yashasvi Jaiswal v West Indies at Lauderhill in 2023
165 – The pair of Jaiswal and Shubman Gill put together 165 runs, which is the joint-highest opening partnership for India in T20Is.
Here is the list of the highest opening partnerships for India in T20Is:
165 – KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma vs SL at Indore in 2017
165 – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill vs WI at Lauderhill in 2023
160 – Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma vs IRE at Dublin in 2018
179 – India (179) scripted the highest successful chase in T20Is at Lauderhill.