Saini makes grand entrance to down Windies: 1st T20 (Florida)

Debutant fast bowler Navdeep Saini picked up three wickets against West Indies as India edged past the Windies for a 4 wicket win.

The West Indies were restricted to 95/9 after being put into bat on a damp pitch. Saini was on a hat-trick and finished with 3-17 off his 4 over spell.

Chasing 96, Sheldon Cottrell trapped a fit-again Shikhar Dhawan lbw. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma put on 32. Jadeja and Sundar took their side over the line to give them a 1-0 lead.

India 98 for 6 (Rohit 24, Narine 2-14, Cottrell 2-20) beat West Indies 95 for 9 (Pollard 49, Saini 3-17, Bhuvneshwar 2-19) by four wickets.

Aug 2019