Journalism of Courage
India played their first warm-up of the ICC World T20 against West Indies on Thursday at the Eden Gardens. India went in with 14 players while their opponents decided to use only 11. Batting first, India posted 185/5 with Rohit Sharma scoring a brilliant 98 not out. (Source: PTI)
India were slow with Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma but slowly accelerated. In the process, Dhawan perished but Rohit continued to strike the ball beautifully. (Source: PTI)
Ajinkya Rahane joined Rohit Sharma and both slowly building the innings but Rahane was stumped after he made seven runs. (Source: AP)
Yuvraj Singh was the next to come to the crease and he had a difficult time negotiating the bowlers early on. Yuvraj then started playing his shots more fluently and managed to get a hang of things in the middle.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma was as fluent as he can be. At Eden Gardens, probably his favourite ground where he has numerous records to his name, he scored another fifty, this time in a T20I. (Source: PTI)
Yuvraj Singh then blasted 37 runs off 20 balls to give India a much needed lift in the middle overs. India managed 185/5 in their 20 overs.(Source: PTI)
West Indies began their chase on a brisk note. Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles made 36 runs off 20 balls.
Jasprit Bumrah was introduced only in the fourth over but when he was, Chris Gayle was walking back to the pavillion. Like always, Bumrah had struck in his first over.
Then West Indies fell apart. First Mohammed Shami and then the spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Pawan Negi destroyed the West Indies. Hardik Pandya and Harbhajan Singh provided the finishing touches. (Source: PTI)
India managed a 45-run win over the West Indies in their first warm-up and now play South Africa in the second warm-up on Saturday. (Source: PTI)
