By Admin 
Batting first, West Indies has scored 195 runs. This is the fourth highest score made at the Eden Gardens ground in international T20 cricket. If the Indian team wants to reach the semi-finals, then the biggest run chase of T20 will have to be done on this ground. In this match being played in Kolkata, India won the toss and chose bowling. Indian bowlers were thrashed in the death overs as the Caribbean batsmen scored 75 runs in the last 30 balls.
India will have to do the biggest run chase
The biggest run chase in international T20 cricket at Eden Gardens, Kolkata is only 158 runs. The biggest run chase here is in the name of India only, which had achieved the target of 158 against West Indies. These figures have become a problem for Team India. When even 160 has never been chased here, in today’s match Team India has to chase the target of 36 more runs than that.
When the West Indies team came to bat first, Shai Hope and Roston Chase gave the team a slow but steady start. Both of them made a partnership of 68 runs for the first wicket, which was broken by Varun Chakraborty. At one time the West Indies team was able to score only 69 runs in 9 overs.
126 made in last 11 overs
While 69 runs were scored in the first 9 overs, West Indies added 126 runs in the next 11 overs. Especially in the last 5 overs, Jason Holder and Rovman Powell created havoc and made a partnership of 76 runs in 35 balls. West Indies scored 75 runs in the last 5 overs. Holder scored 37 runs in 22 balls and Powell scored 34 runs in 19 balls.
Almost all the bowlers from the Indian team were beaten. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets, while Varun Chakraborty and Hardik Pandya took one wicket each.
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