IND vs WI 1st T20: Shreyas Iyer's 42-ball century! India beat West Indies by 8 wickets

IND vs WI 1st T20 Highlights: The Indian cricket team defeated the West Indies by 8 wickets in the first T20 International match played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. With this superb victory, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Indian team captain Shreyas Iyer took the responsibility on his shoulders and scored an unbeaten century off just 42 balls, which is the first century of his T20 international career. Aiyar, who has not been able to score a half-century or a century in the last 10 innings, has proved his return to form by batting explosively in this match and has given a big relief to the fans

West Indies innings and spinners

At the beginning of this match, the West Indies team decided to bat first. However, the Caribbean batsmen could not last long against the superb performance of the Indian spin bowlers. From the West Indies, captain Shai Hope scored 52 runs and Sherfane Rutherford played a useful innings of 56 runs. However, the entire team could not play the entire 20 overs and was all out for 171 runs

Indian batting: historic partnership after initial setback

172 runs, the Indian team had a poor start. When the team's score was 35 runs, both the openers were dismissed cheaply. In which young batsman Abhishek Sharma scored 21 runs, while wicketkeeper Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion after scoring just 11 runs

But then captain Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan took over. Both these players were a tremendous wash of the West Indies bowlers. Shreyas Iyer took an aggressive stance and completed his century in just 42 balls. He scored an unbeaten 102 off 43 balls. In his historic and match-winning innings, Iyer hit 10 impressive fours and 6 skyrocketing sixes. Ishan Kishan, who was standing at the other end, also supported the captain and remained unbeaten on 37 off 27 balls. The two batsmen put on an unbroken 137-run partnership for the third wicket, as a result of which India easily achieved the target with 32 balls to spare

Shreyas Iyer sets new records

Shreyas Iyer has also set some records with this brilliant century. This is the 4th fastest century by any captain in the history of T20 cricket. Apart from this, this is the 2nd fastest T20 century recorded by an Indian captain (the record for the fastest century as a captain for India is held by Rohit Sharma, who scored a century off 35 balls). This is the 6th fastest T20 century for India overall. It is worth noting here that Ishan Kishan has also scored a century in 42 balls