Florida [United States]: Arshdeep Singh’s three-wicket haul assisted India to beat West Indies by 59 runs at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Grass Ground in Lauderhill on Saturday.  Pacer Arshdeep Singh got 3 wickets, while Avesh Khan, Axar Patel as well as Ravi Bishnoi all picked up two gates each as West Indies were packed out for 132.
Chasing after 192, West Indies left to a poor begin as they shed their opener, Brandon King, on 18 operate on board. In the fourth over Devon Thomas fell target to Avesh Khan after racking up just one run.

West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran and middle-order batter Rovman Powell top-scored for the Windies with 24 runs each, while five West Indies players were returned to the pavilion with single-digit scores.

Earlier took into bat, Rishabh Pant and captain Rohit Sharma fell short to play huge knocks however made useful payments to lead India to 191 for 5. Axar Patel smashed some big shots towards the end to continue to be unbeaten on 20 off 8 deliveries. Sanju Samson played a calm knock of 30 not out off 23 balls.

Hosts’ left-arm quick bowler Obed McCoy was confirmed to be the most costly bowler for West Indies in T20Is.

Short rating: India 191/5 (Rishabh Pant 44, Rohit Sharma 33; Alzarri Joseph 2-29) vs West Indies 132 full blast (Nicholas Pooran 24, Rovman Powell 24; Arshdeep Singh 3-12).