India and West Indies ventured into the land of the Americans for the fourth T20I. Winning the toss, West Indies decided to bowl first. Indian openers Rohit Sharma (33) and Suryakumar Yadav (24) got off to a good start taking the team score to 53 before the first wicket fell.
Deepak Hooda could not remodel his past performance and played at just 110 strike rate and made 21 runs before he was dismissed by Alzarri Joseph. Rishabh Pant however was at his best and scored 44 runs off of 31 with six boundaries in what was a very responsible inning from the southpaw. Sanju Samson who was back into the playing XI in place of Shreyas Iyer made an important 30 runs off of 23 balls and remained unbeaten. Indiaโs finisher-in-chief, Dinesh Karthik had an off day today and could only contribute six runs. It was again Axar Patel who made an unbeaten 20 off of just eight balls to take the Indian scoreboard to a massive 191 runs.
Coming on to chase with the openers Brandon King (13) and Kyle Mayers (14), West Indies got to a good start. West Indies however lost frequent wickets to lose the match by 59 runs. Devon Thomas made just one run to leave the West Indies side in limbo.
India secures a winning lead in the series with a score line of 3-1
Captain Nicholas Pooran tried his best to hold the fort but a quality fielding of Pant and Iyer took him out of the game with a runout. Rovman Powell with 24 off of 16 continued the same story of West Indies players throwing their wickets after a decent start.
Shimron Hetmyer failed again when his team needed the most and contributed just 19 runs to the West Indies scoreboard. Jason Holder (13), Akeal Hosein (3), Dominic Drakes (5) and Obed McCoy (2) were removed cheaply by quality Indian bowling. Alzarri Joseph remained unbeaten on 6 runs.
Twitter was ecstatic with India's win in the fourth T20I. Let's look at how Twitter reacted:
India have an excellent back up Leggie in Ravi Bishnoi.
โ Rested Joker (Perry's version) (@Jokeresque_) August 6, 2022
After the 3rd T20I, Rohit Sharma talked with Avesh Khan, whose series was going worst. And tonight he is on fire with the ball. @ImRo45 ๐. pic.twitter.com/cSeWFEnv2U
โ Vishal. (@SportyVishal) August 6, 2022
Rohit Sharma's Captaincy was top notch as He Daringly used one of the most Expensive T20 Bowler Avesh Khan(picked up 2 in PP) & asked Axar Patel to Bowl even after he was Hit for 22 runs in the Previous over! Axar scalped Big hitters Powell & Mayers#WIvIND#IndianCricketTeam pic.twitter.com/PFntCa0qI6
โ MTvalluvan (@MTvalluvan) August 6, 2022
Rishabh Pant In 2022 Across Format:
Innings - 30
Runs - 1103
Average - 44.12
50's - 6
100's - 3
Strike Rate - 101.47The Rise Of Rishabh Pant Continues. pic.twitter.com/KTiL7s4l0n
โ Duck (@DuckInCricket) August 6, 2022
Rohit Sharma in International cricket:-
โขMatches 410
โขInnings 427
โขRuns 16,000
โขAverage 43.12
โข 100s/50s 41/87
โข200s 4
โขSixes 477
โขFours 1503One of the greatest of this Era ๐ฅ๐ฅ#RohitSharma l #INDvsWIt20 pic.twitter.com/nVl0dERI4f
โ VECTORโดโต ๐ฎ๐ณ (@Vector_45R) August 6, 2022
India seal the series
Excellent performance
By team
We hope performance continue
In Asia Cup and T20 world cup#INDvsWIt20 #IndianCricketTeam #RohitSharma #Cricket #SuryakumarYadav #ArshdeepSingh pic.twitter.com/qLmUvya4wHโ Raviraj Yadav (@Raviraj02922665) August 6, 2022
'๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ' ๐ฅต๐ฅต๐๐โค๏ธ๐ค๐ช๐ช.
.@RishabhPant17 #RishabhPant #INDvWI #WIvIND #INDvsWIt20 #INDvsWIonFanCode pic.twitter.com/BZbv2BLJaWโ ๐๐ ๐ บ๐คดRITOJ DUTTAโค๐ฆ (@im_Ritoj) August 6, 2022
Tomorrow when i see latest icc rankings of t20i I'll found suryakumar on top ๐คฉ๐คฉ#INDvsWIt20 #INDvENG #indvseng #SuryakumarYadav #ICCRankings pic.twitter.com/JiqgeCwxdr
โ ASH (@ASH181718) August 6, 2022
Rohit Sharma as full-time captain for India:
Beat New Zealand 3-0 in T20
Beat West Indies 3-0 in ODI
Beat West Indies 3-0 in T20
Beat Sri Lanka 3-0 in T20
Beat Sri Lanka 2-0 in Tests
Beat England 2-1 in T20
Beat England 2-1 in ODI
Beat West Indies 3-1* in T20#INDvsWIt20โ Satyam Singh (@MyFreakyTweets) August 6, 2022