IND vs WI

10:39 PM local time and IST: India get the job done at the Ekana and take a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series! But, there is a long way to go, as West Indies know how to turn things around in this format. We will be back with the second game from 7:00 PM local time in Ranchi on Friday, 9 October. For now, this is Sourabh and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

Shreyas Iyer (India captain and Player of the Match, 102* runs off only 43 balls): "After an exhausting travel, didn't really realize where I was! But, maybe I need to wake up like this! We didn't look at the jetlag as an excuse. We followed the excitement of India vs West Indies in the ODIs, but in this format, we know how potent they are and so, we were looking forward to it. I did want to get to my first hundred, and so, it feels special! Exulted is the word! Winning certainly makes it feel different, and if we continue with the same mindset, we will be a destructive outfit. Naman Dhir's attitude is what I love, and he bowled superbly!" 

Shai Hope (West Indies captain): "Just feels as though we didn't get enough runs at the back-end. When you're playing in India, you've got to score those extra 20 runs. We weren't good enough on that front. We went with a combination today and expected it to come good, but it just didn't. There are so many things to look forward to, and also in hindsight, but it just didn't work out well for us today. Happy to keep scoring runs here in India!" 

Let's hear from Ishan Kishan after the game: (that last single to give Iyer the strike) He was in very good touch. Looking from the other end, I felt it was better to keep him on strike and not let the momentum break. (how do you know when to take the back seat in a partnership?) You get to know in the middle if one batter is timing the ball, he was looking in great touch today and I was not in great touch tonight to be honest. (on his catch in the first innings) I was not able to judge the ball because it was coming straight from the lights but I had some intuition that it would come around my waist. (mood in the camp after the quick turnaround from Japan) Nothing, these things happen. You don't get time often. Looking at West Indies, they have been playing some great cricket but once you step on the field it is our job to give our best.

10:10 PM local time and IST: India win by 8 wickets with 32 balls to spare! 

Shreyas Iyer 102* (43) | Naman Dhir - 3/31 (4)
Sherfane Rutherford 56 (34) | Akeal Hosein - 1/37 (4)

The fastest T20 hundred for India against the West Indies! Well, we were talking about who can be the highest scorer for India. Would it be Abhishek Sharma? Would it be Sanju Samson? Or, would Ishan Kishan step up to the plate? Not many talk a lot about the Indian captain and his prowess with the bat in this format, but when he got the chance, he showed just what he can do! 

Shreyas Iyer just brought up his first T20I century, but made the knock look ridiculously easy! There must have been only two deliveries that weren't middled by him. Otherwise, he looked so smooth that even the best of ball-timers will come second! 

Abhishek Sharma began like Abhishek Sharma can, and Sanju Samson took over, with both giving a lot of promise to the Indian fans. But, both fell to spin, and it felt as though the pitch was conducive to turn and the match was well-poised! 

However, all that got put to bed, with Ishan Kishan and Shreyas coming together, to score 137 runs for the 3rd wicket, off only 67 deliveries! Balls kept coming at them, and they found different ways to getting the job done, when it came to scoring at will! 

There was a little bit of dew, but it was overshadowed by the quality of T20 batting, particularly by Shreyas, who took the West Indian bowling to the cleaners! 

There was one moment in which things got a little confusing. Ishan Kishan miscued one to deep cover, and Matthew Forde seemingly caught it. But the problem was, he took it inches off the ground and once it was sent up to the third umpire, the replays showed that it wasn't a clean take! 

The other moment came later on, when Shreyas smacked one straight down Shamar Joseph's throat, but he lost it in the lights and dropped it! That cemented the fact that this was to be his night! 

A comprehensive win for Team India, but a lot of think about for West Indies, in all three departments of the game! 

14.4 Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, INDIA WIN BY 8 WICKETS with 32 balls to spare! Absolute annhailation as West Indies have been blown away by this storm from Shreyas Iyer. The last ball tells you the story here, it was a nudge off the front foot to Chase's right who collected the ball and fired it haplessly wide of the stumps at the non-striker's end allowing the batters to take the run. India take a 1-0 lead in this 5-match series as Ekana stands up to applaud the Indian T20 skipper Shreyas Iyer!

14.3 Roston Chase to Shreyas Iyer, BOOM! Shreyas Iyer gets his maiden T20I hundred in style. He has had a rough time as a skipper with the bat but boy has he answered all the questions with aplomb or what. He has his arms spread in the air, utter domination from the Sarpanch who brings up a 42-ball ton. Nicely in the slot from Chase from around the wicket, Iyer does the rest as he clubs him high over long-on to get to his century. Gets a massive hug from Ishan Kishan, the captain Iyer has arrived.