“Difficult to put feeling into words….”: WI skipper Rovman Powell following T20I series win over India
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The 25-year-old quick, egged on by a raucous crowd, produced the best-ever figures by a West Indies bowler in the shortest format before the home side held its nerve in the final over to level the five-match series at 1-1.
Pant and Iyer amassed 29 runs from 15th and 16th overs collectively to set India up for a big flourish in the last four overs.
Kuldeep had previously taken a hat-trick during the 2017 series against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Rohit and KL Rahul shared a 227-run opening stand before the latter fell to Alzarri Joseph on his individual score of 102. But the India vice-captain carried on his carnage and amassed 159 runs before falling to Sheldon Cottrell.
Shreyas Iyer's 53 off 32 and Rishabh Pant's 39 off 16 towards the end helped India reach a gigantic total.
"We wanted to field first. This is a ground where we have chased well. The pitch is better to play on than the last game," said Kohli.
Believe it or not but Virat has never returned without scoring a half-century or a century, whenever he has come out to bat at this venue.