Published on 12:00 AM, August 04, 2019

India outplay Windies in T20 opener

India pacer Navdeep Saini had a dream start to his national team debut as he scalped three wickets to restrict West Indies to only 95 runs in the first T20I in Florida yesterday. India won the match by 4 wickets. Photo: BCCI

India defeated the West Indies by four wickets in the opening fixture of their three-match T20 International series at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Florida yesterday.

Navdeep Saini starred on his senior international debut with three important wickets as India limited the West Indies to 95 for nine batting first.

SCORES IN BRIEF

WEST INDIES: 95-9 in 20 overs (Pollard 49; Saini 3-17)

INDIA: 98-6 in 17.2 overs (Sharma 24; Narine 2-14)

Result: India won by 4 wkts.