India vs West Indies highlights, International Masters League T20 final: Rayudu scores 74 as IND beats WI by six wickets

India vs West Indies highlights, International Masters League T20 final: Rayudu scores 74 as IND beats WI by six wickets

It’s all over. Binny takes the winning single. India wins the inaugural International Masters League! A dominating win. 

Benn. Binny plays an inside out for a SIX over covers! A beautiful lofted hit. Now a slog sweep over midwicket for another maximum! Just one run more to win. 

Nurse. OUT! Yusuf Pathan is trapped in front. He has reviewed it though. DRS confirms umpire’s decision. Yusuf goes for a three-ball duck. 

Stuart Binny is the new man in. 

Benn for his third over. Rayudu and Yuvraj doing it in singles. OUT! Rayudu charges down the track and is caught at long off. He falls after scoring a well-made 74 off 50 balls. 

Nurse. Rayudu comes down the track and goes straight for a SIX! India needs 27 off 39 balls. Rayudu once again comes down the track and goes straight for four. 

Best for his third over. India needs less than a run-a-ball now. Full ball and Rayudu drives past cover for four! Follows it up with another boundary. This time cuts past point. Good over for India. 

Ashley Nurse into the attack. OUT! Gurkeerat Singh goes for a slog sweep but is caught at the deep midwicket. He falls for 14 off 12 balls. 

Yuvraj Singh in at four. He’s off the mark with a single. Yuvraj cuts very fine and gets a four towards deep third. Seven runs and a wicket in that over. 

Benn for his second over. Strike rotation on point for India. Six singles came in that over. 

Best. Wide outside off and Gurkeerat places it past point for four. Easy pickings. Rayudu takes a quick single and it would’ve been close had the throw hit the stumps. Four! Cheeky by Rayudu as he gets to his fifty off 34 balls. Back of the length and he upper cuts over the keeper’s head. 

Suleiman Benn into the attack. Rayudu drives through the cover for four. Six runs came in that over. 

Tino Best into the attack. Rayudu gets one in the slot and he drives towards cover region for four. India’s chase going well so far, just a little more than a run-a-ball needed. OUT! Tendulkar is gone. Short ball, he pulled it straight at the deep square leg fielder. Sachin falls for 25. 

Gurkeerat Singh Mann in at three. He’s off the mark with a four towards extra cover. 

Rampaul will be completing his quota now. Four! Rayudu gets a thick outside edge over the keeper. Another good over by Rampaul so far. Six runs from the over. 

Taylor for his third over. Tendulkar goes for a pull, gets a top edge but Rampaul isn’t able to judge the ball. Two runs off that ball. Four! Tendulkar upper cuts towards deep third for four. SIX! A classic Tendulkar upper cut that goes over the slips! 13 runs off the over. 

Rampaul. Squares up Tendulkar, who gets a thick outside edge towards deep third for a single. A much better over by Rampaul. Just three runs off the over. 

Taylor. Rayudu pulls towards midwicket for four! Another one in the same region and this goes for a SIX! Good shot that. 10 runs from the over. 

Rampaul. Four! Rayudu cuts past wide slip for another boundary. India getting easy singles and continues to rotate strike. Four! Now Sachin gets a boundary, cutting towards deep third region. 

Jerome Taylor. Rayudu takes a single off the second ball. Sachin gets Rayudu back on strike with another single. SIX! Rayudu slices away over backward point for a maximum. 

Ambati Rayudu and Sachin Tendulkar open the innings. Ravi Rampaul with the new ball. Rayudu on strike. Plays a dot off the first ball. Rayudu tries to slice, gets beaten. Driven for four off the third ball! Full outside off and sent towards cover region. Takes a single off the next ball. Tendulkar on strike. He’s off the mark with a single. Seven runs from the over. 

Vinay Kumar for the final over of the innings. Full toss, Simmons hits it straight and gets a double. Superb effort in the deep to cut the boundary by Pawan Negi. OUT! The ball uproots the leg stump. Simmons is gone. He went for slog but completely misses it. Simmons falls for 57. 

Ashley Nurse is the new man in. He gets a single. Terrific yorkers. Last ball, Nurse comes down the track and hits it straight deep midwicket fielder. A wicket off the last ball. 

Kulkarni. Ramdin tries to ramp but only gets a single. Back to back yorkers by Kulkarni. Brilliant bowling this. Low full toss, but Ramdin can only get a single. Simmons comes down the track, hits towards long off for a single. 

Irfan for his last over. Simmons clears his front leg and smacks the ball over midwicket for four. Now he cuts for four and gets to his fifty off 34 balls. Fifty partnership as well between Ramdin and Simmons. Simmons slaps the ball straight to Irfan but the bowler isn’t able to grab it. It was a hard hit. 

Kulkarni is back. Plenty of singles on offer but boundaries aren’t coming. Kulkarni going for yorkers. Just four runs off the over. 

Nadeem for his final over. West Indies unable to get boundaries regularly. Seven runs from the over. 

Irfan is back. Continues to change the ball each ball. Have been tough conditions to bat. Simmons comes down the track and hits the ball straight for four. Down the leg, five wides! Keeper was at the stumps, he had no chance to grab it. 

Negi for his third. Four! Simmons drives the ball through cover for four. Seven runs from the over. 

Binny. Simmons and Ramdin rotate strike, trying to rebuild the innings. Six runs from the over. 

Pawan Negi is back. SIX! Walton is off the mark with a maximum. Comes down the track and goes over long on. OUT! Walton goes for another hit but misses the ball, which crashes into the stumps. 

Stuart Binny into the attack. Simmons flicks the ball towards square leg for four. An LBW appeal against Rampaul and umpire has given it. Rampaul has reviewed it. Three reds and Rampaul has to go. Fourth wicket falls. 

Chadwick Walton. 

Irfan. He’s bowling plenty of slower deliveries which have been tough to hit. Five singles from that over. 

Nadeem. Another wicket! This time its Smith. Quicker delivery beats Smith’s defence and the ball crashes into the stumps. He falls for 45. 

Ravi Rampaul in at five. Wicket maiden from Nadeem. 

Irfan Pathan into the attack. First ball, Smith slaps the ball over bowler’s head for four. Flat and hard. Slower delivery beats Smith, who went for another hard swing. Now Simmons plays a ramp towards fine leg for four. 12 runs from the over. 

Nadeem continues. LBW appeal against Perkins and umpire gives it! Perkins doesn’t review so India gets its second wicket. Quicker one by Nadeem beating Perkins’ defence. 

Lendl Simmons in at four. He’s off the mark with a single. Three runs and a wicket in that over. 

Now Pawan Negi into the attack. Yorker on the first ball. Second ball, overpitched and Smith sends the ball over the bowler’s head for four. Now a slog sweep behind square leg for four. SIX! Perkins is off the mark with a huge maximum over long off. 15 runs from the over. 

Shahbaz Nadeem into the attack. Getting the ball to turn straightaway. Perkins looks to slog sweep but gets beaten. Bowling well, into the stumps. Three runs from that over. 

Vinay Kumar. SIX! Smith slaps the ball way over midwicket boundary for a six. Follows it up with a four. Slashed away over backward point. LBW against Smith but umpire isn’t interested – India doesn’t review. OUT! Lara is gone. Lara gets a thick outside edge straight to point. 

William Perkins in at three. 

Kulkarni again. Beats Lara off the first ball. Lara gets off the strike on the second ball. Smith comes down the track but only gets a single. Four! Lara ends the over with a boundary. 

Vinay Kumar. Smith welcomes him with a SIX over midwicket off the first ball! Four! Overthrows and keeper Ambati Rayudu isn’t able to grab the ball thrown by Vinay Kumar, who was trying to send Smith back into the crease. Brian Lara on strike for the first time today. He takes a single off his second ball. 12 runs from the over. 

Brian Lara and Dwayne Smith open the innings. Smith on strike. Dhawal Kulkarni with the new ball. First ball, swung away from Smith, beats him. Four! Smith punches the ball past mid off. Kulkarni bowling on tight lines. Single off the last ball, five runs off the over. 

Players are out in the middle for the national anthems – West Indies followed by India. 

West Indies Masters: Dwayne Smith, William Perkins, Lendl Simmons, Brian Lara(c), Chadwick Walton, Denesh Ramdin(w), Ashley Nurse, Tino Best, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Ravi Rampaul 

India Masters: Ambati Rayudu(w), Sachin Tendulkar(c), Pawan Negi, Yuvraj Singh, Stuart Binny, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Vinay Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Dhawal Kulkarni

West Indies has won the toss and opts to bat. 

The India vs West Indies International Masters League final will be telecast on Colors Cineplex (SD & HD) and Colors Cineplex Superhits on TV and livestreamed on JioHotstar. 

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