Windies lose opener

India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the opening Twenty20 International of the three-match series at Eden Gardens in India on Wednesday.

Here is the scoreboard of that match:

WEST INDIES

B King c Suryakumar Yadav b Kumar 4

K Mayers lbw b Chahal 31

+N Pooran c Kohli b Harshal Patel 61

R Chase lbw b Bishnoi 4

R Powell c Iyer b Bishnoi 2

A Hosein c & b Chahar 10

*K Pollard not out 24

O Smith c Sharma b Harshal Patel 4

Extras (lb6, w11) 17

TOTAL (7 wkts, 20 overs) 157

Did not bat: F Allen, R Shepherd, S Cottrell 

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-51, 3-72, 4-74, 5-90, 6-135, 7-157

Bowling: Kumar 4-0-31-1 (w1), Chahar 3-0-28-1, Harshal Patel 4-0-37-2 (w3), Chahal 4-0-34-1 (w1), Bishnoi 4-0-17-2 (w6), Iyer 1-0-4-0.

INDIA 

*Rohit Sharma c Smith b Chase 40

Ishan Kishan c Allen b Chase 35

V Kohli c Pollard b Allen 17

+R Pant c Smith b Cottrell 8

Suryakumar Yadav not out 34

V Iyer not out 24

Extras (lb1, w3) 4

TOTAL (7 wkts, 18.5 overs) 162

Did not bat: D Chahar, Harshal Patel, R Bishnoi, B Kumar, Y Chahal.

Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-93, 3-95, 4-114

Bowling: Cottrell 4-0-35-1 (w1), Shepherd 3-0-24-0 (w2), Smith 2-0-31-0, Hosein 4-0-34-0, Chase 4-0-14-2, Allen 1.5-0-23-1.

Result: India won by six wickets.

Series: India lead three-match series 1-0.

Toss: India.

Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal, KN Ananthapadmanabhan; TV – Virender Sharma.