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Patna : West Indies (WI) scored a competitive 157/7 in 20 overs in 1st T20I against India at Edens Garden, Kolkata, West Bengal, on February 16, 2022, night, as Nicholas Pooran (wk) played a blistering knock of 61 runs in 43 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes three of spinner of Yuzvendra Chahal and one each of Deepak Chahar and Harshal Patel.
Opener Kyle Mayers scored 31 in 24 balls with 7 fours while captain Kieron Pollard remained unbeaten on 24 in 19 balls hitting 2 fours and 1 six. WI lost lost their first wicket that of opener Brandon King (4) with only 4 runs on board. King fell to Bhuvmeshwar Prasad. But, Mayers and Nicholas Pooran added 47 runs for the 2nd wicket.
Mayers fell to Yuzvendra Chahal. Roston Chase fell to debutant leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi for 4 making it 72/3. Rovman Powell also fell to Bishnoi for 2 making it 74/4. Akeal Hosein fell to medium fast bowler Deepakj Chahar for 10 and it was 90/5. Odean Smith fell to Harshal Patel for 4 on the last ball of 20th over. Bishnoi took 2/17 in 4 overs.