Arshdeep and Abhishek power India to 2-1 lead

Live Update: Arshdeep and Abhishek power India to 2-1 lead On an Indore pitch whose low bounce made big hitting difficult, Abhishek Sharma’s 30-ball 69 ended up giving India an above-par total The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 The smile of a champion – Mohammed Siraj picked up five wickets in a ten-ball period, India vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup final, Colombo, September 17, 2023 Alyssa Healy poses with the trophy after Australia retained the Ashes, England vs Australia, 3rd ODI, Women’s Ashes, Taunton, July 18, 2023 A general view of the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 3rd match, Jaipur, October 17, 2006 A general view of the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Punjab Kings vs Delhi Citals, IPL 2024, Mullanpur, March 23, 2024 The Haryana Cricket Association’s Bansi Lal Stadium in Lahli, Haryana v Rajasthan, 1st semi-final, Ranji Trophy 2011-12, Rohtak, 1st day, January 10, 2012 Arshdeep Singh celebrates after knocking over Sherfane Rutherford, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 India 223 (Abhishek 69, Kishan 37, Chase 2-38) beat West Indies 209 (Hetmyer 43, Arshdeep 3-44) by 14 runs Finally, at the sixth time of asking, a total has been defended successfully on West Indies’ tour of India.

Considering some of what has gone down in the last fortnight, India ‘s 223 might not sound like a lot, but on an Indore pitch whose low bounce made big hitting difficult, Abhishek Sharma ‘s 30-ball 69 ended up giving India an above-par total. Take out his 14-runs-per-over innings, and the rest of the match, including extras, yielded around 10 an over for both the sides: India 154 in 15 overs, West Indies 209 in their 20. While India’s drop was more dramatic – from 115 for 1 in 8.1 overs to 135 for 5 and then a failure to finish big – West Indies kept losing wickets regularly to India, who welcomed the absence of dew.

Arshdeep Singh went to death bowling with the new ball to finally get Shai Hope for a low score after which India were pinpoint with their tactics to constantly stay just out of reach of West Indies throughout the innings. Axar Patel came back from figures of 3.3-0-63-0 in Ranchi to stall West Indies in the middle overs, part-timers Naman Dhir and Nitish Kumar Reddy did their job too, and Arshdeep and Prince Yadav used yorkers with the dry ball to shut the game out well before the 20th over. West Indies banked on their hero with the ball in the last match, Roston Chase , but Abhishek gave himself a bit of a sighter before he started to attack.

Sanju Samson, on whom the onus fell to strike the first blow, was caught at midwicket in the second over, allowing Chase two left-handers to bowl at early in the innings. Abhishek, though, let him bowl to his plan only for one over. In Chase’s second, he gave himself room and hit two sixes and a four.

Ishan Kishan joined the fun by going after Keemo Paul as India raced away to 87 for 1 in the powerplay. Abhishek scored 50 of his 69 runs on the off side, Only once has he scored more off-side runs in an international innings. Along the way he became the quickest man to 2000 T20I runs.

After a brief breather, Chase had his own back when he had Kishan stumped for 37 off 18. This, unfortunately for West Indies, would not be the last six-and-out of the night. In the immediate aftermath of Kishan’s dismissal, it became parent for the first time on the night that this was not as much of a featherbed as Ranchi was.

As the middle order tried tom keep up with the start given by Abhishek and Kishan, they kept falling. Tilak Varma again looked in silken touch, but freakish wickets kept denying India the finishing kick. Reddy nicked one down the leg side, Varma ran himself out assuming a boundary had been hit and walked back to the crease, Axar failed to say no to Arshdeep when a single was not on.

Given the chasing trends and the small boundaries, West Indies went into the break confident. With the new ball at the start of the second innings, the difficulties of hitting at will were more parent. Mayank Yadav extracted a bit of seam movement in the first over, but Arshdeep didn’t take chances.

He went round the wicket to Hope, and nailed two yorkers before bowling him out with a length ball. Shimron Hetmyer, dropped on 5 off Mayank, shook off the inertia of the West Indies start with 19 off Arshdeep’s second over, but the Yadavs, Mayank and Prince, still closed out the powerplay well to keep West Indies to 54 for 1. With Kamil Pooran struggling to go quicker than a run a ball, Hetmyer had to take more risks, giving Dhir his fourth six-and-out of the series in the seventh over.

Axar and Dhir proceeded to shut West Indies down for two overs, resulting in the wicket of Rovman Powell to make it 82 for 3 in the 10th over. Pooran made a desperate attempt to swing at everything in Dhir’s third over, hitting three sixes and repairing his strike rate a little but his fourth attempt ended up in a boundary catch. Dhir now had five international wickets, all of them off the immediate ball after being hit for a six.

Naman Dhir got Shimron Hetmyer a ball after being hit for six, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 The ball was dry, the spinners had done well all night, but Shreyas Iyer went back to pace as soon as Quentin Sampson walked out. India had scouted well, as Samspon struggles to hit high pace as well as he does spin. Sherfane Rutherford and Sampson kept West Indies in the contest for the next four-and-a-half overs but only just.

India were willing to exhaust the overs of their best quicks right then and there for a wicket, which eventually hpened to go to Reddy, who did his job by bowling figures of 2-0-19-1. Needing 65 off the last four, West Indies now needed the best of Rutherford, but with Arshdeep and Prince maintaining a good execution rate with their yorkers, he was left with a little too much to do. Oyer kept bowling his best bowlers to make sure Axar had 36 to defend in the last over.

On an Indore pitch whose low bounce made big hitting difficult, Abhishek Sharma’s 30-ball 69 ended up giving India an above-par total Arshdeep Singh celebrates after knocking over Sherfane Rutherford, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Soft dfismissal and Samson just does not want to move. Hard length on middle and off, 150.8kph. Samson looks to stand still and flick it across the line.

He is cramped for room and it goes off the inner half to Pooran at short midwicket. Easy catch and an early strike for West Indies after choosing to bowl The short ball does it for Springer! Digs it in on middle and leg.

Seem to have taken Abhishek by surprise. He is on the front foot and looks to pull. Only gets a top edge.

Springer himself settles under it and pouches it. West Indies have come back really well after the powerplay Chase has the last laugh and roars back with a wicket! Once again anticipates the charge from the batter.

Pulls his length ball and lands it on a length, 94.4kph. Gets it to go straight on. Kishan comes down the track but is done in by the length.

Looks to turn it across the line. Misses and is beaten on the inside edge. Finds himself in a tangle, too.

Hope does the rest with Kishan flat on the ground outside the crease Ishan Kishan was left in a tangle as he was stumped, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Huge peal for lbw! And Iyer reviews straightaway. Tossed up outside off, 93.1kph.

Slightly fuller in length. He looks to whack it across the line but is beaten on the inside edge. He is hit on the back pad.

Is it in line of the stumps? Iyer has already started to walk back by the time ball-tracking loads. Umpire’s call on impact but it would have gone on to hit the stumps.

India retain the review but lose their ctain. Once again Chase making things hpen Low full toss on leg, flicked out fine on the leg side, Kamil Pooran at deep square leg runs and dives to his left. His attempt to stop that ball sees him flick it back towards his right and the ball nearly bounces off the ground and nearly rolls to the ropes, but Pooran is able to keep it out.

But wait, what’s hpened here? Axar and Tilak think they’ve got a four and while returning for the second run they bump fists and, and West Indies have pealed for a run-out! The ball comes in to Hope at the striker’s end but Axar is able to get back before Hope knocks the bails off.

Now they’ll check the bowler’s end. Tilak pears to be walking off! Hope threw the ball to Motie, and Tilak was casually strolling back, not aware of the threat, and that’s a massive brain-fade from the India vice-ctain!

Bizarre dismissal, but sharp work from West Indies! They thought they had a boundary, but didn’t realise the ball was still in play! And it’s another wicket gone for India!

This is tossed up full outside off and Dhir reaches away from his body. Doesn’t quite get under it and ends up lofting it straight to long-off. India in a spot of bother here Has he tickled it down leg?

Looks like he has, as Reddy walks off This is a length ball going down leg, a harmless delivery really, that Reddy looks to glance but it just gets a thin edge that Hope gobbles up. Soft delivery and India lose another wicket at a key moment Another run-out! Pretty sure Iyer and Gambhir won’t be hpy with this!

This is full and wide, hit out straight to point. There was no run there and Axar isn’t interested but turns to see that Arshdeep has run all the way over. So he belatedly starts off, but in vain.

Easy run-out in the end. Should he have just sent Arshdeep back, as the last recognized batter? Was his call as well!

Axar Patel was run-out after miscommunication with Arshdeep Singh, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Springer comes back with a wicket! Or at least the umpire reckons so. Arshdeep reviews .

Arshdeep plays all around a full toss and is hit plumb in front of middle. And ball-tracking shows that crashing into middle and off. This review can be counted as a hat-trick of brain-fades from India for their last three wickets!

Shamar Joseph nails the yorker and India are bowled out for 223 . 146kph yorker on leg, Mayank Yadav looks to squeeze it out but it goes off the bat onto his boot and deflects onto the stumps. West Indies need only 224 to win, and not 250 or more!

Ishan Kishan was left in a tangle as he was stumped, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Chase has the last laugh and roars back with a wicket! Once again anticipates the charge from the batter. Pulls his length ball and lands it on a length, 94.4kph.

Gets it to go straight on. Kishan comes down the track but is done in by the length. Looks to turn it across the line.

Misses and is beaten on the inside edge. Finds himself in a tangle, too. Hope does the rest with Kishan flat on the ground outside the crease Huge peal for lbw!

And Iyer reviews straightaway. Tossed up outside off, 93.1kph. Slightly fuller in length.

He looks to whack it across the line but is beaten on the inside edge. He is hit on the back pad. Is it in line of the stumps?

Iyer has already started to walk back by the time ball-tracking loads. Umpire’s call on impact but it would have gone on to hit the stumps. India retain the review but lose their ctain.

Once again Chase making things hpen Soft dfismissal and Samson just does not want to move. Hard length on middle and off, 150.8kph. Samson looks to stand still and flick it across the line.

He is cramped for room and it goes off the inner half to Pooran at short midwicket. Easy catch and an early strike for West Indies after choosing to bowl Shamar Joseph nails the yorker and India are bowled out for 223 . 146kph yorker on leg, Mayank Yadav looks to squeeze it out but it goes off the bat onto his boot and deflects onto the stumps.

West Indies need only 224 to win, and not 250 or more! Has he tickled it down leg? Looks like he has, as Reddy walks off This is a length ball going down leg, a harmless delivery really, that Reddy looks to glance but it just gets a thin edge that Hope gobbles up.

Soft delivery and India lose another wicket at a key moment Axar Patel was run-out after miscommunication with Arshdeep Singh, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 The short ball does it for Springer! Digs it in on middle and leg. Seem to have taken Abhishek by surprise.

He is on the front foot and looks to pull. Only gets a top edge. Springer himself settles under it and pouches it.

West Indies have come back really well after the powerplay Springer comes back with a wicket! Or at least the umpire reckons so. Arshdeep reviews .

And it’s another wicket gone for India! This is tossed up full outside off and Dhir reaches away from his body. Doesn’t quite get under it and ends up lofting it straight to long-off.

India in a spot of bother here Soft dfismissal and Samson just does not want to move. Hard length on middle and off, 150.8kph. Samson looks to stand still and flick it across the line.

He is cramped for room and it goes off the inner half to Pooran at short midwicket. Easy catch and an early strike for West Indies after choosing to bowl Chase has the last laugh and roars back with a wicket! Once again anticipates the charge from the batter.

Pulls his length ball and lands it on a length, 94.4kph. Gets it to go straight on. Kishan comes down the track but is done in by the length.

Looks to turn it across the line. Misses and is beaten on the inside edge. Finds himself in a tangle, too.

Slightly fuller in length. He looks to whack it across the line but is beaten on the inside edge. He is hit on the back pad.

Is it in line of the stumps? Iyer has already started to walk back by the time ball-tracking loads. Umpire’s call on impact but it would have gone on to hit the stumps.

India retain the review but lose their ctain. Once again Chase making things hpen The short ball does it for Springer! Digs it in on middle and leg.

Seem to have taken Abhishek by surprise. He is on the front foot and looks to pull. Only gets a top edge.

Springer himself settles under it and pouches it. West Indies have come back really well after the powerplay And it’s another wicket gone for India! This is tossed up full outside off and Dhir reaches away from his body.

Doesn’t quite get under it and ends up lofting it straight to long-off. India in a spot of bother here Has he tickled it down leg? Looks like he has, as Reddy walks off This is a length ball going down leg, a harmless delivery really, that Reddy looks to glance but it just gets a thin edge that Hope gobbles up.

Soft delivery and India lose another wicket at a key moment Low full toss on leg, flicked out fine on the leg side, Kamil Pooran at deep square leg runs and dives to his left. His attempt to stop that ball sees him flick it back towards his right and the ball nearly bounces off the ground and nearly rolls to the ropes, but Pooran is able to keep it out. But wait, what’s hpened here?

Axar and Tilak think they’ve got a four and while returning for the second run they bump fists and, and West Indies have pealed for a run-out! The ball comes in to Hope at the striker’s end but Axar is able to get back before Hope knocks the bails off. Now they’ll check the bowler’s end.

Tilak pears to be walking off! Hope threw the ball to Motie, and Tilak was casually strolling back, not aware of the threat, and that’s a massive brain-fade from the India vice-ctain! Bizarre dismissal, but sharp work from West Indies!

They thought they had a boundary, but didn’t realise the ball was still in play! Another run-out! Pretty sure Iyer and Gambhir won’t be hpy with this!

This is full and wide, hit out straight to point. There was no run there and Axar isn’t interested but turns to see that Arshdeep has run all the way over. So he belatedly starts off, but in vain.

Easy run-out in the end. Should he have just sent Arshdeep back, as the last recognized batter? Was his call as well!

Holkar Stadium roars. They know what it means to get Hope out chely. Swings back in from a length outside off, 136kph.

Hope clears his front leg and goes for a mighty heave across the line. He loses his she and stumps. Pretty strange from the West Indies ctain to go for the blind hits early on, especially after showing how clean he can hit even while holding his she Arshdeep Singh got the dangerous Shai Hope out early, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Oh, Dhir does get six-and-out again!

He took a few extra blows but the wicket is what matters, and just as Kamil Pooran was starting to let loose. This is tossed up fuller, and around leg, cramping him for room. Pooran looks to play that pick-up shot over square leg again but can’t quite get under it this time and hits it straight down the fielder’s throat in the deep.

All five of Dhir’s T20I wickets have now come after being hit for six! Slows it down and extracts the just reward. Actually it skids on and Dhir benefits.

On a length on middle and leg, it goes on with the arm, 87.7kph. Hetmyer goes back to turnm it across once again. Misses and the ball ricochets off his back pad onto the stumps.

A six-and-out wicket for Dhir once more in the series Naman Dhir got Shimron Hetmyer a ball after being hit for six, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 The release shot… releases him from the middle! Holes out to deep cover.

Axar bowls it with a slightly side-arm action. On a length outside off. Powell charges down to go inside out over the off side.

Slices it aerially and Kishan runs in from the deep and takes it comfortably Arshdeep’s yorkers are doing it for India! Inswinging yorker and it sneaks under the bat to hit the base of middle stump! That’s probably the game gone for West Indies as the in-form Rutherford departs trying to swing for the hills.

Excellent death bowling, this, from India’s quicks Arshdeep Singh celebrates after knocking over Sherfane Rutherford, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Flat and straight to long-off! Wide yorker, would have been a wide if he left it alone, but he shuffles across and looks to thump it down the ground. Doesn’t get the elevation needed and Tilak Varma gets across to his right to take that safely.

Reddy points at the skies as he gets a crucial breakthrough, his first of the match too Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Axar Patel all smiles after a wicket, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Taken at deep cover! Arshdeep goes for a yorker around middle and leg and Paul looks to back away and swing it leg side. Gets a leading edge and it goes high on the off side to the safe hands of Tilak Varma Arshdeep Singh got the dangerous Shai Hope out early, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Arshdeep Singh celebrates after knocking over Sherfane Rutherford, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Big wicket!

Holkar Stadium roars. They know what it means to get Hope out chely. Swings back in from a length outside off, 136kph.

Arshdeep goes for a yorker around middle and leg and Paul looks to back away and swing it leg side. Gets a leading edge and it goes high on the off side to the safe hands of Tilak Varma Arshdeep’s yorkers are doing it for India! Inswinging yorker and it sneaks under the bat to hit the base of middle stump!

That’s probably the game gone for West Indies as the in-form Rutherford departs trying to swing for the hills. Excellent death bowling, this, from India’s quicks Naman Dhir got Shimron Hetmyer a ball after being hit for six, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Slows it down and extracts the just reward. Actually it skids on and Dhir benefits.

On a length on middle and leg, it goes on with the arm, 87.7kph. Hetmyer goes back to turnm it across once again. Misses and the ball ricochets off his back pad onto the stumps.

A six-and-out wicket for Dhir once more in the series Oh, Dhir does get six-and-out again! He took a few extra blows but the wicket is what matters, and just as Kamil Pooran was starting to let loose. This is tossed up fuller, and around leg, cramping him for room.

Pooran looks to play that pick-up shot over square leg again but can’t quite get under it this time and hits it straight down the fielder’s throat in the deep. All five of Dhir’s T20I wickets have now come after being hit for six! The release shot…

releases him from the middle! Holes out to deep cover. Axar bowls it with a slightly side-arm action.

On a length outside off. Powell charges down to go inside out over the off side. Slices it aerially and Kishan runs in from the deep and takes it comfortably Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Axar Patel all smiles after a wicket, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 Flat and straight to long-off!

Wide yorker, would have been a wide if he left it alone, but he shuffles across and looks to thump it down the ground. Doesn’t get the elevation needed and Tilak Varma gets across to his right to take that safely. Reddy points at the skies as he gets a crucial breakthrough, his first of the match too Big wicket!

Holkar Stadium roars. They know what it means to get Hope out chely. Swings back in from a length outside off, 136kph.

Actually it skids on and Dhir benefits. On a length on middle and leg, it goes on with the arm, 87.7kph. Hetmyer goes back to turnm it across once again.

Misses and the ball ricochets off his back pad onto the stumps. A six-and-out wicket for Dhir once more in the series Naman Dhir got Shimron Hetmyer a ball after being hit for six, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 The release shot… releases him from the middle!

Holes out to deep cover. Axar bowls it with a slightly side-arm action. On a length outside off.

Powell charges down to go inside out over the off side. Slices it aerially and Kishan runs in from the deep and takes it comfortably Oh, Dhir does get six-and-out again! He took a few extra blows but the wicket is what matters, and just as Kamil Pooran was starting to let loose.

This is tossed up fuller, and around leg, cramping him for room. Pooran looks to play that pick-up shot over square leg again but can’t quite get under it this time and hits it straight down the fielder’s throat in the deep. All five of Dhir’s T20I wickets have now come after being hit for six!

Flat and straight to long-off! Wide yorker, would have been a wide if he left it alone, but he shuffles across and looks to thump it down the ground. Doesn’t get the elevation needed and Tilak Varma gets across to his right to take that safely.

Inswinging yorker and it sneaks under the bat to hit the base of middle stump! That’s probably the game gone for West Indies as the in-form Rutherford departs trying to swing for the hills. Excellent death bowling, this, from India’s quicks Arshdeep Singh celebrates after knocking over Sherfane Rutherford, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 He started slowly, showing Roston Chase the respect the bowler deserved, but Abhishek Sharma still got to his fifty off just 18 balls, messing with West Indies’ well-laid plans Abhishek Sharma scored heavily on the off side, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 On an Indore pitch whose low bounce made big hitting difficult, Abhishek Sharma’s 30-ball 69 ended up giving India an above-par total Arshdeep Singh celebrates after knocking over Sherfane Rutherford, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 West Indies were forced to leave out Romario Shepherd and brought in Quentin Sampson and Keemo Paul for him and Akeal Hosein After 501 runs were scored in Ranchi in just 38.3 overs, the two teams will be put to the sword in another batting paradise The India opener shares his mindset and the preparation that helps him take on the world-class bowlers Cheteshwar Pujara speaks about how Abhishek Sharma took time to assess conditions and then citalised on his start On an Indore pitch whose low bounce made big hitting difficult, Abhishek Sharma’s 30-ball 69 ended up giving India an above-par total Arshdeep Singh celebrates after knocking over Sherfane Rutherford, India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore, October 11, 2026 After 501 runs were scored in Ranchi in just 38.3 overs, the two teams will be put to the sword in another batting paradise IND vs WI 2026/27, IND vs WI 3rd T20I Match Report, October 11, 2026 – Arshdeep and Abhishek power India to 2-1 lead IND vs WI 2026/27, India vs West Indies Match Report: On an Indore pitch whose low bounce made big hitting difficult, Abhishek Sharma’s 30-ball 69 ended up giving India an above-par total On an Indore pitch whose low bounce made big hitting difficult, Abhishek Sharma’s 30-ball 69 ended up giving India an above-par total Sidharth Monga is a senior writer at Springer: ‘Not much you can really do besides be defensive’ against Abhishek Abhishek turns to off to turn it on in Indore West Indies bowl; India bring in Reddy and Prince India and West Indies head to Indore for potential run-fest with series level Springer on Chase: ‘He’s the X-factor so far’ Abhishek: ‘It’s not about hitting sixes but getting that big over’ What was different about Abhishek’s innings in Indore?

Arshdeep and Abhishek power India to 2-1 lead

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