IND vs WI: WATCH - Sensational Direct Hit From Kyle Mayers Costs India Wicket Of Sanju Samson

West Indies displayed a magnificent fielding performance in the first T20I against Indian Cricket Team at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. The staggering heroics of Kyle Mayers to remove Sanju Samson tilted the game in the hosts’ favor and won them the match. 

Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, India were the favorites to win the game because of their batting depth. After the team lost Hardik Pandya in the 16th over for 113 runs while chasing a total of 150 runs, the onus was on Sanju Samson to take his team home. 

Sanju Samson looked in good touch and a lot was expected from him. He even smashed a big six and Indian fans had a lot of hopes from him. But the luck didn’t go in his favor as he got run out for 12 runs off 12 balls, thanks to the brilliance of Kyle Mayers. 

Axar Patel punched slower delivery from Jason Holder to the right of the cover fielder and ran quickly to steal the single. Kyle Mayers collected the ball in a flash and the hit bullseye at the keeper’s end to cut short Sanju Samson’s stay as fell short of his ground.

Here’s the video of Sanju Samson’s: 

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— No-No-Crix (@Hanji_CricDekho) August 3, 2023

IND vs WI: India lose by 4 runs in the first game 

Chasing the target of 150 runs, India had a horrendous start as they lost Shubman Gill (3) and Ishan Kishan (9) early. They didn’t get going at all as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Debutant Tilak Varma looked the most promising batter as he played a brutal knock of 39 batters whereas the rest of the batters failed to cross the 22-run mark. 

Jason Holder was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies as he tilted the game for his side after he removed Suryakumar Yadav (21) and Hardik Pandya (19). India could manage just 145 runs and lost the game by 4 runs to go 1-0 down in the series.