IND vs WI 4th T20I: Gill, Jaiswal star as India thrash West Indies by 9 wickets

Indiarsquos opening pair of Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal made the mockery of a chase of 179 by acing it with immaculate ease and star in thrashing West Indies by nine wickets in the fourth T20I at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium on SaturdayAfter Shimron Hetmyer was breezy in his stroke play to slam a 39ball 61 and take West Indies to a competitive 1788 in 20 overs Gill and Jaiswal absolutely bossed the chase to help India level the series at 22 with Sundayrsquos game now a winnertakesitall decider Though Gill fell for 77 off 47 balls laced with three fours and five sixes Jaiswal went on to stay unbeaten on 84 off 51 balls hitting 11 fours and five sixes in just his second T20I game as India pulled off the highest successful menrsquos T20I chase at the venueThough the pitch looked to have slowed down during the chase Gill and Jaiswal combined power and timing to hit sizzling shots and find boundaries easily against a listless West Indies bowling lineup in their mammoth 165run opening standThe association of 165 runs between Gill and Jaiswal is also the jointhighest partnership for the opening wicket for India in mens T20Is tied with the pair of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma who scored their runs against Sri Lanka in December 2017Jaiswal was on fire from the word go pouncing on width from Obed McCoy for a boundary on the first ball and then hammered one past midoff to end the over with another four He took the attack to Jason Holder in the third over smacking three boundaries through the offsideAlso ReadIndia vs West Indies 2023 Is Yashasvi Jaiswal the next cricket sensationGill joined the boundaryhitting party with his signature shortarm jab going for six off McCoy Jaiswal continued to deal in fours driving and scooping off Romario Shepherd On the other hand Gill smacked sixes down the ground and via a swivelpull before ending the powerplay by driving Odean Smith through coverpoint for four as India signed off with 66 for no lossDespite the field restrictions coming in Indiarsquos run rate continued to be healthy as Gill and Jaiswal dealt in boundaries off pacers and spinners with the opening partnership reaching the century markAfter recording three singledigit scores in the series Gill got his fifty in 30 balls while Jaiswal reached his first halfcentury in T20Is in 33 balls by shuffling across and lapping over backward square leg for four in the 11th overThe carnage didnrsquot end as Gill easily flicked Odean Smith for six while Jaiswal reverseswept Akeal Hosein for a maximum Jaiswal was more aggressive of the duo tonking Smith over cowcorner for six before getting a thick edge off McCoy for four and hammering him over longon for another maximumGill again brought the shortarm jab to hit Shepherd for a six before miscuing a flick to deep midwicket as West Indies broke the 165run opening partnershipBut it was too little too late for West Indies as Jaiswal slashed for four more Tilak Varma fetched four runs via flick before two wides ensured India completed the chase with three overs to spareBrief scoresWest Indies 1788 in 20 overs Shimron Hetmyer 61 Shai Hope 45 Arshdeep Singh 338 Kuldeep Yadav 226 lost to India 1791 in 17 overs Yashasvi Jaiswal 84 not out Shubman Gill 77 Romario Shepherd 135 by nine wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever