Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Iyer Century and Dhir Debut Lead India Past West Indies
India and the West Indies played the first game of a five-match T20 cricket series in Lucknow.
West Indies batted first and scored 171 runs before all their players were out.
Sherfane Rutherford scored 56 runs, and captain Shai Hope scored 52.
Naman Dhir was playing his first T20 International for India and took three wickets.
India lost two early wickets while chasing the target.
Then Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan batted together without getting out.
Iyer scored 102 runs, his first T20I century.
India reached the target in 14.4 overs and won by eight wickets.
West Indies were bowled out for 171 in 19.1 overs in the first match of the five-match T20I series.
Debutant Naman Dhir took three wickets for 31 runs, while Kuldeep Yadav claimed two wickets.
Sherfane Rutherford scored 56 and captain Shai Hope made 52 for West Indies.
Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 102, his maiden T20I century, as India chased the target.
Iyer and Ishan Kishan, unbeaten on 37, shared a 137-run partnership as India won by eight wickets in 14.4 overs.
- Who
- India and the West Indies; Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten century and debutant Naman Dhir took three wickets.
- What
- India defeated the West Indies by eight wickets after bowling them out for 171 and chasing 172.
- When
- Tuesday; the articles do not give a date.
- Where
- Lucknow.
- Why
- The match was the first game of a five-match T20 International series.
West Indies
India
Match performance
West Indies
West Indies made 171, with half-centuries from Sherfane Rutherford and Shai Hope, but were bowled out in 19.1 overs.
India
India's bowlers restricted West Indies to 171, then Iyer and Kishan guided the chase to an eight-wicket victory.
Key contributions
West Indies
Rutherford scored 56 and Hope made 52 for West Indies.
India
Dhir took three wickets, while Iyer scored an unbeaten 102 and shared a 137-run partnership with Kishan.
- West Indies total
- 171 all out in 19.1 overs
- India total
- 172 for 2 in 14.4 overs
- Result
- India won by eight wickets
- Naman Dhir
- 3 wickets for 31 runs on his T20I debut
- Shreyas Iyer
- 102 not out; maiden T20I century
- Partnership
- Iyer and Ishan Kishan added an unbeaten 137 for the third wicket
- West Indies leading scorers
- Sherfane Rutherford 56; Shai Hope 52
