India vs West Indies 3rd T20I: 14-run win from 135 for 5

India beat West Indies by 14 runs in Indore to lead the five-match series 2-1. The India vs West Indies 3rd T20I at Holkar Stadium turned on a middle-order wobble that cost four wickets for 20 runs. India still reached 223. West Indies finished on 209 for 7.

A start that nearly got away

Abhishek Sharma made 69 from 30 balls and added 108 for the second wicket with Ishan Kishan, who made 37 from 18. India were 115 for 1 inside nine overs. They were 135 for 5 by the eleventh. Tilak Varma, on 28, and Axar Patel, on 20, were both run out.

Roston Chase accounted for Kishan and Shreyas Iyer, who made 1. Shamar Springer removed Abhishek. Gudakesh Motie was involved in the run out of Varma. India got to 223 anyway, and the margin came down to 14.

Nitish Kumar Reddy made 21 from 14 balls and Naman Dhir 10 from 5 to see the innings out. Both came in after the collapse. Neither faced more than 15 balls. ANI listed Roston Chase at 2 for 38, with Shamar Joseph and Shamar Springer also taking two wickets each.

Abhishek reaches 2,000 in 1,024 balls

Abhishek also became the quickest men's T20I batter to 2,000 runs by balls faced. He took 1,024. Suryakumar Yadav had held the mark at 1,164. That is a gap of 140 balls. Abhishek's fifty in Indore came off 18 balls.

• Abhishek Sharma 1,024 balls
• Suryakumar Yadav 1,164 balls
• Aaron Finch 1,283 balls
• Glenn Maxwell 1,304 balls
• Tim Seifert 1,395 balls

Arshdeep shuts the chase down

Arshdeep Singh took 3 for 44 and removed Shai Hope, Sherfane Rutherford and Keemo Paul. Naman Dhir finished with 2 for 39, including Shimron Hetmyer. Hetmyer made 43 from 26 balls and Kamil Pooran 42 from 27. Rutherford added 32. Axar Patel and Nitish Kumar Reddy took a wicket apiece. Four India bowlers took wickets between them in all.

ANI reported Shamar Springer's unbeaten 35 from 11 balls at the end of the innings. Hope went early for 5. Rovman Powell also made 5. West Indies never recovered that opening, and the late hitting only narrowed the margin.

Two matches left in the series

India lead 2-1. West Indies had levelled the series in the second T20I with a record chase built on Hope's unbeaten 102, so Indore leaves the tourists needing one of the last two. India won the opener behind a maiden T20I century from Shreyas Iyer. Indore was the third match of five. The series has alternated so far, and India have won two of the three.