भारत vs वेस्ट इंडीज, चौथा टी-20, राजीव गांधी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्टेडियम, हैदराबाद, 14 October 2026 - हाइलाइट्स

Almost a yorker that tails into the batter, Nitish Kumar Reddy carves it straight down the ground for a single.

Pushes it wide outside off, a yorker from Springer. Tilak covers the stumps and throws his bat with all might but only manages an underedge that rolls to the left of the keeper. One run taken.

At 128.5 kph, this is full on the stumps, Nitish cannot get under it and mistimes the heave off the inner half of the bat. The ball rolls to deep mid-wicket for a single only.

Wide! Keeps it away from the arc, but goes beyond the tramline, pitching just inside the cutstrip. Tilak lets it through. The umpires take a second look at it, and they are satisfied that it's a wide.

Short of a length and outside off, and Varma swings through it like a tennis forehand, sending it down to long off for a single.

SIX! Clean strike, but India need more of those. Plenty of those actually. Very full outside off, Nitish swings through the line and thumps it powerfully over long off for a six.

Full and straight, just outside off, Nitish smashes it hard, but to Keemo Paul at mid off for just a single.

Joseph hits a hard length, bowling it over middle and darting it back in. Nitish Kumar Reddy leans back to pull but gets more off and an inside edge down to short fine leg.

FOUR! Easy pickings. Too full and down leg, NKR helps it on its way and the ball races away between the keeper and short fine leg for a boundary.

Hammered in a hard length around off, Reddy hangs back and powers the pull wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

WIDE! Oh, that's a very close call. A searing yorker, just slipping down the leg side. Nitish Kumar Reddy does well to leave it alone and actually, the replays show that the ball is inside that red line.

Geez, that is a sharp bumper by Shamar Joseph. Banged in short and around off, angling it in. Nitish Kumar Reddy looks to pull but is hurried on and the ball smashes into the helmet before going towards point. The fielder at point springs across and fails to pouch it, resulting in a single. However, the fielder then fires in a wide throw at the bowler's end and concedes an overthrow. Gudakesh Motie, who is backing up from deep mid-wicket, ends up scoring a direct hit at the keeper's end, but replays show that NKR is in. Amidst all this, there is also going to be a concussion check.

SIX! Joseph errs in line again and pays the price. A low full toss on leg stump, missing the yorker, and Nitish Kumar Reddy gets under it well, flicking it high and long over deep backward square leg for a biggie. 15 off the over already.

SIX! Swung away over the ropes and the Hyderabad crowd has found its voice again. Joseph bashes a good length now, but ends up serving it more in the slot, on off and middle. Reddy hangs back and clobbers it flat over long on for another biggie. 59 needed now off 24 balls.

SIX! The Windies pacers are missing their lengths, and the Indian batters are piling on the sixes. A low full toss, angled across off. Tilak Varma hangs well deep in the crease and powers it down the ground for a biggie.

Dug in well short and over leg, slower too. Varma reads it well and moves inside the line, but misses to connect.

Shorter in length, pushed wider of the off stump. Varma crashes it through the off side, picking up a single towards sweeper cover.

WIDE! The slower bouncer from Shepherd, dug in well short and outside off. Left alone on height by NKR.

Nicely bowled. Romario now jams in a wide yorker and gets it spot-on, bowling it with a very slingy arm. Reddy digs it out into the off side and picks up a single.

Good work in the deep, but the 200 comes up for India now. A full toss on the stumps, Tilak Varma leans far back and swings it away, flat and wide of mid-wicket. Sherfane Rutherford runs around to his right from deep mid-wicket and cuts it off, keeping it down to two runs.

OUT! CAUGHT! Stunned silence once again inside the stadium. 48 more needed off 18 balls. Romario Shepherd shows nerves of steel as he bowls a slower ball, and pitches it full and outside off. Tilak Varma is hanging back and looks to power it away but loses his shape and ends up slicing it high over extra cover. Rovman Powell is one of the safest catchers in this Windies side and he covers good ground from long off to take the catch. Varma's fighting knock comes to an end.

Short of a length and outside off, swung away aerially down to wide long on for a single.

Full and wide, angling it across the left-hander. Axar Patel reaches out to angle it away, but ends up squeezing it off the toe end, and the ball goes nowhere.

Springer keeps the line outside off, and brings out the slower bumper now. Patel looks to upper-cut but fails to reach it. Two golden dot balls in a row for West Indies.

Pace on this time, speared in at the toes. Axar clips it away through mid-wicket and the batters race back for two runs.

Excellent bowling from Springer. Pace off, into the pitch and slanted well across off. Patel ends up stabbing it across to mid-wicket as he tries to pull and only picks up a single.

That's a top delivery to end the over, and only 5 runs come off the 18th over of the chase. Yorker-length, nailed at the toes. Nitish Kumar Reddy just about manages to smother it away to the on side for a single.

WIDE! Banged in halfway down the pitch and wide outside off. This is left alone for a wide, which is called for height.

SIX! High and long, and Nitish Kumar Reddy is keeping the fight alive for India. 36 needed off 11 balls now. Full and outside off, but in the slot. Reddy hangs back before whacking it straight back down the ground for a huge six.

OUT! CAUGHT! Keemo Paul answers right back, and that should be that. Full and straight, getting the ball to reverse back in a bit, cramping the batter for room. Nitish Kumar Reddy tries to clear the front leg and go big over long on, but fails to get the desired connection. The ball lofts down to long on, where Rovman Powell comes in a bit and takes a simple catch. 

OUT! BOWLED! Thank you very much, says Keemo Paul to Prince Yadav, and he now has a four-fer. Slower ball, pitched up on middle, and angling it in. Yadav stays back and swings across the line, but is early in his shot. He misses out on the connection and the ball crashes into the leg stump, sending it cartwheeling out of the ground. Paul is also on a hat-trick as Prince walks back for a golden duck.

No hat-trick! Paul comes around the wicket to the left-hander and angles it in on a good length, attacking the stumps. Arshdeep Singh exposes all three stumps but manages to hit it away through mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Take a bow, Keemo Paul! He's picked up a five-wicket haul, and West Indies are just one wicket away from victory now. Paul lands this one right at the toes of the batter, allowing no room to free the arms. Axar Patel leans on and uses the wrists to flick and sends the ball sailing down to the left of deep mid-wicket. Sherfane Rutherford runs around and pouches it safely.

A dot to end a stellar spell, and Keemo Paul finishes with figures of 4-0-41-5! Full of a good length, wide outside off. Mayank Yadav swings and misses.

FOUR! Streaky! Short of a good length and around off, Arshdeep Singh backs away and goes after it, slicing it over short third for a boundary.

WIDE! Joseph hasn't found his rhythm at all in this series. Slower ball, trying to bowl a wide yorker but this is spilled beyond the tramline.

Slower again, but into the pitch this time and angled into the batter. Singh comes down the pitch, looking to swing across the line but is undone by the lack of pace.

Ouch! Singh looks to back away again, and Joseph bowls it quick and short, darting it into the batter. Singh ends up getting cramped for room and takes a blow to the left bicep. That's a sore one to get.

FIVE WIDES! Nearly another nasty blow, but what is Shamar Joseph even trying to do? Arshdeep Singh is constantly exposing all three stumps, and yet Joseph isn't targeting the stumps, only hampering his own figures further. Banged in quick and short and this one angles well down the leg side, past a charging Arshdeep and rolls away to the fine leg fence. Singh is in agonizing pain once again.