The other Pandya checks in: All-round Krunal stars in India's tricky ch

India ended a fourmatch winless run against the West Indies with a fivewicket victory that came on the back of debutant Krunal Pandyas flourish and Dinesh Karthiks poise here SundayWrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav 313 led the Indian bowlers fine show to restrict West Indies to 109 for eight after standin skipper Rohit Sharma opted to to field on a dewladen Eden Gardens India responded well with the pacers giving them a fine start after Umesh Yadav dismissed Denesh Ramdin in the third overPlaying their first match at home without the inspirational Mahendra Singh Dhoni India were 45 for four in eight overs leaving their fragile middle order exposedBut the local boy Karthik who leads Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL stayed calm in his 31 not out from 34 balls 3x4 1x6 to steer India home with 13 balls to spareHardiks brother Krunal hit the winning boundary off Keemo Paul in the 18th over The new Pandya smashed 21 off nine ballsThis was Indias first win against the World T20 champions since 2014 spanning five matches The 21yearold debutant pacer Oshane Thomas 221 gave Windies a flying start removing both the openers Rohit Sharma six and Shikhar Dhawan three for 16 inside the third over He bowled a peach of a delivery that clocked 147kph the extra bounce taking an inside edge off Rohits blade to dismiss the standin skipper on his happyhunting groundIn his next over he struck once again rattling Dhawans middlestump It was a perfect scenario for dashing Delhi wicketkeeperbatsman Rishabh Pant as he had ample time in the middle to play a matchwinning knock and justify his inclusion in the side But Pant 1 got out playing a rash shot in his fourball stay to become skipper Brathwaites first victimBack at the ground where he hit four sixes in an over to help his side win the World T20 two years ago Brathwaite next dismissed KL Rahul 16 in a wicket maiden over to put India on the backfoot Fortunately for India the target was not a steep one and all they needed was a sensible partnership which turned out to be the 38run stand from 45 balls between Manish Pandey 19 and KarthikEarlier debutant Khaleel Ahmed 116 and Jasprit Bumrah 127 ensured that the Windies runrate dried up before the spin duo of Krunal Pandya 115 and Kuldeep made merry Kuldeep 313 also completed 100 wickets in T20 cricket Tottering at 63 for seven inside 15 overs the Windies looked to fold up inside 100 but Fabian Allen 27 from 20 balls and Khary Pierre 15 not out from 13 balls lifted the total past 100Krunal finished with excellent figures of 114 bowling his four overs at a stretch After being hit for a six by Kieron Pollard in his first over the leftarm spinner not only dismissed the explosive batsman but conceded just four runs in his final three overs to finish on a high Down with a gastric complaint Bhuvneshwar Kumar pulled out in the last minute despite being named in the XII but his absence was hardly felt with Yadav and debutant and Khaleel doing a fine jobLeftarm pacer Khaleel was sensational giving away just 10 runs from his three overs including a maiden over to Pollard It was in the same over the Windies batsmen made a mockery of running between the wickets and were sprinting against each other after confusionOpener Shai Hope who had impressed with an unbeaten 123 and 95 in the ODI series was the poor victim Introduced in the fifth over Bumrah picked up another inform batsman Shimron Hetmyer 10 in his fourth over Runs dried up early as the visitors struggled at 31 for three and the World T20 champions never looked at ease in their favourite format taking 62 balls to complete 50 runsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis 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