Completed match, 11 October 2026. Report checked 12 October. India beat West Indies by 14 runs at Holkar Stadium, Indore, to take a 2–1 lead in the five-match T20I series. Asked to bat first, India were bowled out for 223 before restricting the visitors to 209/7 in their 20 overs.
Abhishek Sharma top-scored with 69 from 30 balls. Arshdeep Singh took 3/44 and was named Player of the Match, according to the ICC’s completed report. India’s win restores their series advantage after West Indies levelled the contest in Ranchi.
Abhishek Sharma gives India a fast start
Sanju Samson’s dismissal for three left India needing an early response. Abhishek supplied it with six fours and five sixes in his 69, while Ishan Kishan made 37 from 18 balls. India reached 115 in 8.2 overs before Roston Chase removed Kishan.
That start mattered because West Indies did take wickets through the rest of the innings. Chase returned 2/38, and Shamar Springer and Shamar Joseph claimed two wickets each. Tilak Varma’s 28 from 16 ended in a run-out, leaving the lower order to make sure the strong opening translated into a defendable total.
Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed 21 from 14 and Axar Patel added 20 from 14. Prince Yadav supplied three boundaries in the final over as India finished on 223. The ICC report describes a collective 432 runs across the match’s 40 overs, underlining how little room the bowlers had for error.
Arshdeep and Naman Dhir interrupt the West Indies chase
Arshdeep removed Shai Hope for five in the second over. It was an important early wicket: Hope had scored a century in the preceding Ranchi match, but India prevented their opponent’s captain from building another long innings.
Shimron Hetmyer and Kamil Pooran then added 60 for the second wicket in 31 deliveries. Hetmyer made 43 from 26 balls and Pooran 42 from 27. Their partnership brought West Indies back into the contest, but Naman Dhir dismissed both set batters and finished with 2/39.
Sherfane Rutherford’s 32 from 20 and Quentin Sampson’s 21 from 15 kept the chase moving. India continued to take wickets rather than allowing one partnership to control the innings. Axar contributed 1/33 and Nitish 1/19 alongside Arshdeep’s three wickets.
Springer’s unbeaten 35 from 11 balls made the finish tense. It was not enough: West Indies ended on 209/7, 14 runs below India’s total. The late burst narrowed the margin without changing the confirmed result.
What India’s 2–1 series lead means
India won the opening T20I by eight wickets; West Indies won the second by five wickets. Indore puts India back in front. The ICC lists the fourth T20I for 14 October in Hyderabad, followed by the fifth on 17 October in Bengaluru.
India need one more victory to secure the series. West Indies need to win in Hyderabad to keep the contest alive. No fourth-match XI, toss outcome or result follows from this scorecard; those will need separate confirmation.
CricWin24 analysis: the decisive difference in Indore was India’s ability to interrupt established partnerships. Removing Hope early was valuable, but dismissing both Hetmyer and Pooran prevented their rapid stand from becoming a match-winning one. Springer’s finish shows why the final margin should not be treated as evidence of an easy defence.
The archived Indore third-T20I prediction records the pre-match assessment; this completed result replaces its uncertainty. Our opening-match Iyer century report provides earlier series context. Follow the cricket news desk for verified developments and the match-preview section for dated analysis of upcoming fixtures.
