the first t20 game was not much different than the test and oneday series as the windies were unable to deliver the knockout blow despite having india on the ropes oshane thomas brought back memories of the great fastbowling attack of the windies with his pace and bounce to trouble the indian batsmen and carlos brathwaite the windies skipper made good use of his height and bowled just the length which forced the indian batsmen to be on the back footthe indian batsmens discomfort when facing short balls at pace was seen as they like most batsmen in the world have forgotten the backfoot play ever since the bouncers have been restricted to one per over and helmets have come into play still since a bowler can only bowl four overs in a t20 game and the windies didnt have another quickie to support thomas the lowerorder batsmen were able to take india homethomas can be the fast bowler windies are looking for to let it rip shannon gabriel also has pace but seems a reluctant fast bowler being loathe to use the short ball even in his first spell but not thomas who was happy to give the indians some chin music and get them to smell the leather mind you the eden gardens pitch had a bit of carry and he may not get similar help in lucknow the new venue is not familiar with the indians too and so both captains may be happy to lose the toss and see how the pitch is playingdinesh karthik once again showed his class as he shepherded india to a win in the company of the debutant krunal pandya who showed a great sense of the occasion and looks as if he belongs at this level he has done similar rescue acts for mumbai indians in the ipl and here donning the india blue he looked totally at homethe other debutant khaleel also bowled well and with pierre and allen also doing a good job the game was a good one for debutants of both teams the world champions have to win the lucknow game to stay in the series and their batting has to show more awareness of the situation than they did at the eden gardens