Kolkata, March 1 Varun Chakravarthy provided India the first breakthrough as the West Indies reached 82/1 at the halfway stage against India in their must-win T20 World Cup match here on Sunday.
Chakravarthy dismissed West Indies captain Shai Hope on the third ball of his first, and overall ninth, over, as India aimed to contain the Caribbean batters, even though they missed a couple of chances for wickets in the first five overs.
Hope scored 32 off 33 balls with three fours and a six.
In the sixth over, Roston Chase drove Axar Patel through covers for a four and also hit another towards backward square as the West Indies reached 45/0 after the powerplay.
Chase was batting on 38 (22 balls; 5 fours, 1 six) with Shimron Hetmyer on 9 not out (5 balls; 1 six) at the other end.
