Overview
- Tilak Varma was run out after a mix-up with Axar Patel when both batters appeared to think a Gudakesh Motie delivery had gone for four and stopped running, leaving Varma short of his ground.
- West Indies fielder Kamil Pooran kept the ball in play with a near-boundary save, a relay to Shai Hope and Motie that directly enabled the run-out confirmed by the third umpire.
- The dismissal arrived in the 17th over on Sunday and removed a set batter who had been scoring quickly, interrupting India’s planned late-overs acceleration.
- Axar Patel was run out in a separate running lapse soon afterwards, and India finished on 223, a total observers say could be vulnerable at the Holkar Stadium where high scores are common.
- Coach Gautam Gambhir reacted angrily in the dugout and fans on social media widely criticized the errors, raising questions about basic communication and discipline in India’s death-over play.