The India vs West Indies T20I series 2026 ended 2-2 after the deciding fifth match in Bengaluru was washed out on 17 October. India won in Lucknow and Indore, West Indies won in Ranchi and Hyderabad, and captains Shreyas Iyer and Shai Hope shared the trophy. This page has every result, the key scorecards and the numbers that decided the series.
India vs West Indies T20I series 2026: all results
| Match | Date and venue | Scores | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st T20I | 6 October, Lucknow | West Indies 171 (19.1 overs); India chased it in 14.4 overs | India won by 8 wickets |
| 2nd T20I | 9 October, Ranchi | India 249/5; West Indies 252/4 (18.3 overs) | West Indies won by 6 wickets |
| 3rd T20I | 11 October, Indore | India 223; West Indies 209/7 | India won by 14 runs |
| 4th T20I | 14 October, Hyderabad | West Indies 247/3; India 223/9 (19.4 overs) | West Indies won by 24 runs |
| 5th T20I | 17 October, Bengaluru | India 118/5 (7.4 overs, 9-over match) | No result (rain) |
Series: drawn 2-2. All matches started at 7pm IST.
1st T20I, Lucknow: Iyer’s maiden hundred
Iyer won the toss and chose to bowl. West Indies were bowled out for 171 in 19.1 overs. Hope made 52 off 37 balls and Sherfane Rutherford 56 off 34, but debutant Naman Dhir took 3 for 31, and Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel took two wickets each.
India needed only 14.4 overs to win. Iyer, captaining the T20I side, reached his first T20I hundred off 42 balls and finished on 102 not out. He shared an unbeaten stand of 137 for the third wicket with Ishan Kishan and was named player of the match.
2nd T20I, Ranchi: West Indies chase 250
Sent in after Hope won the toss, India made 249 for 5. Sanju Samson hit 82 off 41 balls, reaching his fifty in 21. Kishan added 43 off 22, and Iyer (40 off 18) and Tilak Varma (44 not out off 18) put on 83 in 32 balls. Roston Chase took 3 for 24.
Mayank Yadav took three wickets, including Shimron Hetmyer first ball, but Rutherford (84 off 37, seven sixes) and Hope (102 not out off 45, nine sixes) took West Indies home with nine balls to spare. India kept an unchanged XI, which again left Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on the bench.
3rd T20I, Indore: Abhishek and Arshdeep
India brought in Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prince Yadav for Shivam Dube and Kuldeep Yadav. Samson fell for 3, but Abhishek Sharma (69 off 30, fifty in 18 balls) and Kishan (37 off 18) added 108 for the second wicket. India then lost three wickets for nine runs, including Iyer for 1, and were bowled out on the last ball for 223.
Arshdeep Singh bowled Hope for 5 in the second over. Hetmyer (43) and Kamil Pooran (42) rebuilt, but Dhir removed both, and Arshdeep came back to dismiss Rutherford and Keemo Paul. West Indies finished on 209 for 7. Arshdeep took 3 for 44 and was player of the match.
| India batting | Runs (balls) | West Indies batting | Runs (balls) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Sharma | 69 (30) | Shimron Hetmyer | 43 (26) |
| Ishan Kishan | 37 (18) | Kamil Pooran | 42 (27) |
| Tilak Varma | 28 (16) | Shamar Springer | 35* (11) |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 21 (14) | Sherfane Rutherford | 32 (20) |
| Axar Patel | 20 (14) | Quentin Sampson | 21 |
Best bowling: Arshdeep 3 for 44 and Dhir 2 for 39 for India; Chase 2 for 38, Springer 2 for 50 and Shamar Joseph 2 for 54 for West Indies.
4th T20I, Hyderabad: Hope’s second hundred, Paul’s five
West Indies batted first and made 247 for 3. Hetmyer hit 33 off 12, and Hope finished on 102 not out off 50 balls, with Rutherford 49 not out off 26. Mayank Yadav conceded 52 in four wicketless overs.
Samson (56) and Abhishek (29) gave India a quick start, but Keemo Paul took five wickets, including three in the 19th over. Varma (43 off 25) and Reddy (41 off 20) kept India in the chase until Paul’s late burst. Arshdeep was hit on the arm and could not continue, and India ended on 223 for 9.
5th T20I, Bengaluru: rain decides it
Rain cut the decider to nine overs a side. Hope won the toss and bowled. Kishan hit 30 off 10, including the 100th six of the series, and Dhir smashed 24 not out off six balls. India were 118 for 5 after 7.4 overs when the rain returned, and there was no time left for even a five-over chase. The match lasted about 48 minutes.
Series stats: the numbers that decided it
Leading run-scorers (four completed matches)
| Player | Team | Runs | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Hope | West Indies | 261 | Two unbeaten hundreds |
| Sherfane Rutherford | West Indies | 221 | 84 in the Ranchi chase |
| Shreyas Iyer | India | 159 | 102* in Lucknow |
| Sanju Samson | India | 152 | 82 in Ranchi |
| Abhishek Sharma | India | 139 | 69 off 30 in Indore |
Leading wicket-takers (four completed matches)
| Player | Team | Wickets |
|---|---|---|
| Roston Chase | West Indies | 6 |
| Keemo Paul | West Indies | 6 |
| Arshdeep Singh | India | 5 |
| Naman Dhir | India | 5 |
West Indies’ three 200-plus totals
| Match | West Indies total | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd T20I, Ranchi | 252/4 | West Indies won |
| 3rd T20I, Indore | 209/7 | India won |
| 4th T20I, Hyderabad | 247/3 | West Indies won |
| Total | 708 runs | India won 1 of 3 |
What the 2-2 tells us
Hope was the best player on either side. His 102 not out in Hyderabad was his third T20I hundred, the most by any West Indies batter, according to Al Jazeera. He also made an unbeaten 162 in the final ODI of the same tour, so India’s bowlers never found a plan for him.
India’s batting held up. India made 249, 223 and 223 in their three full innings after the opener and scored at more than 15 an over in the washed-out decider.
The bowling did not. Conceding 200 or more in three games in a row is the clearest lesson of the series. Arshdeep and Dhir took five wickets each, but no Indian bowler controlled the scoring for long, and Arshdeep’s arm injury in Hyderabad added a fitness worry.
Dhir is the find of the series. He took 3 for 31 on debut, two key wickets in Indore and hit 24 off six balls in Bengaluru, giving India a spin-bowling all-rounder option.
India’s next T20I assignment is in New Zealand. Follow it on our India tour of New Zealand 2026 page, which has the schedule, IST timings and every result.
Squads
India: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav. Naman Dhir made his T20I debut in the first match.
West Indies: Shai Hope (captain, wk), Jewel Andrew (wk), Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Keemo Paul, Kamil Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Springer.
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KhelGossip’s view: the 2-2 flattered India’s bowling
A drawn home series against a West Indies side ranked below India is not a disaster, but the scoreline hides how close India came to losing it. West Indies made 708 runs in three innings in the middle of the series, and India won only one of those games. Their batting kept them level. Their bowling did not.
Two selection calls stand out to us. First, India left Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the top run-scorer of IPL 2026, on the bench in Ranchi while their bowlers conceded 252. If the plan was to protect a 15-year-old, it cost India a game. Second, Naman Dhir did more than anyone expected: wickets on debut, two key wickets in Indore and quick runs in Bengaluru. In our view he has earned a run as the spin-bowling all-rounder, ahead of a specialist who leaks runs.
The lesson for the New Zealand tour was simple: India could not keep relying on 220-plus totals. The early results there show the batting can do it, but a stronger side will punish the same bowling.
Series run and wicket tallies cover the four completed matches. Scores from the ESPNcricinfo scorecards; series tallies from Khel Now; Hope’s record as reported by Al Jazeera.
