Watch: Ishan Kishan's stunning reverse-cup catch during IND vs WI 1st T20I

Two days after winning the Gold Medal in the Asian Games 2026 by beating Pakistan in the final, the Indian T20I side locked horns with the West Indies for the opening T20I of the five-match series at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, where Ishan Kishan’s superb reverse-cup catch goes viral.

India’s captain, Shreyas Iyer, won the toss and had no hesitation in bowling first, keeping in mind the dew later in the second innings, which makes it incredibly hard for the bowlers to grip the ball. However, the batting first sides have a statistical advantage at this venue.

Watch Ishan Kishan's reverse-cup catch behind the stumps: Video, batter dismissed and over

It was the first delivery of the 15th over of the innings when Kuldeep Yadav bowled a harmless shortish delivery which turned in slowly as the batter, Matthew Forde, went for the pull shot towards the deep mid. He didn’t get the power, and the ball travelled to Kishan’s left.

Watch Ishan Kishan's catch here- 

Kishan covered the ground very quickly, and despite appearing to lose it in the lights, he recovered remarkably well to complete the catch. He got both hands low to his left while skidding and simply put them out in hope of the ball sticking. It did into his left hand as he looked in disbelief at what he had pulled off.

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Kuldeep could hardly believe it. Forde was dismissed for just two runs off four balls as the visiting batting line-up started to fall like a pack of cards. 

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Kamil Pooran struggled massively with the bat before being dismissed to a wide yorker from Arshdeep Singh for 12 runs. Their captain, Shai Hope, meanwhile, continued his superb form and celebrated his half-century before being dismissed for 52 runs off 37 balls at a strike rate of 140.54 with six boundaries and two sixes.

Their middle and lower order fell like a pack of cards, while Sherfane Rutherford notched up a fine fifty at a strike rate of more than 160. Naman Dhir finished with figures of 3/31 in his four overs, while Kuldeep had 2/33 in his four overs. India bundled them out for 171 in 19.1 overs. 

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Brief Scores: West Indies- 171 (Sherfane Rutherford 56, Naman Dhir 3/31) vs India