In the first T20 match, India won the match by 68 runs with West Indies due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning the first T 20 match, India leads by (1-0) in the five T20 matches series with West Indies.

Earlier West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first thus India first batted and made a huge score of 190/6 in 20 overs due to great batting by Rohit Sharma 64 (44), Dinesh Karthik 41* (19), and Suryakumar Yadav 24 (16). Alzarri Joseph 2/46 (4), Akeal Hosein 1/14 (4), Keemo Paul 1/24 (2), Obed McCoy 1/30 (4), and Jason Holder 1/50 (4) were good bowling from the West Indies side. After this inning, India set a huge target of 191 runs in 20 overs for West Indies to win the first T20 match.

During chasing, West Indies scored 122/8 in 20 overs and lose this match by 68 runs with India due to great bowling by Ravichandran Ashwin 2/22 (4), Arshdeep Singh 2/24 (4), Ravi Bishnoi 2/26 (4). Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/11 (2), and Ravindra Jadeja 1/26 (4). Sharmarh Brooks 20 (15), Keemo Paul 19* (22), and Nicholas Pooran 18 (15) were good batting from the West Indies side.

Dinesh Karthik (IND) 41* (19), was declared as the Player of the Match due to his great performance in batting.