Team India drew first blood in T20I series as well, beating the West Indies by five wickets at the Eden Gardens here yesterday, but not before they had been given a little scare. Defending a modest 109, debutant Oshane Thomas launched a Caribbean comeback by removing skipper Rohit Sharma in the very first over and Shikhar Dhawan in his next to set the cat among the pigeons.

With skipper Carlos Brathwaite getting into the act and knocking down two more, the Indians were suddenly 45 for four in the eighth over and looking vulnerable. Both bowlers had cranked up the pace and found disconcerting bounce. A 38-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik put the hosts back on course. Debutant Krunal Pandya joined Karthik to lend the finishing touches as India romped home with 13 balls to spare. Karthik, who kept wickets, remained unbeaten on 31 off 34 with three boundaries and a six.