India T20 skipper Hardik Pandya blamed the loss of quick wickets in the middle overs as the reason for his side falling short in the first T20I and suffering a narrow four-run defeat to West Indies in the first game of the five-match series.

Restricting West Indies to 149-6 in their allotted 20 overs after the hosts won the toss and elected to bat first, India seemed to have recovered from a horrendous start after losing both openers for 28 runs, with Tilak Varma (39) taking them to 77 before Hardik Pandya (19) and Sanju Samson (12) shared a 36-run partnership to take them to 113-4.