India carry 2-1 series lead into Bengaluru T20I finale against West Indies

The finale at the Chinnaswamy

India and the West Indies will bring their five-match T20I series to a close at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on October 17, 2026, with the fifth T20I scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM. The match centre lists the game as yet to begin, with live streaming on JioHotstar and television broadcast on Star Sports.

India lead 2-1 after a 14-run win

As of the latest updates published alongside the match centre, India hold a 2-1 lead in the series after beating the West Indies by 14 runs in their most recent meeting — a win powered by Abhishek Sharma with the bat and Arshdeep Singh with the ball. Abhishek has been in record-breaking form during the contest: he became the fastest batter to reach 2,000 runs in T20I cricket, going past the mark held by Suryakumar Yadav, and also smashed five sixes against the West Indies to equal a T20I record standing in Suryakumar Yadav's name.

Eight cities, three ODIs, five T20Is

The 2026 tour, announced in late September, pits the teams against each other in three ODIs followed by five T20Is across eight Indian venues. The 50-over leg was scheduled for Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati and New Chandigarh, with the T20I series running through Lucknow, Ranchi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. India drew first blood in the ODI leg: per the preview published on September 28, they held a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series after an eight-wicket win in the opener, powered by centuries from Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, with the second ODI set for the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on September 30.

Head-to-head: India's T20I dominance

India hold a commanding edge in the T20I rivalry, winning 22 of the 34 matches played between the two teams, against 11 West Indies victories. In the T20I rankings, India sit second in the world, with the West Indies seventh.

Form over the last 12 months

The hosts' T20I machine has been rolling over the past year: India have played 42 matches in the last 12 months, winning 28 and losing 11 for a win percentage of 66.67%. The West Indies have played 27, winning 14 and losing 12 for a win rate of 51.85%.

Top performers of the past year

The individual numbers heading into the finale skew heavily India's way:

Abhishek Sharma — 1,187 runs, the most among the tracked performers
Arshdeep Singh — 43 wickets
Shai Hope — 692 runs, the West Indies' leading run-scorer on the list
Jason Holder — 25 wickets

Squads for the fifth T20I

India

Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper)
Axar Patel (all-rounder)
Kuldeep Yadav (bowler)
Shreyas Iyer (batsman)
Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper)
Shivam Dube (all-rounder)
Abhishek Sharma (all-rounder)
Arshdeep Singh (bowler)
Tilak Varma (batsman)
Ravi Bishnoi (bowler)
Nitish Kumar Reddy (all-rounder)
Mayank Yadav (bowler)
Naman Dhir (all-rounder)
Prince Yadav (bowler)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (batsman)

West Indies

Akeal Hosein (bowler)
Roston Chase (all-rounder)
Shai Hope (wicketkeeper)
Gudakesh Motie (bowler)
Shimron Hetmyer (batsman)
Amir Jangoo (wicketkeeper)
Keemo Paul (all-rounder)
Shamar Springer (all-rounder)
Rovman Powell (batsman)
Romario Shepherd (all-rounder)
Sherfane Rutherford (batsman)
Matthew Forde (bowler)
Kamil Pooran (batsman)
Quentin Sampson (batsman)
Jewel Andrew (wicketkeeper)
Shamar Joseph (bowler)

With the series poised at 2-1 and Bengaluru staged as the last of five matches, the Chinnaswamy will host the final chapter of the 2026 tour — India looking to convert their lead into a series triumph, the West Indies needing results to wrest it back.