India vs West Indies: We see something different in Ravi Bishnoi, says Rohit Sharma

Ravi Bishnoi's "variations and skill-sets" and his ability to bowl at any stage gives the team a lot of options to rotate the bowlers, said India skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Jodhpur made a dream debut for India, snapping two wickets for 17 runs in his full quota of four overs, a performance which earned him the Player of the Match Award in a six-wicket win over the West Indies in the first T20I here. "Bishnoi is a very talented guy which is why we drafted him into the squad straightaway. We see something different in him. He's got a lot of variations and skill-sets with him. He can bowl at any stage and it gives us a lot of options to rotate the other bowlers," Rohit said at the post-match presentation.

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India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I here on Wednesday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. India restricted West Indies to 157 for seven and then overhauled the target with seven balls to spare, scoring 162 for 4 in 18.5 overs.

"Very happy with his first game for India and he's got a bright future and it's just about us now on how we use him."

Rohit also tried to reach out to Shreyas Iyer, who couldn't be accommodated in the playing XI despite being in good form. "Someone like Shreyas Iyer is sitting out, very hard on him not making it to playing XI, but we needed someone to bowl in the middle which is why we couldn't get him in," the skipper said.

"It's always nice with that kind of competition going around and a lot of the guys are missing out as well. I'm happy to have that kind of challenges rather than not having players available and not in