"Whenever I play T20 cricket I am not someone who comes to the ground to hit the ball in the air to entertain the crowd. I focus on doing the job. Our strength as a team is to strike in the latter half of the innings," Kohli said after the match.
Besides Kohli, KL Rahul impressed at the top of the order scoring 62 runs off 40 balls, including five boundaries and four sixes.
Earlier, despite having won the toss, India couldn't stop the West Indies from scoring a formidable total of 207/5 in 20 overs.
However, the hosts chased down the tough target with eight balls to spare. The two team will next meet in the second T20I in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
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