Captain Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten 102 off 43 balls as India beat the West Indies by eight wickets in the first T20 of the five-match series in Lucknow on Tuesday. Chasing 172, India cruised home with 32 balls to spare. Iyer struck 10 fours and six sixes. Abhishek Sharma fell for 21 off 10 balls to Roston Chase and Sanju Samson departed cheaply, leaving India at 35 for two. Iyer and Ishan Kishan then seized control with an unbroken 137-run stand off 67 deliveries. West Indies, put in to bat, slipped to 44 for three in the powerplay after Arshdeep Singh removed Kamil Pooran for 12, with Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell also falling early. Shai Hope rebuilt the innings with Sherfane Rutherford in a 63-run fourth-wicket stand before falling for 52 off 37 balls to Naman Dhir. Dhir and Kuldeep Yadav struck through the middle order, Mayank Yadav dismissed Rutherford for 56, and Axar Patel cleaned up the tail as West Indies were bowled out for 171 on the first ball of the final over.