India, Oct. 13 -- West Indies all-rounder Shamar Springer said his team's "Plan B" was to be as defensive as possible against on-song India opener Abhishek Sharma but his early onslaught gave the home team enough cushion to "stifle" the visitors for a 14-run win in the third T20 International here.

Abhishek smacked six fours and five sixes to notch up his 14th half-century - 69 off 30 balls - while becoming the fastest-ever in terms of balls faced to complete 2,000 T20I runs.

His 108-run stand with Ishan Kishan (37) for the second wicket helped India post 223 and eventually win by 14 runs for a 2-1 lead in the five-match series here.

"He is a world-class player. Kudos to him, for sure. But I guess our plan B is to just be as defensive ...