West Indies' Devon Thomas shakes hands with India's captain Rohit Sharma at the end of their second T20 cricket match at Warner Park in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. West Indies won by 5 wickets. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)India vs West Indies, 2nd T20 Highlights: West Indies beat India by five wickets in the second T20I here on Monday. Opting to bowl, Obed McCoy returned with a career-best six-wicket haul as West Indies dismissed India for 138. Hardik Pandya was the top scorer with a run-a-ball 31, while Rishabh Pant (24) and Ravindra Jadeja (27) also got starts but couldn’t capitalise in a match that was pushed back by three hours due to delay in arrival of team kits. While McCoy was the most successful bowler with figures of 4-1-17-6, Alzarri Joseph (1/29), Akeal Hosein (1/22) and Jason Holder (1/23) were the other wicket-takers. In reply, WI overhauled the target with four balls to spare, riding on Brandon King’s 68 and an unbeaten 19-ball 31 off Devon Thomas.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh
West Indies (Playing XI): Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Devon Thomas, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy Follow IND vs WI 2nd T20 highlights below
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141/5 (19.2)India
138 (19.4)West Indies beat India by 5 wickets
India's Dinesh Karthik, left, celebrates with Ravichandran Ashwin during their partnership against Wes Indies in the first T20 cricket match at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Last over and this one is going down to the wire. The West Indies need 10 from the last 6 deliveries. We have a super over in case of a tie. Avesh in to bowl. Oh dear dear dear!! It's a no ball!! Free hit. That's 6!!! Thomas is taking West Indies home!! Just 2 from 5 balls. Four more and West Indies win by 5 wickets. Level series.
Arshdeep to bowl te penultimate over. Can he stifle the West Indies? And gone!!! Nails his yorker and Powell is gone. That's a twist in the tail!! WI 124/5 after 18.2 overs
Into the 18th over now. The 17th from Arshdeep has really piled the pressure on the West Indies. They need 27 from 3 overs. Pandya will bowl this one. Just 2 from the first 2 balls. And Thomas delivers a 6 off the 5th ball. WI 123/4 after 18 overs.
Avesh Khan in to bowl the 16th over and is slapped for a six by King. Takes revenge and cleans up King. Last laugh and all thar!! You miss andv I hit. WI 107/4 after 15.3 overs
Jadeja strikes!!!! Hetmyer just plays into the hand of the bowler and that's another wicket down for the West Indies. They still have a lot of batters left though. WI 83/3 after 12.3 overs.
On to the 12th over now. In the gap and that's a four from Hetmyer off the fourth ball. And King gets his half century. West Indies are chugging along nicely. WI 82/2 after 12 overs.
Ashwin in to bowl the 10th over. The West Indies are looking pretty comfortable in the run chase. But Pooran is gone. Great timing for India. WI 71/2 after 9.4 overs.
Finally a breakthrough for India as Mayers tries to play on the leg side and is caught by Ashwin in the deep. Pandya prevails for India. WI 46/1 after 6.1 overs.
The second over from Arshdeep was pretty expensive as he went for 10 runs, with two boundaries in it. The 3rd over gets a four too, though unintentional. WI 23/0 after 3 overs
Brandon King and Mayers are at the crease. Brandon King is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack. That's a four to start the innings by King. WI 6/0 after 1 over.
All over. Holder takes the final wicket as India fail to play 20 overs. The indian innings ends at 138. west Indies need 139 to win. Can they do it? We'll see!!
That's the maiden fifer for McCoy in T20I internationals. Absolutely phenomenal as he sends Ashwin back. What a match he is having. And that's wicket number 6!!! IND 129/9 after 19 overs.
The 19th over now and McCoy strikes again. Dinesh Karthik is gone. The finisher departs. India can't catch a break. IND 127/6 after 18.1 overs.
On to the 17th over and the fourth ball is hit high by Ravindra Jadeja. Gets the elevation but does not get the distance and Powell will not miss those. Another wicket for McCoy. IND 115/6 after 16.3 overs.
GONE!!! And Holder lands the killer blow. Hardik had actually smacked that but it just gets the fielder. The ominous looking partnership is broken. IND 104/5 after 14 overs
That's another six from this over. Hardik Pandya is on song tonight. Odean Smith does not look happy, Unlike most of the WI bowlers, he has had no luck against this Indian lineup. IND 96/4 after 12 overs
India are 75/4 after 10 overs. On to the 11th now and Jadeja starts Akeal Hosein's over with a six!!! 3 runs off the next 4 balls. What a turn. Might be a stumping miss. IND 84/4 after 11 overs.
Rishabh Pant started the 7th over with a boundary but Akeal Hosein gets the last laugh as Pant tries to hit one and perishes. IND 61/4 after 6.3 overs.
Last over inside the powerplay and India are hitting sixes. No wicket will stop them. This time it's Pandya who punishes Smith for a massive six. IND 56/3 after 6 overs
Odean Smith in to bowl the 4th over and Pant has hit him for a six. It's up to him and Iyer to give India a fighting total. But no the next over, Alzarri Joseph snaps up Iyer. not to be tonight. IND 40/3 after 4.2 overs.
That's another gone. West Indies have made a blistering start and McCoy is the one pulling all the strings in the middle. Gets rid of Suryakumar Yadav next!!! IND 17/2 after 2.1 overs
Now then, we start with Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav on the pitch. Surya is wearing Arshdeep's shirt and what just happened??? Rohit is gone first ball. Edged it and Akeal Hosein takes the catch off McCoy!! IND 0/1 after 0.1 overs.
Team News - Harshal Patel has a rib injury and is unavailable for selection for the 2nd and 3rd T20I. He is being monitored by the BCCI medical team.
We gonna have a bowl, wickets look nice and we will try and use our experience. We want to forget that game and believe in our process and execute our plans. Different conditions today and the guys are looking forward to whatever spin/seam attack they have. We have two changes. Keemo Paul and Brooks are out.
It was quite pleasing for us, the way we played first game. We stuck to our plans and executed it really well. It's another opportunity for us and we are looking to repeat what we did in the first one. We want the guys to be able to bat anywhere and don't want them to be batting in specific positions. We want the guys to be flexible, there are two ways to look at it depending on certain players. We probably read the pitch well in the first game and thought as a team we made the right call to go with three spinners. The dimensions are different here and wanted to get an extra seamer here. Bishnoi misses out unfortunately and Avesh Khan comes in. It's unfortunate that he misses out but we are trying whatever we can from the team's perspective.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh
West Indies (Playing XI): Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Devon Thomas, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
Toss time now. The coin goes up and West Indies win the toss, opt to bowl first against India.
Before the start of the match, India captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid takes a good look at the pitch. Going by the recent CPL scores, this is probably a 170-180 run wicket.
As we wait for the toss and the match to officially begin, here's the highlights of the 1st match to whet your appetite.
In the last match, Dinesh Karthik helped the team set a target in excess of 190. The 37-year-old once again aced the finisher's role (41 off 19 balls) to help the team amass 36 runs off the last two overs. Given Karthik's prowess, he would fancy his chances of doing an encore.
As we wait for the matc to begin, here's some other news for indian cricket fans. Shikhar Dhawan, who recently led India to a 3-0 clean sweep in West Indies, was confirmed as captain again as India announced squad for the three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe later this month. The 15-member squad picked by the All-India Senior Selection Committee featured three new names from the one that recently played in the Caribbean. Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav and Deepak Chahar return back to the India mix after recovering from injuries. (READ MORE)
Apparently, according to the veteran Harsha Bhogle and several outlets, the match has been further delayed to 11 PM. We'll get back to you as soon as more information becomes available.
Rohit Sharma was bang on the buck in the first T20 when he played a captain's knock of 64 runs off 44 deliveries. India will be hoping for their captain to find his form before the T20 World Cup comes around in October.
KL Rahul has not yet recovered sufficiently, after first undergoing successful surgery for a sports hernia, and then suffering from a bout of Covid-19. The senior Indian opener took to his social media and clarified things which has delayed his recovery. (READ MORE)
If it was Rishabh Pant who walked out an opener in the T20Is against England with Rohit, the first game against the West Indies saw Suryakumar Yadav filling that role. Suryakumar, who has turned out to be the seventh opener for India in T20Is this year, got going quickly (24 off 16 balls) until Akeal Hosein stalled his progress. It will be interesting to see if the team management carries on with its experimentation given that KL Rahul is not available for the time being.
Cricket West Indies pushed back the start of the second Twenty20 international with India on Monday by two hours because of “significant delays in crucial team luggage” arriving from Trinidad. “CWI regrets any inconvenience caused to our valued fans, sponsors, broadcast partners and all other stakeholders,” it said Monday.
Probable XI: Shamarh Brooks, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran (c & wk), Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh
Welcome to our live coverage of the 2nd T20I between India and West Indies which is delayed after hitting a technical snag. The Rohit Sharma-led team will take on Pooran's West indies and will look to build a solid 2-0 lead in the series. What separated the two teams in the first match was not only its all-round performance but also smart captaincy by Rohit who fielded his three spinners Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi. Another victory would only boost India's confidence further as they look to gain momentum ahead of the marquee T20 World Cup later this year.