India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I Highlights: India win by 8 runs and clinch series 2-0

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Clinical in most aspects of the game so far, India will now hope that star batter Virat Kohli also regains his form when they take on a struggling West Indies in the potentially series-deciding second T20 International in Kolkata on Friday (February 18). The touring West Indies side has been far from being at its best and has failed to trouble the hosts in any of the matches so far.

After being outclassed 0-3 in the ODI leg in Ahmedabad, the Kieron Pollard-led team was expected to give India some challenge in its favourite T20 format, especially after a 3-2 win over England in its last series at home. But they hardly managed to trouble the hosts in the first T20I here on Wednesday, going down by six wickets.

Squads:

India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Ruturaj Gaikwad

West Indies Squad: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran(w), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard(c), Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Darren Bravo, Shai Hope, Dominic Drakes, Hayden Walsh

18 February 2022

22:44 IST

That's it! India win

Powell made Windies believe that they could make 23 off last 4 with two back to back sixes but Harshal kept his cool and bowled a low full toss to keep the penultimate ball to just 1. One off the last ball as well and India win 2nd T20I by 8 runs and seal series 2-0.

22:40 IST

Two back to back sixes from Powell and Windies keep believing that they can still do it. 

WI needed 23 off 4 balls, now 11 off last 2.

22:33 IST

Pooran departs after making a quickfire 62. That has set up the match nicely here. Powell still there. 

Windies need 25 off last 6 balls. Bhuvi with a top class penultimate over.

22:16 IST

FIFTIES for Powell and Pooran. This pair has almost done the job for West Indies. 

India in trouble here. The wicket is hard to come by and if these two stay till the end, Windies will always be in front.

Windies need 35 off 16 balls.

21:49 IST

Powell and Pooran keep Windies in chase

Their partnership has gone beyond 50 and sixes are flying in the middle. India need to break this stand soon or the match will quickly be over. 

WI need 63 runs in 30 balls

21:40 IST

Bishnoi drops Pooran and that can turn costly for India, in the end, eventually. 

Powell and Pooran making their intentions very clear to India with some big shots already. 

Last ten overs to come. 

WI 73/2, need 114 in 60 balls

21:27 IST

Bishnoi picks a wicket only his first over of the spell. He removes Kings for 22 and India have managed to scalp two Windies wickets, both to the two Indian leggies, Chahal and Bishnoi. Rovman Powell comes to the crease.

WI 60/2 

21:17 IST

Mayers is gone for 9. Pooran joins King in the middle. Yuzvendra Chahal with the wicket. End of the mandatory powerplay as well and Windies are 41/1 after 6 overs. DRS has saved King, Chahal could have had two inside one over.    

21:04 IST

Windies 30/4

Both King and Mayers are looking good in the middle. India have been unable to pick wickets so far. 

21:01 IST

Windies 14/0 after 2 overs

King and Mayers are not looking to blindly play shots. Sedate start from them. Windies need this tonight to keep the series alive. And they are playing cautiously here. Big swing on offer from Bhuvi and Deepak.

20:45 IST

Windies begin chase!

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to start it off. King and Mayers in the middle for visitors. Target is 187.

20:40 IST

India-186/5 after 20 overs. Great innings from Venkatesh Iyer and Rishabh Pant to close the innings. Virat Kohli played his part but departed after his fifty.

20:38 IST

19.3- BOWLED! Yorker from Shepherd and Venkatesh Iyer departs after a good innings of 32 runs off 16 balls.

India-182/5 

20:34 IST

India-179/4 (19), Rishabh Pant & Venkatest Iyer chasing for that 200 run mark, 15runs from that last over. Extremely mature innings by both the youngsters.

Pant-48 (25) & Venkatesh 33 (17)

20:31 IST

18.1- Holder to Pant. SIX! Holder smacked away for a maximum, rightfully punished for bowling a full-toss, great timing from Pant.

India-172/4 (18.4), Pant 44 (23) & Venkatest 31 (15)

20:29 IST

India-164/4 (18 overs), Rishabh Pant 37 (21) and Venkatesh Iyer 30 (14) playing through the field and bowlers of West Indies comfortably. 12 runs from the 18th over. 

Current runrate- 9.11

20:25 IST

Pant & Iyer complete 50 run partnership, great innings so far by both the youngsters guiding India to a strong total.

India-159/3 (17.3), Pant 36 (20) & Iyer 26 (12)

20:20 IST

16.4- SIX! Venkatesh Iyer smacks Jason Holder for a maximum, West Indies in trouble as Pant & Iyer start the hitting party.

India-152/4 (17) Pant 33 (18) & Iyer 23 (11)

20:16 IST

Venkatest Iyer gets going now with Pant, 3 boundaries from that over of Cortwell, 15 runs off 16th over.

Inndia 139/4 (16), Pant 31 (16) & Iyer 15 (7)

20:13 IST

India-124/4 after 15 overs. Back to back boundaries from Pant, 14 runs from that over. Pant looking to guide India for a total past 160 runs.

Pant 26 (14) & Iyer 5 (3)

20:10 IST

14.1- Kieron Pollard to Pant. FOUR! Scooped over short-fineleg for a boundary. Pant welcomes West Indies skipper with a four.

India- 115/4 (14.2), Pant 18 (11) & Iyer 5 (3) 

20:08 IST

13.4- Kohli BOWLED! Roston Chase gets his third wicket of the day, beats Virat Kohli with the spin, straight to his stumps.

India-110/4 (14)

20:05 IST

SIX! FIFTY up for Virat Kohli. His 30th half-century, a very good innings by the former skipper.

India-106/3, Kohli 52 (41) & Pant 13 (9)

20:04 IST

India-98/3 at the end of 13 overs. Virat Kohli looking dangerous for the West Indies.

20:02 IST

9.2- FOUR! Kohli attacking the West Indies bowlers aggresively, Odean Smith smacked for a boundary. Kohli getting close to his long awaited fifty in this series.

India-97/3 (12.4), Kohli 46 (36) & Pant 12 (8)

19:58 IST

India-88/3 after 12 overs, just 3 runs from that over. Kohli and Pant steading the ship for India. Kohli 39 (33) & Pant 12 (7)

19:52 IST

India 85/3 after 11 overs. Kohli 38 (29) & Pant 11 (5), 9 runs of that over from Jason Holder. 

19:49 IST

FOUR! 10 overs completed, Rishabh Pant gets off the mark with a boundary.

India- 76/3 (10), Kohli 36 (27) & Pant 4 (1)

19:45 IST

9.5- Suryakumar Yadav gone for 8 runs off 6balls. Caught&bowled by Roston Chase, the off-spinner gets his second wicket of the day.

India-72/3, Kohli 36 (27)

19:40 IST

Suryakumar Yadav getting comfortable quickly, 9 overs completed. 9 runs from that one.

India-69/2, Kohli 34 (24) & Surya 7 (4)

19:35 IST

WICKET. Skipper Rohit Sharma gone for 19 runs off 17 balls, out caught by Brandon King, Rokton Chase gets his first wicket.

India- 60/2, Kohli 33 (22)

19:33 IST

India- 56/1 , (7 overs), India looking to build a big partnership. Rohit Sharma 18 (15) & Virat Kohli 29 (18)

19:31 IST

6.1- Hosein to Kohli, FOUR! Smacked through the offside between the gap.

India- 53/1 Kohli 27 (15) & Rohit 17 (14)

19:30 IST

SIX! Rohit Sharma clears the rope from the last ball of the power play. 6 overs gone, 

India-49/1 Kohli 23 (14) & Rohit 17 (14)

19:27 IST

5.3- Back to back fours by Virat Kohli against Shepherd, he looks in carnage mode tonight. Kohli 22 (12)

India- 42/1 (5.4)

19:22 IST

5 overs done, 11 runs off that last over by Jason Holder. Rohit and Kohli looking good and dangerous.

IND-34/1 Kohli 14 (9) & Rohit 11 (13)

19:20 IST

4 overs done. IND- 23/1 (4) Kohli 8 (6) & Rohit 6 (10)

19:18 IST

3.3- Dropped! Rohit Sharma dropped at point.

19:12 IST

3 over completed. Kohli hits 2 boundaries from that over by Akeal Hosein.

IND-18/1, Kohli 8 (6) & Rohit 2 (4)

19:11 IST

1.5- GONE! Ishan Kishan walks back, gets it completely wrong. Caught by Mayers Bowled by Cortwell

India-10/1 (1.5) 

19:08 IST

APPEAL. Kieron Pollard takes review for caught behind.

India- 10/0 (1.3) Ishan 2 (9) & Rohit 2 (3)

19:05 IST

1st over completed. 10 runs from the 1st over for India, two no balls from Akeal Hosein in that one.

India- 10/0 (1) Ishan Kishan 2 (5) & Rohit Sharma 2 (3)

19:04 IST

Two No balls in a row by Akeel Hosein. 

India-8/0 (0.3)

19:02 IST

WIDE and FOUR. Five-wides goes to India, free runs for the men in blue.

India-6/0 (0.3) Ishan Kishan 0 (2) and Rohit Sharma 1 (1)

19:01 IST

0.2- Hosein to Kishan. no run.

19:00 IST

0.1- Hosein to Rohit. one run. Knicked away on the leg-side for a single.

18:56 IST

Akeal Hosein to start the bowling for West Indies, Rohit Sharma on strike.

18:47 IST

All-rounder Jason Holder comes in place of Fabian Allen for the West Indies. India playing XI remains same.

18:38 IST

India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Venkatesh lyer, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi.

West Indies Playing XI: Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Roston Chase, Kieron Pollard (c), Jason Holder, Romario Shephard, Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Sheldon Cottrell. 

18:31 IST

TOSS- West Indies have won the toss and elected to bowl first.