IND vs WI 2nd T20I, Highlights: West Indies leads series 2-0 after Pooran, Hosein shine in thriller

Mukesh to bowl the second-last over of the game. Hosein could only manage a single off the first ball of the over. Mukesh to Joseph, SIX! Pulled away over deep mid-wicket to change the course of the game. Just five needed off 10 now! He manages a single to give the strike to Hosein, who takes a double. 2 off 8 now. Mukesh to Hosein, FOUR! Clears the long-off region and finishes the chase off in some style!

West Indies beat India by two wickets with seven balls in hand! Leads the five-match series 2-0.

Arshdeep Singh comes back in attack, to bowl his last over. Arshdeep to Hosein, FOUR! Clever batting by Hosein to guide the fuller ball past point to start the over with a boundary. 17 off 17 now! He takes a single in the next ball. Joseph clears the mid-off for a quick double after playing out a dot. He takes a single in the following delivery. 13 needed off 13 now. Hosein keeps the strike with a single.

Mukesh Kumar comes to bowl his third over the game. Akeal Hosein gets a single from the first ball. Alzarri Joseph gets a single too, off the pads. Mukesh to Hosein, CLOSE! Huge appeal for LBW, denied by the umpire, rightly so as the ball was way down the leg and India wasted its last review. Hosein tucks the ball at fine leg for a single. Mukesh bowls two dots to give just three off this over.

Yuzvendra Chahal with his third over. Chahal to Hetmyer, RUN OUT! Shepherd gets out on diamond duck, without scoring and facing any balls. He was sent back by Hetmyer who took a quick single while he was halfway down the pitch. India feels they are back with two quick wickets. Chahal to Holder, OUT! Stumped! Quick glovework behind the wickets to send Holder back on duck as well! Game on! Akeal Hosein takes a single to get off the mark with a single. Chahal to Hetmyer, OUT! He trapped Hetmyer this time as the DRS changed the on-field decision. West Indies is now 129/8 from 126/4!

India needs two wickets while West Indies requires 24 off 24!

Ravi Bishnoi with his last over. Bishnoi to Hetmyer, CLOSE! hits him on pads, a huge appeal for LBW which was denied by the on-field umpire. India goes for DRS but the ball was pitching outside off-stumps which saves Hetmyer. He could only manage a single off the last ball as Bishnoi gave just a single from his last over of the innings.

Mukesh Kumar comes back into the attack. He gives three singles in the first four balls. Kumar to Pooran, SIX! Low full toss, down the leg, easy pickings for Pooran as he just guides it past backward square leg. Kumar to Pooran, OUT! Finally, India gets the dangerman but it’s too late too little now. Pooran looks to end the over with another boundary but slashes the outside off ball to Sanju Samson who picked the catch in rebound at cover point.

Nicholas Pooran c Samson b Mukesh Kumar 67 (40b 6x4 4x6)

Arshdeep Singh comes back into the attack. Arshdeep to Hetmyer, SIX! Pulls it away over mid-wicket. West Indies is making a mockery of this chase. Three singles to end the over.

47 needed off 48!

Hardik comes to bowl his fourth and last. Pandya to Hetmyer, FOUR! Hetmyer flicks it over mid-wicket to bring 100 runs for West Indies with this boundary. West Indies is well on course in this chase. Seven from this over.

Ravi Bishnoi comes back into the attack. Bishnoi to Hetmyer, OUT! Edged and caught by Gill at slips. A wonderful catch by Gill as he judged it early to go down on time to catch the ball. The umpires referred it upstairs and the replays showed it bounced just before Gill. The decision overturned to NOT OUT in big screen Bishnoi to Pooran, SIX! Where did this go? He not only cleared the long-on fence but dispatched the ball out of the ground. Eight off the over as the required run rate comes down to 6 RPO.

Hardik comes back into the attack. Hardik to Pooran, he gets a single and brings up his 10th T20I fifty! Brilliant counter-attacking knock to lead West Indies to the total comfortably here.

Hardik to Powell, FOUR! Slower ball, outside off and Powell sliced away past backward point.

Hardik to Powell, OUT! The captain removed the captain as this time Hardik surprised Powell with a short ball, onto the body and Powell sliced it but straight to Mukesh at third man.

Shimron Hetmyer comes in at number six and gets off the mark with a double.

Chahal continues. Chahal to Powell, SIX! He steps out and hits a maximum with a lofted off-drive. Four from the last five as a fifty partnership for the fourth wickets comes up.

Good recovery from Bishnoi, gives just four singles from this over.

Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the attack. Chahal starts with a wide, Kishan collects and appeals for stumping as he had the ball in hand and waited enough for Powell to lose his balance. Footage shows the foot was grounded as Powell survives. Pooran gets an inside edge to fine leg and goes for a quick double, he charges down and safely comes in before Kishan can dislodge the bails. Three singles to end the over which fetched seven from the over.

Hardik brings Ravi Bishnoi inside the powerplay. Pooran switches to attacking mode to smack Bishnoi for THREE FOURS & A SIX to take 18 off the over! West Indies is miles ahead as far as the required run rate is concerned.

Mukesh Kumar comes into the attack. Kumar to Pooran, FOUR! Short and wide, Pooran had ample time on him to place the ball between fielders at points and cover for a boundary. Kumar to Pooran, FOUR! Two in two for in-form Pooran. This time drives over covers for the second boundary. 10 off the over.

Arshdeep continues. Arshdeep to Mayers, FOUR! Slices it at third-man for a boundary. Arshdeep to Mayers, SIX! A good-length ball, wide of off-stumps and whacked away by Mayers it at long-on. This is a good recovery from West Indies. Arshdeep to Mayers, OUT! Commentator’s curse, as Mayers got trapped in front by Arshdeep this time. Plays the wrong line as the ball hits him on the pads. He takes a review but the decision is upheld due to the umpire’s call. Captain Rovman Powell is the new batter. 12 off the over.

Kyle Mayers lbw b Arshdeep Singh 15 (7b 2x4 1x6)

Hardik Pandya continues. Pandya to Pooran, SIX! Full, into the middle and in Pooran’s slot as he creams it away at long-on for a maximum. Pandya to Pooran, FOUR! Short and wide, punished by Pooran, who cuts it to get the second boundary of the over, this time behind backward point. Pandya to Mayers, FOUR! An error from Pandya, he bowls down the leg and Mayers takes the gift with both hands by flicking it at fine leg. 17 runs from this over.

Arshdeep Singh comes from the other end in the attack. Kyle Mayers gets a single. Arshdeep to Pooran, OUT! A hint of movement as it hits Pooran on his back pad and the umpire gives it in India’s favour. Pooran reviews it immediately and survives as the ball was missing the stumps, confirmed by the DRS. Nonetheless a great start from India. Pooran gets off the mark with a single. Two from the second over.

Hardik Pandya comes into the attack with the new ball in hand. Brandon King and Kyle Mayers open for West Indies in a 153-run chase. Hardik to King, OUT! What a catch from Suryakumar Yadav at short extra covers! He dives on his right to catch King out who drives the out swinging delivery in his direction. Johnson Charles comes in at number three. He gets off the mark with a double from a low drive, over covers. Hardik to Charles, OUT! This time it is Tilak Varma at the forward point! Nicholas Pooran, the new batter at number four. A great start for Pandya to give India a headstart in the defence of 152 runs.

Brandon King c Yadav b Pandya 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0;

Johnson Charles c Tilak Varma b Pandya 2 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Romario Shepherd to bowl the last over. Shepherd to Axar, OUT! Top-edge and gone. He dismisses on the first ball of the over. Arshdeep Singh comes in at number nine. Shepherd to Arshdeep, FOUR! Short, in the body line as Arshdeep smashes hard to get a top edge that went over short fine for a welcome boundary. Shepherd to Bishnoi, SIX! What a shot! Where did this come from? He manufactured the power to hit a clean six over wide of long-on to bring 150 up for India!. Two singles to finish the over as India scores 152 in 20 overs.

Obed McCoy to bowl the penultimate over of the innings. He starts with a wide. Two singles and a double follow. McCoy to Axar , FOUR! Punches down the ground to get a boundary at long-on. 10 off the over.

Alzarri Joseph comes back into the attack. Joseph to Pandya, SIX! This is sheer power. He generates so much strength from his shoulders. Not an easy shot to execute but Pandya hit a flat-batted six down the ground, without moving an inch from the popping crease. Joseph to Pandya, OUT! Bowled! He castled his fellow Gujarat Titans player with a yorker. Pandya tried to block it but the ball went through his defence to give India its sixth blow. Nine and a wicket from this over.

Jason Holder comes to bow his last over of the spell. A brilliant over from him to leak just five singles. India struggling at the moment.

Akeal Hosein to bowl his last. A single from Varma to start the over. Hosein to Pandya, SIX! Hammered away by the skipper over deep mid-wicket for a gigantic six. Hosein follows it up with a back-of-length ball that hits Pandya’s knee roll. An appeal followed from the bowler but it was sliding down leg. Hosein to Varma, OUT! Varma could not find the needed connection this time and could only manage to hit it to Obed McCoy at deep backward square. Axar, the new batter in at number seven, gets off the mark with a single to end the over.

Tilak Varma c McCoy b Hosein 51 (41b 5x4 1x6)

Obed McCoy comes back in attack. McCoy to Varma, SIX! The classic pick-up shot from Varma clears the fine-leg region for a maximum. He gets to 46 with this. A double in the following ball before he gives the strike back to Pandya. A quick single for Varma, who gets to his brilliant half-century in just his second international match! A lot more to come, young man! 12 from the over as India gets past 100 in this over.

Akeal Hosein to bowl his third. He gives four singles from the first four balls. Hosein to Varma, FOUR! He brings out his reverse sweep to clear the short third region for a much-needed boundary. He keeps the strike in the following over with a single.

Two doubles and just two singles from Alzarri Joseph who gives just six runs from his third over. India quickly needs to change its gears.

Akeal Hosein comes back in attack. Hosein to Samson, OUT! What have you done Samson? He goes for a risky shot and steps out of the crease and gets beaten by a mile as Pooran stumps him comfortably to send him away on 7. Skipper Pandya walks out at number six and gets off the mark with a single in the last delivery of the over. A brilliant end of the over as Hosein gives just three singles off the over.

Sanju Samson st Pooran b Hosein 7 (7b 1x4 0x6)

Holder to Tilak, FOUR! Too full, outside off stump and Varma unleashes his inside-out loft to clear the infield and gets a boundary. Holder to Tilak, FOUR! This is clever batting from Varma as he already anticipated a short ball and swivels to play it fine to end the over with back-to-back boundaries. 11 off the over.

Romario Shepherd comes back in the attack. Shepherd to Kishan, SIX! Slogs across the slower ball to get a much-needed maximum. Shepherd to Kishan, OUT! Second time in this innings, West Indies get a wicket after conceding a boundary. Brilliant ball by Shepherd which went past Kishan’s bat to hit the top of the off-stump. West Indies is in total control with this wicket and it’s time for a drinks break.

Sanju Samson comes in at number five. Shepherd to Samson, FOUR! Cuts the short ball outside off quite late and reaped the benefit from it. A single to end the over which gave 12 and took a wicket from it.

Ishan Kishan b Shepherd 27 (23b 2x4 2x6)

Just three singles and a wide from Jason Holder’s over as India goes past 50 in the ninth over.

It has been a brilliant captaincy display from captain Rovman Powell till now with all the bowling changes and field placements. He brings the sixth new bowler in the 8th over. Kyle Mayers comes into the attack. Mayers to Tilak, CLOSE! Beats him outside off-stump! Rolled his wrist and bowls from around the wicket to create a piercing angle for left-handers and Tilak misses this time. Mayers to Tilak, FOUR! Clever, uses the length of the ball and scoops it behind for a boundary. Mayers to Kishan, FOUR! Poor this time from boundary riders to let the ball go between them at deep square leg. 12 runs comes from it.

Romario Shepherd has been brought into the attack. He hits the right areas to cramp both left-handers and gives only three singles from his over as the run-rate slinging just over 5 at the moment for the men-in-blue!

Alzarri Joseph to bowl the last over the PowerPlay. Alzarri to Kishan, FOUR! Pulled away over mid-wicket for a boundary. Nice comeback from Joseph to limit the Indians by giving only two singles from the rest of the over. Six runs from this over, India gets to 34 for 2 in PowerPlay!

Jason Holder comes into the attack. Holder to FOUR! Full, in the slot of the batter and he makes no mistake in sending it over mid-on with a lofted shot. A wide, a couple and two singles make it a nine-run over.

Obed McCoy comes back into the attack after a one-over break. McCoy to Kishan OUT! Kyle Mayers’ brilliant direct throw RUNS OUT Suryakumar Yadav, who goes for a suicidal run and was well short of his ground at the striker’s end. West Indies are on top at the moment. Tilak Varma comes in the number four. He gets off the mark with a single. Two comes from it.

Suryakumar Yadav run out (Mayers) 1 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Alzarri Joseph has been introduced in the attack. He starts with a down-leg wide. He beats Gill a couple of times with his pace. Joseph to Gill, SIX! Hammered away past deep square leg for a maximum. Solid shot from the young man to get over the ball and dispatch it away. Joseph to Gill, OUT! Gill gets out the next ball. He tries to clear the fence off the full, wide of off-stump ball for the second time in a row but finds Shimron Hetmyer, who makes no mistake to take a clean catch at deep backward point. Gill departs for a 9-ball 7. Suryakumar comes in at number three.

Shubman Gill c Hetmyer b Joseph 7 (9b 0x4 1x6)

The left-arm spinner, Akeal Hosein comes into the attack from the other end. Hosein to Kishan, SIX! A welcome boundary for Kishan. He positioned himself on time against a short, flat ball to pull it over deep square leg. A single before Gill gets off the mark off the last delivery. 8 from this over.

Obed McCoy to Ishan Kishan, chance! McCoy starts with a full-toss and Kishan looks to pounce on it as he hits over mid-off and falls just an inch short of captain Rovman Powell. McCoy is getting movement off the air as Kishan swings and misses the following delivery. He gets off the mark on the fifth delivery before Gill defends the short ball on the back foot.

Openers Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill walk out in the middle as Obed McCoy, the left-arm seamer has the new ball in hand.

172 - Average score after batting first at the Providence Stadium in Guyana

IND (highest score) vs WI: 244/4 (20) - IND lost by one run (Lauderhill; 2016)

IND (lowest score) vs WI: 138 (19.4) - IND lost by five wkts (Basseterre; 2022)

WI (highest score) vs IND: 245/6 (20) - WI won by one run (Lauderhill; 2016)

WI (lowest score) vs IND - 95/9 (20) - WI lost by four wkts (Lauderhill; 2019)

IND (highest individual score) vs WI: Rohit Sharma 111* (61)

IND (best bowling) vs WI: Ravi Bishnoi 4/16 (2.4)

WI (highest individual score) vs IND: Evin Lewis 125* (62)

WI (best bowling) vs IND: Obed McCoy 6/17 (4)

Matches played: 8

India won: 4

West Indies won: 4

Last result: West Indies won by four runs (Trinidad; 2023)

Last five results: IND won - 3; WI won - 2

Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell (C), Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy

Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar

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Hardik - A forced change for us. Kuldeep hit himself during the practise and as a precautionary measure Ravi Bishnoi plays today instead of him.

India has won the toss and elected to bat first.

In the last 10 T20Is in Guyana - The batting first team has won 7 times!

Matches played: 26

India won: 17

West Indies won: 8

No result: 1

Last result: West Indies won by four runs (Trinidad; 2023)

Last five results: IND won - 2; WI won - 3

INDIA

Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya (c), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar.

WEST INDIES

Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Johnson Charles/Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell (c), Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy.

WICKETKEEPERS

Ishan Kishan, Nicholas Pooran

BATTERS

Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma

ALL-ROUNDERS

Jason Holder, Hardik Pandya, Kyle Mayers

BOWLERS

Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal

Team Composition: IND 6:5 WI Credits Left: 9

India’s most sought-after IPL stars will have a reputation to defend and parity to restore when they take on a quality West Indies side in the second T20 International of the five-match series on Sunday.

A boundary was the difference between the two teams in the opening game in Tarouba, where the West Indies prevailed on a slow batting track with an impressive bowling effort at the back end.

The T20I series is of little consequence in an ODI World Cup year, but skipper Hardik Pandya and his deputy Suryakumar Yadav would expect to put on a far-improved batting show, both individually and collectively.

The duo along with Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson are all looking at the ODI World Cup but no one would mind a few good knocks which will give them some confidence ahead of the Asia Cup.

THE SQUADS

INDIA

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya (c), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Varma.

WEST INDIES

Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell (c), Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Oshane Thomas, Brandon King, Odean Smith, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd.

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