WI vs IND 2nd ODI Highlights: West Indies trumps India by four wickets to keep series alive

The last couple of months have given nothing but pain for West Indies cricket. An unprecedented failure to qualify for the World Cup was followed by a Test series defeat to India. Then came the first ODI where it was embarrassingly rolled over.

But this win should give them a shot of confidence. Its bowlers clicked in unison to dismiss India for 181.

The chase began well, before a minor stutter. That was when skipper Shai Hope took over as he guided his team to a six-wicket win, with a major contribution from Keacy Carter.

The series is still alive and India might just be forced to bring back Rohit and Kohli then next game.

Chance!! Carty lobs on straight to Kuldeep at mid-on. Falls just short of the fielder. Four!! Hardik finds the edge but it runs away to the boundary for four. Four!! What a way to finish the match by Carty. Makes room and smashes it down the ground for four more.

West Indies wins by six wickets

Chance!! Carty goes for the lofted shot, goes past a diving short mid-wicket fielder and the batters run two. Six! Short on the hips from Thakur, Hope helps it on its way over the fine-leg boundary for six runs.

West Indies need 9 runs in 84 balls

Another sedate over with only four runs coming off it. West Indies getting to the target very comfortably here.

West Indies need 19 runs in 90 balls

Thakur continues to bowl it slightly short outside-off, the batters dealing with it comfortably at the moment. Four!! Strays down leg this time and Carty gets bat on it to send it to the fine-leg fence for four.

West Indies need 23 runs to win.

Hardik into the attack. Full on the stumps, Hope turns it leg-side and runs a double, bringing up his fifty. A real captain’s innings today. Four runs from the over.

Four!! A four after eight overs! Full slower ball, Carty waits for it and drives it straight down the ground for a boundary.

West Indies need 34 runs.

The West Indian batter playing Kuldeep Yadav well here. They have looked very comfortable against him in the last couple of overs. Four runs from the over brings up the 50-run partnership.

Thakur back into the attack. Hope rides a slightly shorter delivery to third man for a single. India review a caught-behind. Was a shorter ball and Hope tried to pull. Flat line on Ultraedge.

Yadav to Carty, lofted over cover and the batters come back for two runs. Carty looking comfortable at the crease against the spinners. Ominous signs for India.

West Indies need 47 runs

Jadeja finds Carty’s edge, but it runs past short-third man and the batters get a couple. Hope continues rotating the strike with singles to the boundary riders.

West Indies need 52 runs to win.

Yadav continues. Hope somehow managing to counter Kuldeep. Trying to read the ball after pitching. Three runs from the over. India will be hoping for two quick wickets here.

Jadeja into the attack. Hope turns one into the leg-side for a single. Full and wide, driven through the covers for a couple. Five from the over.

West Indies need 60 runs.

Kuldeep back into the attack. Hope is deep in the crease as he looks to play Kuldeep as late as possible. He employs straight-bat defence to get through the over. West Indies will be in this game, as long as Shai Hope is out in the middle.

Umran Malik gets another crack. He gave away 18 runs in his first two overs. On the hips for Hope and he clips it away for a boundary.

Shardul Thakur misfields at the fence to give away an extra run.

Axar continues on against Carty. This time he takes a single first ball. Hope drives one on the up for another single. Only a couple more singles in the over. Clouds gathering in the horizon. DLS calculators turning on everywhere.

A mistake from Umran Malik allows West Indies to run an overthrow. A single from Hope brings up the hundred for the home side.

Axar Patel gets a go now. Around the wicket. Starts with two dot balls. Fires one in and hits Carty on the pads. But it was drifting wide. He ends with a maiden over.

Jadeja with his third over. He has stuck to his line and length, making it extremely hard for the West Indies batters any room to work with. Hope and Carty though manufacture a few singles to keep it ticking.

Carty is the new batter for West Indies. Jadeja with another quick-fire over. Gives away just a single.

Kuldeep continues. The Indian spinners are strangling West Indies with their sharp bowling. And India has still not used Axar Patel.

Kuldeep gets a change of ends. He draws Hetmyer forward, before beating his outside edge with one that spun sharply. Cuts the next one in. Hetmyer gets an edge on it before it hits his pad. He soon has his man. Pitches one just outside the off stump. This time it stayed low and goes on to hit the stumps.

Shimron Hetmyer b Kuldeep Yadav 9 (15b 0x4 0x6)

West Indies 91/4 in 17 overs

Jadeja into the attack. He starts around the wicket. Hope and Hetmyer deal in singles. Five of them in fact as Jadeja runs through the over.

Shardul Thakur continues and keeps the pressure on the West Indies batters. Another play and a miss from Shai Hope. He then forces a mishit from Hetmyer. Luckily for the home side, it didn’t fall near a fielder. Drinks Break Taken.

Shimron Hetmyer is the new batter for West Indies. He is up against Kuldeep now. He takes a single first ball.

Hope on strike. Silly mid on place, it is Suryakumar and he is almost gifted a catch instantly by Hope. Too fast at him.

Shardul surprises Athanaze with a short ball. It is a top edge and Ishan Kishan completes the catch. Third wicket for Shardul Thakur.

Alick Athanaze c Ishan Kishan b Thakur 6 (9b 0x4 0x6)

West Indies 75/3 in 13 overs

First over for Kuldeep. Quite some turn for him, right from the first ball. Athanaze and Hope are cautious.

Kuldeep squares Hope up and gets an outside edge which sneaks under Kishan and runs away for a four.

Thakur with his second over. Starts with a dot ball. He is bowling full and straight, forcing the batters to play everything and it has gone his way so far. Drags it back a little back and Hope almost edges it to the keeper. Just two runs from that over.

Umran to Athanaze, full on the stumps, clipped to the leg-side for three runs. Umran finds Hope’s edge but it falls short of the keeper. Another inside edge, Kishan dives and prevents any byes. Six!! Hope with the pick-up shot this time, dispatched over the mid-wicket fence for six.

Shardul Thakur into the attack. Six!! On the hips and Mayers whips it over square leg for a six. Brings up the fifty partnership.

Wicket!! Mayers tries the pick-up shot again, goes straight up and is comfortably pouched by Umran Malik.

Kyle Mayers c Umran Malik b Thakur 36(28)

Wicket!! Huge shout for LBW and the umpire raises his finger. King goes upstairs for a review but in vain.

Brandon King lbw b Thakur 15(23)

West Indies 54/2 in 9 overs

Umran Malik into the attack. Extra bounce first ball as King fends to point. The second one keeps low and goes underneath the bat. Four!! Slightly wider and King cuts it past point for a boundary. Four!! Width again and King hits it in front of point for another boundary.

Tighter lines from Hardik in this over. Mayers forced to playing it safe. No room given by Hardik to free his arms. Four!! Five dots and Mayers pulls the last ball off the hips to the square leg fence for four.

Four!! King gets his first boundary as he semi-pulls over the leg-side for a boundary. Appeal from the fielding team for LBW but the umpire says no. Replay shows a clear inside-edge.

Hardik to King, guided to third man for a single. Hardik has got the extra bounce this over. Hits the splice of Mayers’ bat. Six!! Slightly fuller and Mayers flicks it over the leg-side for a six. A no-look shot from the opener.

Mukesh keeping it tight to Brandon King. A quiet over after the boundaries in the previous one. Just a couple from the over.

Short from Hardik, Mayers tries to cut it but the ball kept rising and is beaten comfortably. Mayers punches one through the covers off the back foot and will get a couple. Three from the over.

Mukesh from the other end. Four!! Full on the pads, Mayers clips it behind square on the leg-side for a boundary. Four again!! Outside off-stump and the same result. Punched through the covers. 11 off the over.

Kyle Mayers and Brandon King at the crease for the West Indies. Hardik Pandya with the new ball. Good shape and bounce first up. King off the mark with a single to third man. Four!! Mayers punches a fuller one through the covers for the first boundary of the innings.

India has gone from 90/0 to 181 all out at Barbados. Kishan and Gill looked set to take India to a big total, but some good bowling and fielding on a difficult track has seen West Indies manage to bowl the visitors out. West Indies will be hoping its batters can do the job in the chase. Join us for the West Indian innings in a while.

Motie continues. Kuldeep takes a single to bring Mukesh on strike. West Indies have 4 balls at the number 11. Wicket!! And right on cue, Mukesh chips it straight to cover.

Mukesh Kumar c Hetmyer b Motie 6(7)

India all out for 181 inside 41 overs.

Joseph tests Kuldeep with a short one, but he is prepared and ducks out of the way. Another short one but this is too high, Hope does well to get a glove to it and prevent a boundary. Mukesh lifts a full one over mid-off for a couple.

Motie to continue. Kuldeep tries a reverse sweep, the ball was way down leg though. Four!! Another one down leg, Kuldeep turns it past leg-slip to the boundary for four. He manages to keep strike for the next over.

Wicket!! Umran tries to pull the short ball but perishes in ihs attempt. Brilliant diving catch by Carty.

Umran Malik c Carty b Joseph 0

Four!! Joseph finds Mukesh’s edge but it runs to third man for four. Eventful over.

India 171/9 in 38 overs

The rain has stopped and the covers are being removed. Play to resume at 23:00 IST.

Joseph back into the attack. Out!! Loud appeal and the umpire gives Thakur out LBW! Reviewed. Umpires call on hitting and Thakur has to depart. Umran Malik in at 10.

Shardul Thakur lbw b Alzarri Joseph 16(22)

Another spell of rain. The covers are back on.

Big mix-up between the batters!! Thakur pushed one off the backfoot to cover and set-off. Kuldeep was not interested after Hetmyer’s diving stop but the batters cross-over for a single eventually. Three runs from the over.

Shepherd to Shardul, wide of off-stump, Thakur tries a cut but misses. Four!! Fuller in length this time, Thakur lifts it over cover for a boundary. Seven from the over.

Motie to Thakur, full on the stumps, Thakur gets an inside-edge onto pad as he presses forward to defend. Kuldeep gets off the mark, turning a full ball onto the leg-side. Three runs from the over.

Shepherd, who has acheived his career-best figures in ODIs, jams one in and it strikes Shardul on his ribs. The game grinds to a halt as the Indian physio takes a look at him. Shardul is fine and he continues on. Can he do a rescue job for his side?

Moties has his man again. On the sixth stump and Suryakumar flails at it and he cannot clear Athanaze. In his defence, the ball bounced much more than he expected. India in deep trouble!

Suryakumar Yadav c Athanaze b Motie 24 (25b 3x4 0x6)

On the body from Shepherd and Jadeja tries to take it on. He can only manage a top edge and Cariah completes a tough chance at deep fine leg. INDIA SIX DOWN!!

Ravindra Jadeja c Cariah b Shepherd 10 (21b 0x4 0x6)

India 148/6 in 32 overs

Motie reintroduced. He had nabbed Suryakumar in the last game. The Indian pair deals in singles against the left-arm spinner. Four runs from that over.

Shephed brought back into the attack. He comes from around the wicket, looking to ping it in. Gives away just a single in the first four balls, before Suryakumar hoicked him, off the back-foot, over midwicket for a four.

Cariah offers some width and Surya guides it behind short third man for a double. He has eased into these conditions without much trouble.

Meanwhile, more rain clouds are circling the ground.

Seales targets Suryakumar with a short ball. The right-handed batter responds with a pull shot which flies away to the fence.

Seales responds with four dot balls on the trot. Surya and Jadeja sneak in a quick single to close off the over.

Cariah continues. Couple of singles to start the over. This is a chance for Suryakumar Yadav to prove his worth in the format. He has started positively and will look to build on.

As expected Hope pops the ball to Seales as West Indies looks to make further inroads into the Indian batting order.

Short and into the body from Seales against Jadeja. Awkward fend from the left-hander. Just two runs from that Seales over.

Cariah to finish off his over. Suryakumar Yadav is the new batter. He gets a boundary in the last ball of the over with a cut shot.

India 122/5 in 25 overs.

It is still dark and cloudy at the Kensington Oval. More rain might be in store for the day. Half an hour more for loss of overs to kick in.

Still raining. More of a drizzle actually. We might have to wait for a short while for the game to resume.

Cariah continues and he strikes first ball. Spin and bounce and Samson can only edge it to King at first slip.

Sanju Samson c King b Cariah 9 (19b 0x4 0x6)

India 113/5 in 24.1 overs.

And it is raining. Covers are out and game has come to a halt.

Seales back into the attack. Samson starts with a drive that fetches him a couple. A touch short from Seales and Samson attempts a cut shot. But he can’t get bat on ball.

Hardik Pandya on strike. Seales go back of a length and Hardik tries to muscle it to mid wicket. Doesn’t time it well enough and it is straight to King.

Hardik Pandya c King b Seales 7 (14b 0x4 0x6)

IND 113/3 in 24 overs

Cariah continues.

Both Samson and Pandya have curbed their usual aggressive touch to rebuild this innings.

Five singles from the Cariah over.

Alzarri Joseph to have the two new batters.

Pandya takes a double to start the over. Slightly short from Joseph next and Pandya opts to leave it. Critical phase of play, for both sides. Bouncer from Joseph and Samson was alert enough to not poke at it.

First over for Cariah. Both Samson and Pandya take a couple of singles, to get off their marks.

Samson takes another single and it is 100 up for India. West Indies has brought down the run rate to under five with some tight bowling and even better fielding.

Shepherd with a peach of a delivery. He surprises Axar with one that lifted from back of a lenght. The left-handed batter looked to evade, but he couldn’t prevent an edge which was caught by Hope. West Indies on a roll.

Axar Patel c Hope b Shepherd 1 (8b 0x4 0x6)

India 97/3 in 20 overs

Axar Patel walks in ahead of Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya.

Alzarri Joseph with a tight over, giving away just two runs. Sanju and Axar opting to bide their time.

Sanju Samson is the new batter for India.

Shepherd starts the 18th with a loosener, which is smashed to the fence by Ishan Kishan.

Another one wide on the off side and Kishan chases after it. But this time, he can’t put the ball beyond Athanaze at point, who takes a marvelous diving catch.

Ishan Kishan c Athanaze b Shepherd 55 (55b 6x4 1x6)

India 95/2 in 18 overs

Kishan gets to his fifty with a single against Motie.

Gill dances down the pitch hoping to loft it over long off. The timing wasn’t there and Alzarri Joseph does well to complete a tough catch.

Shubman Gill c Joseph b Motie 34 (49b 5x4 0x6)

India 90/1 in 16.5

Kishan is getting into a good rhythm here and will be looking to make it a big one here.

Shepherd pitches it slightly wide and that is all Gill needs to time it in front of the point for a authoritative boundary. FOUR!! India on the charge.

Motie keeping it full and on the stumps, batters able to push it to the boundary fielders for an easy single. Six!! Kishan deposits an over-pitched one over long-on for a six.

Shepherd into the attack. Manages to find Kishan’s edge. No slips in place so an easy single to third man. Tight over from Shepherd till now. Four!! Gill brings out the short-arm jab and pulls it over mid-on for a boundary.

Motie to Gill, driven to mid-on for a single. Chance!! Kishan tries to go down the ground, Motie can’t hold on to the return catch. Just two from the over.

Joseph to Kishan, slightly wide, Kishan cuts hard, Carty puts in a dive to save a boundary at deep point. Two runs. Four!! Slightly short, Kishan bends his back and lifts it over fine on the off-side, beats third man to the boundary. Single to fine leg off the last ball.

Gudakesh Motie into the attack. Full and straight, Gill presses forward and defends. Motie getting some turn, Gill waits on the backfoot and pushes it to cover for a single. Fifty partnership up. Just two off the over.

Joseph to Gill, down leg-side and Gill flicks to fine leg for a single. Full and wide, Kishan drives it to third man for a single. On the pads to Gill again, flicked to fine leg for another single. Short, extra bounce and hits Kishan on the shoulder.

Mayers again. On the hips of Shubman, turned to fine leg for a single. Good spell from Mayers, only 18 runs of his five.

Alzarri Joseph into the attack. Appeals from the keeper but the umpire has signalled a wide. Was drifting down leg and Kishan missed his flick. Four!! Slightly wide, Kishan cuts hard, past the diving point fielder for four. Four!! Full on the stumps, Kishan plays a beautiful pick up shot and it races away to the mid-wicket boundary for a boundary.

Mayers with his 4th over. Continues with his back-of-a-length balls on the stumps. Fuller this time, Gill turns it to deep square for a single. Full on leg-stump, Kishan flicks it to fine leg for a quick double. Four!! Overpitched, and Kishan obliges, driving it straight down the ground for four. On the pads, turned to the gap at mid-wicket. The batters run three.

Four!! Slightly short from Seales and Kishan pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Seales angling it away from Kishan, the length is perfect as well. Kishan plays and misses. Almost!! Kishan mistimes one and it falls short of the mid-off fielder.

Third-umpire review for a runout. Kishan defended a ball to mid-off and set-off for a single. Replays show he’s home. Mayers keeping it tight, not giving Gill room to play his shots. Gill unable to come down the pitch with the keeper standing close in.

Seales to Kishan, defended to cover and Kishan gets a quick single. Four!! Full on the stumps, Gill drives it past mid-on for a boundary. Four!! Wide off the stumps, Gill punches it between point and cover for another boundary.

Mayers to continue, Gill punches a wide one, but it is stopped by a diving cover fielder. Chance!! Gill comes down the track and hits it straight back at Mayers. Difficult chance as he had no time to react. Shorter in length, on the hips, turned away to fine leg for a single. Single off the last ball for Kishan.

Seales from the other end. Four!! Slightly short outside off, Gill gets on top of the bounce and guides it past point to the boundary. Full-toss on the stumps, Gill gets it past mid-on for a single. Five from the over.

Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill to open the batting for India. Kyle Mayers with the new ball for the West Indies. Good shape first up, full on the stumps, defended to the off-side. Back-of-a-length and Ishan punches it to the right of mid-off to get the innings underway. Good swing for Mayers, into the pads, Gill defends to the on-side for a single.

Rovman Powell and Drakes are out.

Alzarri Joseph and Keacy Carty come in

West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Alick Athanaze, Shai Hope(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Keacy Carty, Romario Shepherd, Yannic Cariah, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph, Jayden Seales

India: Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan(w), Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar

Hardik Pandya captains the side today. He loses the toss and India will bat first.

Sanju Samson and Axar Patel come in for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for today.

The second ODI between India and West Indies will be streamed LIVE on Jio Cinema and FanCode at 7:00 PM IST. Doordarshan (DD) Sports channel will show the Live telecast.

India

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav/ Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Mukesh Kumar

West Indies

Brandon King, Kyle Mayers/ Keacy Carty, Shai Hope (c & wk), Alick Athanaze, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Dominic Drakes, Jayden Seales/ Alzarri Joseph, Yannic Cariah, Gudakesh Motie

Fifty from Ishan Kishan (52, 46b 7x4, 1x6) and a clinical bowling performance powered India to a five-wicket win over West Indies in the first ODI.

India, enduring a middle-order collapse, reached the target of 115 runs in just the 23rd over to lead the three-match ODI series 1-0.

The Indian team will be expected to return to its set batting order as it aims to put up a much-improved show with the willow and take an unassailable lead in the three-match series when it faces a below-par West Indies in the second ODI here on Saturday.

Skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid did face a minor hiccup while trying out the middle-order batters upfront on a track that became a raging turner during the second session but a meager target of 115 meant that things were smooth for the better part.