India win the match by 71 runs and go 2-0 up in the three-match series. Riding high on Rohit Sharma's record ton, India posted a daunting target of 196 runs on the board. Windies were never in the chase as wicket kept falling at regular intervals.Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Jasprit Bumrah all shone in patches and gifted India a gift (in the form of victory) before the Diwali 2018 festivities!The next match is on November 11 | Here we end our live coverage of the match | For more updates, stay tuned with LatestLY!
Bumrah to bowl the last over. A dot and a WIDE! ball to begin with. Pierre perishes too, as Bumrah takes a simple return catch. Windies are 9 down!Oshane Thomas hits a couple of FOURs! as India win the match by 71 runs!
Bhuvi is back. He bowls the knuckle-ball and Paul fails to read it. Paul mistimes the shot and is CAUGHT! in the mid-off region.Windies are 9 down. India, only a wicket away from the series win!
Kuldeep Yadav is back! Windies REVIEW! and the Third-Umpire changes the decision. Paul survives the caught out call!Paul goes berserk as he hits two consecutive SIXes! A single taken. Brathwaite ends the over with another SIX! Yadav's economy take a tonk!
Ahmed brought back. Another over filled with singles. Brathwaite and Paul dealing in singles at the moment. Only 5 runs conceded.
Bumrah to bowl. Only 4 runs from the over. Paul and Brathwaite dealing in singles at the moment.
Pandya bowls a quiet over. WI looking to play out the entire overs now. Only two runs conceded.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is brought back into the attack and India takes two-in-two. Fabian Allen is RUN OUT! and Ramdin is CAUGHT! Windies are folding too soon here!
Pandya returns. Another quiet over for Windies as they score only 8 runs from the over.
Yadav to continue. A quiet over for India as they concede only 3 runs.
India, sans Virat Kohli, had to grind deeper to secure a win in the first Twenty20 International (T20I) on Sunday. Eventually, it was Dinesh Karthik’s calm and Krunal Pandya’s swift reading of the match that saw India canter home to victory, without any further hassles. It will be interesting to see how situations pan out in the second T20I which will take place on November 6, at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium Bharat Ratan Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium.
India will be aiming to wrap the series with a win in the second T20I, whereas, West Indies would be looking to stay relevant in the three-match series with a victory.
The Windies batsmen failed miserably as they could only post 109 runs on the board for the loss of 8 wickets. Fabian Allen top-scored for them as he scored 27 runs. New additions in the side – Denesh Ramdin, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, and Carlos Brathwaite – failed to provide a boost too.
Windies’ only saving face in the night, Oshane Thomas, ripped through Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan’s defence and sent an early scare in the Indian camps. Brathwaite couldn’t shine with the bat, but bowled excellently with the ball taking two crucial wickets of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant.
However, it was Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya’s hard-knit partnership in the end that saw India emerge victorious in the match by 5 wickets. Come Tuesday; it will be an exciting watch for the fans! Join us for the live coverage and latest updates of India vs West Indies 2018, 2nd T20I match at Lucknow!