India vs West Indies 2018, 2nd T20I Highlights: Riding High on Rohit Sharma's Record Ton, Men In Blue Win the Match by 71 Runs; Take Unassailable Lead 2-0!
India, sans Virat Kohli, had to grind deeper to secure a win in the first Twenty20 International (T20I) on Sunday. Catch the match live updates here!
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!
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Bumrah brought back. Pollard top-edges a pull shot and Bumrah catches the skier. Pollard did try to alter the result by taking his hand off while Bumrah was about to snap the catch. Bumrah looks displeased; however, Pollard is CAUGHT!
FOW: 68/5 | Kieron Pollard: 6 (11) | Carlos Brathwaite is the new man in.
Yadav continues. A single on the first ball. Pollard hits a FOUR! on the next ball through the bowler towards the long-on boundary. No runs on the next 4 balls. A good comeback from Yadav.
Pandya continues. A single on the first ball. Pandya fires a WIDE! ball down the leg side, Windies get 5 extra runs! A few singles were taken in the over.
Kuldeep Yadav is brought into the attack, and he reaps dividends instantly. A double-wicket over. Bravo is CAUGHT! at the slip, trying to slash the ball.
Pooran hits a FOUR! and is BOWLED! through the gates. Pooran fails to pick up the wrong one on the last ball. Two-in-one for Kuldeep Yadav!
Ahmed to continue. Hetmyer welcomes him with a fine shot near the point fielder for FOUR! on the first ball.
Ahmed has his revenge on the next ball as Hetmyer is CAUGHT! trying to clear the long-on boundary. Shikhar Dhawan took the catch. Khaleel has picked up both the wickets so far.
FOW: 33/2 | Shimron Hetmyer: 15 (14) | Denesh Ramdin is the new man in.
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!
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Nov 06, 2018 06:15 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).