West Indies [173/2] beat India [170/7] by 8 wickets in the 2nd T20I to level series 1-1

[Test lover]

West Indies won the toss & Elect to field first .

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal

West Indies (Playing XI): Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Khary Pierre, Hayden Walsh, Sheldon Cottrell, Kesrick Williams

 

[Bel_Homme]

Big knock from Rohit Sharma coming up...brace yourselves guys!

 

[Test lover]

West Indies will win easily

 

[TheNeutralist]

Too Many wides already

 

[MenInG]

IND 19/0 (2.0) CRR: 9.5
West Indies opt to bowl

 

[Bel_Homme]

KL Rahul out.

 

[KingT]

The world beater "better than Babar" Rahul is gone for a 11 ball 11

 

[Revolution]

Rahul gone..

Virat came..

 

[KingT]

Virat is honestly my favourite player after Babar (biased choice obviously).
He's such a treat to watch

 

[KingT]

Rahul gone..

Virat came..

Dube not Virat

 

[Revolution]

Dube not Virat

Sorry.. Thanks for correction

 

[Test lover]

Very good powerplay for WI

 

[Revolution]

Good bowling from WI

 

[Kaptan]

Dubey is slogging blindly. May work in t20 once in a while but not an ODI/Test material.

 

[Bel_Homme]

Once again, Indian selectors are selecting wrong players. Shivam Dubey is not an international class player. I am amazed how come class players like Shaw and Gill never gets a chance but likes of Dubey etc makes it.

 

[Test lover]

Rohit gone
Ind 58-2 in 8 over

 

[Kaptan]

Dubey connecting some.

 

[Bel_Homme]

Pollard's bowling
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[Sir Alex]

Once again, Indian selectors are selecting wrong players. Shivam Dubey is not an international class player. I am amazed how come class players like Shaw and Gill never gets a chance but likes of Dubey etc makes it.

Lol....

 

[KingT]

Lol....

Pollard's bowling was the reason not Dube's batting.
Dube isn't that good. If you bowl full tosses to wahab Riaz even he'll hit you for six

 

[andy0204]

Dube Another tulleybaaz.

 

[AMSS]

Dube monsters spin bowling in his sleep. Feasts on average trundlers as well. Not so much against quality, accurate pace. And then he bowls some military medium. A proper T20 package.

 

[minamino]

Samson should have been played at least in his home state.

 

[Bel_Homme]

Pant (the next Gilchirist) is on.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

India are approaching T20 with a new vigor. Is this a recent phenomenon? The traditional conservative batting is not on the show!

 

[maqbool]

Pant will have to better Dube... 50 is a must today

 

[maqbool]

India are approaching T20 with a new vigor. Is this a recent phenomenon? The traditional conservative batting is not on the show!

Conservative opener Mr. Sharma got out early

 

[Babbar]

Indi has started taking T20 seriously a few months before the WC.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Conservative opener Mr. Sharma got out early

Sharma is their best T20 batsman. Yes he does take time but he is anything but conservative. I think he also has T20 century in 35/40 balls..

 

[andy0204]

Indi has started taking T20 seriously a few months before the WC.

Still I don't trust this team in T20i and Odis,they will choke anytime.

 

[Sir Alex]

Pollard's bowling was the reason not Dube's batting.
Dube isn't that good. If you bowl full tosses to wahab Riaz even he'll hit you for six

He made an excellent 50 on a difficult pitch. That's all that matters. He did his job meritoriusly and justified his selection.

 

[andy0204]

Kohli

 

[maqbool]

India seems to have long tail, Can Washington bat?

 

[KingT]

Indi has started taking T20 seriously a few months before the WC.

The same can be said for every other team except pakistan. We have Rizwan in our T20i squad like WTH

 

[andy0204]

India seems to have long tail, Can Washington bat?

Yes in domestic cricket he is an opener.

 

[KingT]

Why's Bumrah not playing?

 

[RyanRyan10]

India seems to have long tail, Can Washington bat?

In domestics he bats at 6/7 in FC/List A
In t20s this season ,he opened in few Games before moving to 3/4

 

[andy0204]

Why's Bumrah not playing?

He is been rested.

 

[KingT]

He is been rested.

Lol what?
Oh he's returning from an injury

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Stupid by KP to bring back Holder

 

[maqbool]

Failure by Iyure! :

Now to see sword fighting skills of Jadeja

 

[andy0204]

Failure by Iyure! :

Now to see sword fighting skills of Jadeja

Jadeja is trash in T20.

 

[maqbool]

West Indies have done really well after getting Dube's wicket. I think they are favorites from here

 

[Test lover]

170 ,not good finish but still good score on this deck

 

[maqbool]

Slow start from WIndies... 23-0 (4)... Not quite favorites as I initially thought

 

[jagatk]

How did R sridhar get an extension?

 

[maqbool]

a drop catch and 2 sixes, Sundar having a bad night

 

[Revolution]

Very bad fielding from sundar. Need lot of improvement. Sundar sucked in first match and again now.

 

[jnaveen1980]

sub par total. india wasted the last 4 overs big time with bat.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Windies is capable of making up for the dots with their big hitting ability. India thoroughly is behind them in that area. Unless Rohit clicks it is going to be a struggle.

 

[Revolution]

That was magical hands from virat.
King kohli he is

Is it a match turning catch??

 

[King_Kohli]

Sensational Catch
Gosh, what a catch! He ran across to his right from long-on, stretched every sinew in getting both hands to it which allowed him to take the catch

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Have you guys tried Disney Plus? What's so special about it, apart from Mandalorian

 

[KingT]

India's not a very good T20i side

 

[jnaveen1980]

India's not a very good T20i side

against Six hitting sides. NZ and WI. Still they have beaten Windies 6 matches in a row before this. They will do better against conventional T20 sides. Besides India has no finisher Pandya and Bumrah.

 

[Justcrazy]

West Indies require another 33 runs with 8 wickets and 25 balls remaining

 

[jnaveen1980]

India's batting against slower balls - biggest achilles heel.

 

[Mesozoic]

Can't expect to win when you drop two sitters of two destructive batsmen.

Well played Windies.

 

[King_Kohli]

Match gone

 

[jnaveen1980]

Indian fielding has gone to dogs in all formats. Credit to Windies to continue attacking the hapless bowling under lights. They bowled better with more than 50% of the slower balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

Simmons is key to WI batting in 20 20 .

 

[King_Kohli]

India's not a very good T20i side

ya.. because we are not playing with full team

 

[King_Kohli]

Horrible death bowling

 

[King_Kohli]

India's batting against slower balls - biggest achilles heel.

Team india's last 3 overs
Runs -18
Wkt-2
Wide ball -3
Boundaries -0

 

[Justcrazy]

Pooran gets that away.

 

[KingT]

ya.. because we are not playing with full team

Who's not playing?
Bumrah? He's like no.50 in the t20i rankings. He's a good bowler but he's not the reason you're losing

 

[jnaveen1980]

Toothless. Destroyed by Windies. India will have to think about their bowling combo atleast to reach semis in the world T20. Not good enough to win the world T20. That is for sure. Weaknesses in every department.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Isn't Kohli angry today? Looks like he has mellowed down on the field now..

 

[jnaveen1980]

Who's not playing?
Bumrah? He's like no.50 in the t20i rankings. He's a good bowler but he's not the reason you're losing

What are you talking abou tman lol He doesn't play T20 much. But he is the best death bowler in T20. It is like 4 safe overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

Massive hit

 

[KingT]

against Six hitting sides. NZ and WI. Still they have beaten Windies 6 matches in a row before this. They will do better against conventional T20 sides. Besides India has no finisher Pandya and Bumrah.

Yes but you lost a t20i against SA by 9 wickets and you've have some close matches with BD too

You drew with aus 1-1 away (you should have won it tbh) but lost 2-0 to them at home.

Let's see how you do in the 5 t20i series against nz

 

[KingT]

What are you talking abou tman lol He doesn't play T20 much. But he is the best death bowler in T20. It is like 4 safe overs.

He is. But your other bowlers are getting smacked. He couldn't have won the match single handedly

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Will Dhoni play in the T20 World Cup?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Look at how clean Pooran hits the ball and compare that with Pant.

 

[King_Kohli]

Who's not playing?
Bumrah? He's like no.50 in the t20i rankings. He's a good bowler but he's not the reason you're losing

Yes he is world best death bowlers, also missing pandya

 

[H_shah]

Toothless. Destroyed by Windies. India will have to think about their bowling combo atleast to reach semis in the world T20. Not good enough to win the world T20. That is for sure. Weaknesses in every department.

Most probably lost by poor fielding first then the bowling coz there were way too many dropped catches ,missed runouts and field fumbbles..

And ofc apart from bhuvi and chahal niether bowler are good enough to play in Wt20

 

[Justcrazy]

WI one hit away from win here

 

[Justcrazy]

West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

 

[Usman Chadda]

This is one helluva clinical chase by the West Indies.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

West Indies are lucky that they have got Nicholas Pooran in their team.