2nd ODI: India Wins Against West Indies By 44 Runs

India beats West Indies in the 2nd ODI by 44 runs in the three-match series. Now India has won the series. The West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first.

The Indian captain, Rohit Sharma tried to make some changes in the batting order. Everyone was shocked to see Rishabh Pant opening with Rohit. The new captain is always eager to try new things.

Poor Start

The start of India’s inning was not good. India lost their captain in the 3rd over. A partnership was built between Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli. However, Odean Smith broke the partnership and sent both batsmen to the pavilion in the same over. India was in great trouble.

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Then comes, KL Rahul, and Suryakumar Yadav. They both batted really very well. They added a total of 91 runs partnership. However, due to some confusion between the crease, KL Rahul got run out at 49.

  • SKY brought up his 50 in 70 balls and put on 43 runs for the 5th wicket partnership with Sundar before gifting his wicket to Fabian Allen by playing a botched sweep shot.
  • Akeal Hosein then removed Sundar on 24 before Alzarri Joseph picked two quick wickets to leave India 8 down. Deepak Hooda, the last remaining hope, scored 29 before Jason Holder got his wicket. Eventually, the hosts posted 237/9 in 50 overs.

Windies’s Run Chase

The target wasn’t big enough for the West Indies. They began well with Brandon King and Shai Hope getting to 31 after 7 overs. Meanwhile, Prasidh Krishna jolted their innings by dismissing Brandon King (18) and Darren Bravo (1) in successive overs.

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Shai Hope was the only hope for the West Indies. He continued to score run but it was eventually brought to an end by Yuzvendra Chahal. In the second spell, Krishna struck again by dismissing Pooran on 9 to leave Windies 4 down.

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Shardul Thakur dismissed Jason Holder on 2 just 2 overs later. Brooks continued to play well.

However, he was sent packing on 43 when Deepak Hooda bagged his maiden ODI. Akeal Hosein (34) and Fabian Allen (13) added 42 runs for the 7th wicket before Mohammed Siraj removed the latter.

Soon after, Thakur got Hosein to leave Windies 8 down. Just when it looked like getting over, all-rounder Odean Smith keeps the hope alive. But the excitement didn’t last too long as Washington Sundar got him on 24 before Krishna trapped Roach plumb in front on 0 to bag his 4th wicket and skittle the Windies out for 193.

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