NEW DELHI: Surviving a late scare, West Indies beat India by 2 wickets in the 2nd T20I in Guyana on Sunday. The Windies won with 7 balls to spare to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
What went wrong for India:
India won the toss and chose to bat but lost opener Shubman Gill (7) and T20 specialist Suryakumar Yadav (1) by the 4th over to be 18/2, a woeful start. Shubman Gill hasn't really clicked on this tour and big runs are still missing from the blade of Suryakumar Yadav.
The only bright spot in the Indian innings was a 42-run stand between Tilak Varma (51) and Ishan Kishan (27). Hardik Pandya did his best to reinforce the Indian innings but fell after an 18-ball 24.
Rest of the batting crumbled as Akeal Hosein (2-29), Alzarri Joseph (2-28) and Romario Shepherd (2-28) did most of the damage for the hosts, to restrict India to 152/7, a below par score.
1/10:2nd T20I: West Indies beat India, take 2-0 lead
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2/10:Windies beat India
<p>Nicholas Pooran (67) eclipsed a maiden international half-century from Tilak Varma as West Indies edged their way to a dramatic two-wicket win over India in the second T20I in Guyana on Sunday. </p>AFP
3/10:Tailenders triumphant
<p>Tailenders Alzarri Joseph and Akeal Hosein slogged the winning runs to see the West Indies home with 7 balls to spare to take a 2-0 lead. </p>AP
4/10:Tilak Varma
<p>Tilak Varma made 51 from 41 balls before clipping left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein to fine leg where Obed McCoy pouched the catch. </p>AFP
5/10:Kyle Mayers
<p>Shubman Gill was caught at third man off Joseph and Suryakumar Yadav was run out by a direct hit from Kyle Mayers to leave India on 18/2. </p>AFP
6/10:Ishan Kishan
<p>Tilak Varma added 42 for the third wicket with Ishan Kishan before the opener was bowled by Romario Shepherd for 27. </p>AFP
7/10:Hardik Pandya
<p>After the dismissal of Tilak Varma, it was left to skipper Hardik Pandya with 24 from 18 balls to drag the Indians towards a half-decent target. </p>AFP
8/10:Woeful start
<p>West Indies made the worst possible start as Pandya removed Brandon King and Johnson Charles in the first four balls of their reply. </p>AP
9/10:Nicholas Pooran
<p>Nicholas Pooran, however, quickly found his range clubbing six fours and four sixes in his 40-ball 67. </p>AFP
10/10:Yuzvendra Chahal
<p>From 126-4, West Indies lost four wickets for just three runs, three of them in the 16th over delivered by Yuzvendra Chahal. </p>AFPWhat worked for West Indies
Nicholas Pooran, fresh from his exploits in the Major League Cricket, in which he led MI New York to the inaugural title with an unbeaten hundred, smashed 4 sixes and 6 fours in his 40-ball 67.
West Indies suffered a dramatic collapse as they were reduced from 126/4 to 129/8, losing four wickets for just three runs.
But the Indians failed to capitalise on the collapse and the West Indies, still needing 24 runs off 4 overs with only 2 wickets, held their nerves and were saved by Akeal Hosein (16 not out) and Alzarri Joseph (10 not out), who shared an unbroken 26-run stand to take West Indies to 155/8 in 18.5 overs.
For the first time since 2016 the West Indies have won back to back T20Is against India. The Men in Blue will now have to win all 3 remaining T20Is if they are to win the series.
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