India vs West Indies 2nd T20I Live Score Online Streaming and Updates.India vs West Indies 2nd T20I Live Score Online Streaming and Updates: India posted a challenging 186 for five against the West Indies in the second T20 on Friday. Virat Kohli (52) and Rishabh Pant (52 not out) scored half-centuries for the hosts while Roston Chase took three wickets for the Caribbean side. West Indies will aim to keep the series alive and also break India’s winning streak that has now gone on to seven T20Is.
Brief Scores: India: 186/5 in 20 overs. (Rishabh Pant 52 not out, Virat Kohli 52; Roston Chase 3/25).
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal.
West Indies Playing XI: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (w), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard (c), Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd, Sheldon Cottrell
Eden Gardens will host the T20I. (File)
In this innings, Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes the first Indian to bowl 200 overs in men's T20Is. Next over, Yuzvendra Chahal becomes the second Indian. Meanwhile, a boundary for Pooran as he cuts beautifully. WI: 51/1 after 6.2 overs
Chahal gets the breakthrough and Kyle Mayers has to go for 9. Fantastic captaincy by Rohit, bringing back Chahal in last over of power play. WI: 34/1 after 5.1 overs
Kyle Mayers with an exquisite cover drive which puts Bhuvi under pressure. Windies finally getting a move on after Brandon King opens his boundary count with a four off Deepak Chahar. WI: 22/0 in 3 overs
In T20Is since 2020, West Indies batsmen have 51.4 percent of dot balls in the first six overs. Only Bangladesh (51.6%) have played more among the top 10 teams. Good point by Gavaskar on why Ishan Kishan and WI openers are struggling to start well. They like to play through the line. When ball swings, they struggle
Brandon King and Mayers are at the crease. Brandon King is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack and five wides in the first over from Bhuvi. Not the start he would have wanted. WI: 8/0 after 1 over
India finishes on 186/5 in 20 overs. A magnificent batting performance by India, Rishabh Pant was just scintillating with his fifty, Virat also smashed a great fifty, superb finishing from both Venkatesh Iyer and Pant. Roston Chase was pick of the bowler for Windies.
Holder with a highish full toss, Pant whipped that over wide long-on. IND: 179/9 after 19 overs
It's raining boundaries here in Kolkata. 42 runs in the last 18 balls! India's middle-order sinking the Caribbean ship. Pant is not out on 33 off 18 balls while Iyer is giving him company on 23 off 11. IND: 152/4 after 17 overs.
Kohli departs in the 14th over. Roston Chase with another wicket. What a day he is having! The scrambled seam does the trick and beats Kohli completely! Excellent from Roston Chase. Two games in a row now. Brilliant change of pace too. IND: 110/4 after 14 overs
Virat Kohli gets to 50 with a six over long-on. Holder did get to it but the ball lobbed over the fence after hitting his hand. 30th T20I fifty for Virat Kohli. 100 comes up for India.
Meanwhile, Kohli continues to march along with another four! "Virat has played his greatest knocks when he has trusted his strike rotation and picking the right bowlers to hit!! His best T20 knock against Aus in T20 WC came like this!! He should just trust his method and play his game. Twitter pundits can go to hell !!," strong statement from Danish on social media.
It did seem like the ball stoped a bit and SKY was way to early in playing that shot and an easy caught and bowled. Three big wickets for West Indies in the first 10 overs of the game. IND: 72/3 after 9.5 overs
A mistimed shot from Rohit results in an easy catch for Brandon King. King dropped Rohit when he was on 2 runs, but this time takes a good, running catch to dismiss the Indian skipper for 19. India lose their second wicket. IND: 60/2 after 8 overs
Kohli's in good touch tonight and and he crunches this towards the on-side. He had already smashed a boundary in the over. And the Powerplay comes to an end with a six from skipper Rohit Sharma.15 runs from it. IND: 49/1 after 6 overs
How costly will that be? Remember- In T20Is since 2021, Rohit Sharma in the first six overs has a strike rate of 166 against pace as compared to 134.1 against spin.
FOUR! Virat Kohli opens his account with a four-off Akeal Hosein. But he is not done yet and brings out the sweep shot. That’s a rare shot from Virat Kohli but doesn't matter and he gets his second boundary of the over. IND: 18/1 after 3 overs
"15.25 crore comparisons incoming? Please don’t start. Judge Ishan Kishan for his 2022 IPL Performance + he didn’t ask for this price tag. The market decided it as Kushan’s Fair Market Value after bidding for him," says Arvind on Twitter.