LIVE
Sun, 08 December 2019
2nd T20I: West Indies outclass India to level series

Timeline  Refresh

image
22:36   West Indies outclass India to level series

WI 173-2 (18.3 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

Lendl Simmons blasted an unbeaten half-century as West Indies outclassed India by eight wickets, at the Greenfield Stadium, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Sunday.

Simmons, who was dropped on six by Washington Sundar, made India pay big time for that lapse as he hammered 67 not out from 45 balls.

His whirlwind unbeaten partnership of 61 from 29 balls, with Nicholas Pooran, who slammed 38 from 18 balls, took the game away from the Indians as the visitors raced to 173 for two in 18.3 overs, to win with nine balls to spare.

The West Indies levelled the three-match series at 1-1, with the decider to be played in Mumbai on Wednesday, December 11.

Opener Evin Lewis laid the foundation for the run chase as he hit 40 from 45 balls, putting on 73 for the opening wicket with Simmons.

Earlier,  all-rounder Shivam Dube justified his promotion in batting order with a smashing half-century but it was struggle for the other Indian batsmen as West Indies restricted the hosts to 170 for 7.

Despite Dube's 54 off 30 balls, which had four huge sixes apart from three fours, India didn't get the required momentum during the death overs on a track where Caribbean seamers used a lot of back of length slower deliveries along with well disguised short balls.

Kesrick Williams after being subjected to humiliation from Virat Kohli, came back well with figures of 2 for 30 in four overs including the prized scalp of the Indian captain (19 of 17 balls).
image
22:24   West Indies set for easy victory

WI 168-2 (18 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

Pacer Chahar is back into the attack, with India desperate for a wicket or two to halt West Indies' charge.

Pooran miscues the lofted shot down the ground as it falls just of the fielder at long-on for two runs and then pulls the third ball for a single.

Singles off the next two balls before Chahar bowls a wide outside the off-stump and Simmons slams the last ball for a six over long-off.

12 runs from the over as West Indies race to 154 for two in 17 overs, needing 17 from three overs for victory.

West Indies are running away with the contest. Pooran plays another glorious drive through the covers for a four before the two batsmen sensibly collect singles off the next four balls.

Pooran despatches the last ball for a six over square leg to bring the target down to three runs.
image
22:14   Simmons hits fifty; WI in control

WI 142-2 (16 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

Chahal comes back for another spell. Simmons slaps a slightly short ball through the covers for a single before Pooran pulls a short ball from the leggie over midwicket for a six.

Pooran then picks a single off the fifth ball before Simmons lofts the last ball down the ground for a six over long-on, as 14 runs come from the over.

Pacer Bhuvneshwar, who bowled a good first spell of two overs for seven runs, is back into the attack.

Left-hander Pooran swings the first ball over midwicket for a four, clearing Jadeja, who was standing way inside the boundary.

Two balls later, Pooran plays a cracking drive through the covers for another four before clipping the next ball to midwicket for a couple.

Pooran then drives Bhuvneshwar down to long-off for a single before Simmons comes down and hammers the pacer over the covers for the third four of the over, to get 15 runs from the over.

West Indies on the charge, scoring 29 from the last two overs, to bring the asking rate under control with 29 needed from four overs for victory.
image
22:06   Hetmyer out for 23; Windies lose 2nd wicket

WI 113-2 (14 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

Dube continues as Hetmyer gets a single from the first ball before Simmons crashes the next past point for a four.

Simmons then takes a single off the fourth ball before clipping the last ball through midwicket for two runs, to get eight runs from the over.

Hetmyer goes after Jadeja in the next over, pulling a short ball from the left-arm spinner over midwicket for a six.

The left-hander then hits the spinner's next ball inside out, hitting the cover boundary on the full for another six.

But Jadeja gets revenge and he has to thank his captain for that wicket. Hetmyer lofted Jadeja straight back over his head as Kohli ran to his right at long-on and took an outstanding catch fully stretched and he managed to hold on to the ball despite falling on the turf, without touching the boundary ropes.

West Indies are 113 for two in 14 overs, needing 58 runs from six overs for victory.
image
21:53  

WI 91-1 (12 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

All-rounder Dube comes into the attack. Simmons clips the first ball off his pads as Bhuvneshwar at short fine leg dives over the ball to concede two runs and then takes a single next ball.

Shimron Hetmyer gets off the mark with a single on the off-side as Dube oversteps to concede a no-ball which is ruled by the TV umpire.

Simmons whips the free hit delivery wide of the fielder at long-on for a four and then takes a single.

Dube beats Hetmyer all ends up with a cracking yorker which as the left-hander gets an inside edge.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Simmons flicks the second ball to midwicket for a single and Hetmyer slog sweeps the next over midwicket for a six.

The left-hander then goes for the cut shot but fails to make proper connection as he can't get it past point.

He then hits the last ball straight down the ground to long-on for a single.
image
21:46   Lewis out for 40; WI lose 1st wicket

WI 73-1 (10 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

Simmons carves a wide delivery from Chahal past point for two runs before Jadeja lets one go through his legs at point to gift West Indies a boundary.

Simmons then whips Chahal off his pads over midwicket for a six but is unable to get a run off the last two balls.

Good bowling from Sundar as Lewis gets a single from the first ball and Simmons fails to make proper connection with the slog sweep before he drives the third ball to long-on for one.

Lewis is beaten trying to turn it on the leg side before he is dismissed next ball as he is stumped by wicketkeeper Pant after scoring 40 from 35 balls.

At the halfway stage, West Indies have reached 73 for one in 10 overs, needing another 98 runs from 10 overs for victory at an asking rate of just under 10.

Sundar ends on a high, finishing with 1/26 in his four overs.
image
21:36   Lewis, Simmons gives WI a good start

WI 59-0 (8 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

With two catches having gone down already, how costly will that prove for the Indians remains to be seen.

Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the attack. He starts with a wide as he bowls one that is pushes across the left-hander followed by singles off the last two balls.

Lewis brings out the sweep shot again as he powerfully sweeps it over the square leg fence for a six and then keeps strike with a single from the last ball as West Indies go past the 50-run mark, in the seventh over.

Sundar continues as Lewis top edges the sweep shot which falls just short of the short fine leg fielder.

Simmons then smashes the off-spinner back over the bowler's head for a straight six and then takes a single to midwicket.

Sundar has a confident shout for leg before wicket as Lewis went for the pull shot but missed and was hit on the pads. The leg before shout was turned down as India went for the review but the impact is way outside the line of off-stump and spinning away from the left-hander as India end up losing their review.

The two West Indies openers have laid a good platform as they reach 59 for no loss in eight overs, with Lewis on 39 from 32 balls and Simmons on 17 from 16 balls.

They need another 112 runs from 12 overs for victory at an asking rate of 9.33.
21:25   WI off to steady start after India post 170

WI 41-0 (6 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

Spin introduced as Washington Sundar comes into the attack, to bowl the fourth over.

He makes a splendid start, conceding just one runs from his first over. Simmons took a single from the first ball before Sundar bowled five dot balls in a row to left-hander Lewis.

India managing to build some pressure with some tight bowling in the Powerplay.

Change of ends for Bhuvneshwar, who takes over from Chahar at the other end.

Simmons attempts an ugly swipe but is beaten before he gets a lifeline next ball.

Simmons, on six from nine balls, top edged the intended heave over the leg side but miscued it high on the off-side and once again it is Sundar, who puts down a simple catch at mid-off.

Two balls later, Bhuvneshwar sees another catch go down off his bowling, but this time Pant made a superb catch diving full length to his left but failed to hold on.

Once again the knuckle ball from Bhuvneshwar as Lewis, on 16, made room and tried to cut but got an edge and Pant, who was initially moving to his right had to adjust and then dived to his left but failed to hold on.

Two singles off the last two balls as Bhuvneshwar concedes just three runs from his second over.

The dropped catches are coming back to haunt the Indians. Simmons tries to swing the first ball on the leg side but fails to make proper connection as he takes a single.

Lewis then connects with the slog sweep as he smacks it over square leg for a six.

Two balls later, he lofts it over the cover region for another six before the spinner bowls a wide down the leg side.

West Indies have reached 41 for no loss in six overs, with Lewis hitting 30 from 23 balls, while Simmons is on nine from 13 balls.
21:15   WI off to steady start after India post 170

WI 19-0 (3 ovs) vs India 170-7 | Scorecard

Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis are the two openers for West Indies, while Deepak Chahar will open the bowling for India.

Simmons immediately comes down the track to the first ball but can't beat mid-off before he is beaten next ball and then takes a single to mid-on to get off the mark.

Two dot balls in a row to Lewis, who then gets an outside edge off the last ball for a boundary as five comes from the opening over.

This time no spinner with the new ball for India Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes in from the other end. Simmons pulls the second ball for two runs through midwicket and then takes one and Lewis pulls the fifth ball for another single as just four runs comes from the over.

Chahar drops short as Lewis pulls it over midwicket for a boundary and then slaps the next past point for another four, followed by two singles as 10 runs come from the over.
image
21:10   Dube's 30-ball 54 lifts India to 170

India 170-7 (20 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Pacer Williams comes back, to bowl the penultimate over. He starts with leg side wide to Jadeja, who then takes a leg bye as he attempts the heave.

Another wide by Williams before Pant is unable to connect with the pull for just one.

Jadeja pulls the third ball over midwicket where the fielder does well to keep it inside the ropes and keep it down to two runs.

Williams then bowls a full toss as Jadeja is unable to time it properly, clipping it over short fine leg for two more runs.

A good length from Williams as Jadeja defends it back to the bowler before he loses his wicket last ball.

The slower ball from Williams deceives Jadeja completely as he is too early into his shot and ends up missing it completely to be bowled for nine.

After a horror showing in the previous game, Williams has bounced back well to take 2/30 in his four overs, including the prized wicket of captain Kohli.

Pacer Cottrell to bowl the final over. Pant loses his bat as he has a wild swing at the first ball which he misses. He then pulls the next for two runs to midwicket before taking a single next ball.

New batsman Washington Sundar perishes first ball as he offers a simple return catch back to Cottrell, trying to take a single and hand the strike back to Pant.

Cottrell did well to take a good low catch on his follow through and then brought his trademark salute to celebrate the wicket.

Deepak Chahar slogged the next ball to deep midwicket for just one and Pant swings the last ball to deep square leg for two runs as India finish on 170 for seven in their 20 overs, with Pant hitting 33 from 22 balls.
image
20:34   Iyer falls for 10; India lose 5th wicket

India 156-5 (18 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

The pressure pays for West Indies. Iyer looks to attack leg-spinner Walsh but miscues it and is caught on the off-side by Brandon King.

Iyer is dismissed for 10 as West Indies continue to build the pressure and force the Indian batsmen into a few mistakes.

Rishabh Pant takes a single through square leg and Ravindra Jadeja gets off the mark with one off the fifth ball.

The last ball is flighted well as Pant blasts it through the covers for a much-needed boundary for India, who bring up their 150 in the 17th over.

Left-arm pacer Cottrell comes into the attack. Jadeja turns the first ball and comes back for the second as the bowler himself rushes to get the ball, who then bowls a wide down the leg side.

A dot ball before Jadeja takes a single to square leg and Pant misses the pull shot to collect a leg bye.

A single to Jadeja on the off-side and Cottrell does well to stop the last ball drive straight back as the fast bowler gives away just six runs in the 18th over.
20:23   Kohli out for 19; India lose 4th wicket

India 144-4 (16 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Leg-spinner Walsh continues. He does well to bowl a tidy over, giving away just four singles in the 15th over as India reach 132 for four in 15 overs.

India have lost the momentum slightly, having scored just 20 runs from the last three overs.

Pacer Holder is back into the attack. Three singles from the first three balls before Iyer smashes the fourth ball through the covers for a four.

A single to the right-hander before Pant clips the last ball through square leg for the second boundary of the over.
20:14   Kohli out for 19; India lose 4th wicket

India 128-4 (14 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Holder comes back into the attack. He starts with two dot balls to Kohli, who again is looking to get his eye in, and then look to go on the attack at the end.

Kohli then takes a single through the covers before Pant picks next ball.

The India captain then clips a full toss through midwicket for two runs before he edges the last ball to the right of the wicketkeeper for a four.

In the next over, Pant clips leg-spinner Walsh on the leg side for one. He then beats Kohli with a flighted delivery which turns away enough to beat the bat.

Another dot ball as Kohli can't find the gap past point before he makes up for it as he slogs the fourth ball through midwicket for a four.

Walsh then drops short as Kohli plays the pull shot for two runs to the same region.

The last ball is a wide full toss as Kohli drives it through the covers but can't beat the fielder.

Pacer Williams is back into the attack. Pant picks a single from the first ball before Williams strikes with the big wicket of Kohli, who steers a short wide delivery straight to the fielder at short thirdman.

Kohli walks back for 19 and interestingly Williams decides not to bring out his trademark celebration of writing on a notebook.

Shreyas Iyer at No 5 gets off the mark with a single to long-on before Williams oversteps and the TV umpire swings into action to rule it a no-ball.

Pant then shuffles across and paddles the free hit delivery, a full toss fine on the leg side for a four. An incredible shot as Pant swept it between in the small gap between his right leg and the stumps.

He then takes a single to long-on before Iyer takes one off the last ball to retain srike.
20:07   Dube out for 30-ball 54; India 3 down

India 104-3 (11 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Leg-spinner Hayden Walsh comes into the attack. Dube continues to attack as he lofts the first ball down the ground but Pollard at long-on loses the ball in the lights and has to take evasive action, to give the left-hander a lifeline and also concedes a boundary.

But two balls later, Walsh gets his man as Dube goes for the inside out lofted shot but slices it on the off-side as Shimron Hetmyer completes an easy catch.

Dube played his part after being promoted to No 3 as he smashed an entertaining 54 from 30 balls to give India the impetus after the openers had failed to fire.

Kohli has a close shave as he takes a quick single on the leg side and makes his crease to beat the direct hit from wicketkeeper Pooran.

Rishabh Pant comes in at No 4 and he gets off the mark in positive fashion, hitting the last ball over the covers for a six, to take India past the 100-run mark, in the 11th over.
image
19:52   Dube slams 27-ball 50 to boost India

India 91-2 (10 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Dube drives Pollard straight down the ground for a couple to long-off followed by a wide before the left-hander clips it past midwicket for two more runs.

Pollard goes for the short ball as Dube pulls it over midwicket for a six before the West Indies captain bowls a couple of wides trying to keep it away from the right-hander.

Dube on fire at the moment. He smashes a full delivery from Pollard over the leg side for another six before making it a hat-trick of sixes as he smashes a full wide delivery over the cover boundary.

A single to Dube off the last ball as Pollard gives away 26 runs in his second over.

Pacer Kesrick Williams is back into the attack. He starts with a wide down the leg side to Dube before the left-hander pulls the next for a single.

Kohli clips the second ball through midwicket for two runs before he pulls the next for one.

The TV umpire swings into action quickly as he rules it a a frontfoot no-ball as Williams overstepped.

Dube can't make most of the free hit delivery as he flicks the full delivery to fine leg for one.

Kohli happy to play second fiddle as he steers Williams to short thirdman for one to bring Dube back on strike, who needs just a single to complete his fifty.

Dube hits the last ball to deep square leg for one to race to his fifty from just 27 balls -- his maiden fifty in international cricket.

Promoted to No 3, the left-handed youngster started off nervously but once he found his range, he entertained the crowd with some huge hits, hitting two fours and four sixes.

India are looking set for a huge score as they reach 93 for two in 10 overs, at the halfway mark.
19:43   Rohit out for 15; India 2 down

India 58-2 (8 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Kieron Pollard comes into the attack. Singles from the first two balls before Dube swings and misses the next two deliveries. He then makes good connection but can't find the gap in the covers before he swings the last ball across the line but gets a thick outside edge for a single to point.

A good start with the ball by Pollard as he concedes just three singles in his first over.

Dube finally gets going as he pulls a short ball from Holder over midwicket for a six. The next is hit over the same region, this time for a boundary as the youngster looks to break free after a slow start.

A single to Dube before Holder strikes with the key wicket of Rohit. The India opener walks across his stumps and tries to paddle it fine but misses the ball completely and is bowled for 15.

Virat Kohli walks in at No 4 and he gets off the mark with a single to long-on and Dube picks one off the last ball.
image
19:32   Rahul out for 11; India lose early wicket

India 42-1 (6 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Jason Holder replaces Cottrell as Dube is beaten first ball as he plays away from his body.

The next ball is short as Dube goes for the pull but is beaten before he tries the pull shot but gets the top edge which goes over the slips for a four.

He hits the next to deep square leg for one before Rohit pulls the last ball behind square for a four.

Fast bowler Kesrick Williams replaces left-arm spinner Pierre. He starts with short ball on the body as Dube turns it on the leg side for one.

Rohit steers the third ball behind point for a single and Dube floicks the next uppishly, on the bounce to deep square leg for another run.

Rohit then lofts the last ball over midwicket to get two runs as India reach 42 for one in six overs, with Rohit on 14 and Dube on 10.
image
19:23   Rahul out for 11; India lose early wicket

India 28-1 (4 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Cottrell continues as he again drifts on the pads and Rahul clips it to fine leg for a single.

Rohit then attempts the pull shot but fails to connect and is hit on the box before he misses the flick off a full delivery next ball as he takes a leg bye.

Another ball on the leg stump as Rahul clips it past square leg for two runs.

Rahul then makes room trying to hit the pacer through the off-side but is beaten by a yorker.

The last ball is finally outside the off-stump as Rahul drives it through the covers where the fielder does well to keep it down to just one.

Pierre strikes the early blow with the wicket of Rahul. The right-hander looks to break free as he goes for the slog sweep but holes out to the fielder at deep midwicket to perish for 11.

Interesting tactics from India as all-rounder Shivam Dube is promoted to No 3 ahead of the in-form captain Virat Kohli.

Rohit taps Pierre on the off-side for a single before Dube gets off the mark with two runs courtesy of an overthrow as he went for a quick to single to mid-off.

Dube then drives the fifth ball to long-on for one before Pierre pulls out of the delivery at the last minute.
19:09   West Indies elect to bowl; India unchanged

India 19-0 (2 ovs) vs WI | Scorecard

Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell to open the bowling for West Indies. Rohit Sharma on strike, as he swats the first ball, short on the body, to deep square leg for a single to get off the mark.

Cottrell gets the ball to jag in sharply but it goes way down the leg side as wicketkeeper Pooran fails to collect it, to concede five wides.

Rahul then steers a wide delivery to thirdman for a single which gets him off the mark.

Some inward movement for Cottrell as Rohit is hit on the pads trying to flick it on the leg side.

Cottrell struggling with his line as the inswinger goes wrong again and Rohit glances the full delivery fine on the leg side for a four.

Rohit then flicks the fifth ball to the fielder at square leg as he misses out on some easy runs before the pacer bowls a wide and he blocks the last ball, to end a long first over.

Left-arm spinner Khary Pierre to open the bowling from the other end. Rahul drives the first ball to long-off for a single and Rohit does the same next ball for another run.

Pierre drops short and wide as Rahul crashes it through the covers for a four and keeps strike with a single from the last ball.
image
18:50   West Indies elect to bowl; India unchanged

Check out the playing XIs of the two teams:

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (w/k), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal.

West Indies: Kieron Pollard (captain), Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (w/k), Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Khary Pierre, Hayden Walsh, Sheldon Cottrell, Kesrick Williams.
18:35   West Indies elect to bowl; India unchanged

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has won the toss and elected to bowl against India in a must-win second T20 International.

India, who won the first match by six wickets, have retained the same playing XI.

The visitors have made one change as Nicholas Pooran comes in for Denesh Ramdin.
image
17:43   India to aim to continue winning run vs WI

Welcome to the coverage of the second T20 International between India and West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram, on Sunday.

A confident India will look for an improved show in the bowling and fielding departments to match their stupendous batting performance and aim to wrap up the three-match T20 International series.

In the last 13 months, India have played the West Indies in six T20 Internationals with the hosts coming up trumps every single time.

India claimed their seventh straight T20I win over the visitors, beating them comfortably by six wickets in the first game to take a 1-0 lead in Hyderabad on Friday.

A win on Sunday will not only help India seal their second series in the shortest format but also give them a chance to test the fringe players as they continue their preparation for next year's T20 World Cup.

India pulled off their highest successful run chase in a T20 International as they chased down a challenging 207 for 5, posted by the Windies, in 18.4 overs, in the series opener.

If KL Rahul set the platform with a 40-ball 62, skipper Virat Kohli finished the job with a career-best 94 not out.

While the batting led by Kohli put up a good show, the bowlers found themselves at the receiving end of some power-hitting by the Windies batsmen.

In the fielding department too, India were far from impressive with a few catches going down apart from numerous misfields and the hosts will look to quickly pull up their socks.

The Windies, on the other hand, will be desperate to bounce back and keep the series alive but for that they will have to find a way to stop the Indian batsmen, led by Kohli.

The visiting team's bowlers appeared clueless as Kohli went on the overdrive.

TOP STORIES