IND vs WI 2nd T20: India scored 152 runs
Batting first, Team India has scored 152 runs losing seven wickets, and has set a target of 153 runs in front of West Indies. In the first match, Team India could not achieve the target of 150 runs. In such a situation, this target will not be easy for the West Indies as well. It is not easy to score runs on the slow Guyana pitch and the three spin bowlers in the Indian team can trouble the West Indies.
Tilak Verma scored the highest 51 runs for India in this match. Ishaan Kishan contributed 27 and Hardik Pandya contributed 24 runs. Akshar Patel scored 14 runs. Apart from these four, no Indian batsman could touch double figures.
What happened in the first innings?
Electing to bat first after winning the toss, the Indian team made a very slow start. Only one run was scored in the first over. In the second over, Kishan hit a six, but after two overs, India were nine. In the third over, Gill hit a six and in an attempt to play a big shot on the next ball, Alzarri became the victim of Joseph. Gill’s poor form continued and he could manage only seven runs. In the very next over, Suryakumar Yadav was run out by Kyle Meyers by hitting an accurate throw. Suryakumar scored just one run.
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Team India came on the back foot after falling for two wickets for 18 runs. In such a situation, Tilak Verma, playing his second T20 match for India, handled the innings along with Ishaan Kishan. Both added 42 runs for the third wicket. After this, Kishan was also dismissed after scoring 27 runs in 23 balls. Romario Shepherd clean-bowled him. Sanju Samson also got out in an attempt to make a big shot after scoring seven runs. Pooran stumped him on the ball of Akil Hussain.
India had lost four wickets for 76 runs. Tilak, along with captain Hardik, took the Indian team beyond 100 runs. During this, he also completed his first half-century. He added 38 runs with Hardik for the fifth wicket. Tilak got out after scoring 51 runs in 41 balls with the help of five fours and a six. He lost his wicket in an attempt to hit a six off Akil Hossain.
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Stormy batting was expected from Hardik in the end overs, but he was also dismissed after scoring 24 runs in 18 balls with the help of two fours. Alzarri Joseph clean bowled him on a precise yorker. Now Akshar Patel was the last batsman. He was also dismissed trying to pull the ball from Shepherd in the last over. Akshar scored 14 runs in 12 balls. In the last over, Arshdeep Singh hit a four, and Ravi Bishnoi hit a six to take India past 150 runs. In the end, Team India managed to score 152 runs for seven wickets.
India (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi
West Indies (Playing XI): Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
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