India survived a mighty scare to settle for a tie with the West Indies in the second ODI match at Visakhapatnam. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 157 off 129 balls to help India post 321 runs, but it looked well within the visitors' reach as Shai Hope hit a classy 119 off 133 balls.
He and Shimron Hetmyer added 143 runs for the fourth wicket as the Windies for the first time on the tour looked like beating India. But it never happened. This is the second tie between the two teams.
India won the first ODI in Guwahati on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. It's the 450th ODI match for India, and 58th between the two teams.
Brief Scores:
India: 321 for 6 in 50 overs (Virat Kohli 157 not out; Ashley Nurse 2/46)
West Indies: 321 for 7 in 50 overs (Shai Hope 123, Shimron Hetmyer 94; Kuldeep Yadav 3/67).
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West Indies Innings
Target: 322
9:45 PM: Shai Hope hit the last ball for a four to force a tie. Scoring sequence: 1,4L,2,W,2,4. He remained unbeaten on 123 of 134 balls.
9:36 PM: Mohammed Shami conceded only six runs in the penultimate over. His figures: 10-0-59-1. Windies need 14 from the last over, to be bowled by Umesh Yadav.
9:28 PM: Shai Hope became only the second Windies player to score a hundred batting at number three against India, after Viv Richards (119 in 1983 and 149 in 1983).
Windies needing 22, lost skipper Jason Holder thanks to a run-out. That happened off the second ball of the 48th over. 20 off 12 needed.
9:11 PM: Couple of good overs from India, and the asking rate has slightly climbed up. But it's under control for the Windies. Windies need another 36 runs from the last five overs. Hope is two runs away from a hundred.
8:50 PM: Windies need 65 off 66 balls. Strangely enough, India have failed to defend 321 in the past, twice – against Pakistan at Mohali in 2007 and against Sri Lanka at The Oval ten years later.
8:11 PM: West Indies in complete control. A 140-run stand from 114 balls by Hetmyer (93) and Hope (60) has flattened Indian attack. They need 104 runs from 19 overs.
7:44 PM: A century stand between Hetmyer (72) and Hope (44) has revived Windies' hopes at Vizag. They need another 142 runs from 26 overs. Hetmyer just hit Yuzvendra Chahal for a four and two sixes of three successive balls.
Kuldeep Yadav removed Chandrapaul Hemraj (32) and Marlon Samuels (13) in quick succession after Mohammed Shami dismissed Kieran Powell in the 7th over. After 17 overs, Windies were 116/3. Shai Hope (33) and Shimron Hetmyer (17) were unbeaten. Drinks
India Innings
It's all Virat Kohli. The skipper played yet another sublime innings on Wednesday to help India post a good total of 321/6 at Visakhapatnam.
Kohli won the toss and opted to bat first at the skipper's favourite ground. India made one change, bringing chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav on for Khaleel Ahmed.
India lost opener Shikhar Dhawan early, then Rohit Sharma followed his opening partner in quick time.
Then came a 139-run third wicket stand between Kohli and Ambati Rayudu, who scored 73.
Kohli reached 10000th run off the third ball of the 37th over, bowled by Ashley Nurse. He thus became the fastest to reach the mark, only taking 205 innings.
Soon, he brought up his 37th ODI hundred. He has previously scored 118, 117, 99 and 65 in his previous four innings.
In the first match of the series, the 29-year-old hit 140.
India scored 100 runs in the last ten overs.
The skipper remained unbeaten on 157 from 129 balls with the help of 13 fours and four sixes.
For the Windies, Nurse took two wickets for 46 runs from his 10 overs. Nurse's spin partner, Devendra Bishoo was also impressive enough, and the two slow bowlers contained the Indian batsmen in the middle overs. Debutant pacer Odeb McCoy also got two wickets for 71 runs from nine overs.
5:35 PM: India scored 100 runs in the last ten overs, with skipper Kohli taking on the Windies bowlers just like he did in Guwahati on Sunday.
4:21 PM: Virat Kohli brought up his 37th ODI hundred, second in two matches. He reached the 100 with a four off the fifth ball of the 44th over. Two deliveries earlier, India lost Rishabh Pant's wicket. Trapped in front by Marlon Samuels. Also wasted a review.
4:45 PM: Virat Kohli has become the fastest to score 10000 runs in ODIs. Dhoni, who was also looking to notch his 10000 ODI runs, failed once again. The former India captain departed after making only 20 runs. After 41 overs, India were 224/4, with Kohli batting at nine runs short of his 37th ODI hundred. Rishabh Pant was giving him company.
3: 55 PM: Virat Kohli (63) and Ambati Rayudu (70) have added 129 runs for the third wicket in 132 balls. India were 169/2 after 30.4 overs.
2:50 PM: At Tea, India were 85/2. Virat Kohli and Ambati Rayudu were unbeaten at 26 and 25 runs respectively. They have put together 45 runs in 50 balls.
2:30 PM: India lost both the opener Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma inside the first nine overs.
Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first at Vizag. There's one change for India, with chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav coming in for Khaleel Ahmed.
Windies also made one change. Obed McCoy makes his ODIn debut, he replaced Oshane Thomas.
Kohli, who's in the brink of becoming the quickest batsman to reach 10000 ODI runs, said that India need to post a good total to give bowlers a chance. He also revealed that the top is "nice and hard."
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal
West Indies: Kieran Powell, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope (wk), Marlon Samuels, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder (c), Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach, Obed McCoy
