On a record-breaking day, India showed their prowess to humble host West Indies by 59 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in the second ODI at the historic Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad on Sunday. The win helped India take a deserved 1-0 lead in the three-match series after the first match was abandoned due to rain. Yes, rain once again tried to play spoilsport but only managed to eat up four overs, forcing to revised the target to 270 runs in 46 overs after India post 279/7 in 50 overs.
Leading India charge was skipper Virat Kohli, who hit his 42nd ODI ton and broke a flurry of records, and pace-spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar who now has 15 wickets in six matches at the venue. For the Windies, soon-t-be retired Chris Gayle broke Brian Lara's ODI run-scoring and Windies appearance records. But his opening partner Evin Lewis played a valiant knock of 65 runs from 80 balls despite struggling with fitness issues.
Then, there's the calming presence of Shreyas Iyer. The youngster made 71 without making a fuss, and it augurs well for India. The audition for No 4 is on, one would presume.
All in all, a good match with the better team winning. Relive the match here
Brief Scores:
India: 279 for 7 in 50 overs (Virat Kohli 120, Shreyas Iyer 71; Carlos Brathwaite 3/53).
West Indies: 210 all out in 42 overs (Evin Lewis 65, Nicholas Pooran 42; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/31).
MoM: Virat Kohli
West Indies Innings, Target 270 In 46 Overs (D/L)
03:42 hrs IST: Mohammed Shami on with his eighth over. Sheldon Cottrell hits the second ball for a four, lofting over mid-off. But he perishes while trying for an expansive drive against a rising delivery the next ball. Very well catch taken by Ravindra Jadeja at third man after backpedaling. FoW-209/9 (41.3 overs). He made 17 off 18. Oshane Thomas is the new man. And Shami traps Thomas with a yorker. No reviews left and India won by 59 runs.
03:37 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns for his eighth over. Two dots to Jason Holder, slower ones. Followed by a length delivery for another dot. Holder lofts the fourth ball for a double, to deep. A single and a swing and miss to end the over. Three from it. WI-204/8 after 41 overs. They need 66 runs from 30 balls.
03:33 hrs IST: Khaleel Ahmed returns. Sheldon Cottrell hits the fifth ball for a six over deep mid-wicket. Three more singles from the previous deliveries. Nine runs from the over. WI-201/8 after 40 overs. They need 69 runs from 36 balls.
03:28 hrs IST: Mohammed Shami returns for his seventh over. Three singles and a well-directed bouncer to Sheldon Cottrell. Then two more dots. Three from the over. WI-192/8 after 39 overs. They need 78 from 42.
03:24 hrs IST: Ravindra Jadeja on with his fourth over. Sheldon Cottrell uses the long handle to smock the fifth ball for a four, to long-on boundary. Seven from the over. WI-189/8 after 38 overs. They need 81 from 48 balls.
03:21 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues, and gets his fourth wicket in the form of Kemar Roach (0 off 3). FoW-182/8 (36.2 overs). Sheldon Cottrell is the new man. And he was a goner had India got the review. Umpire Nigel Llong failed to catch the fine nick off the glove. One run from the over. WI-182/8 after 37 overs. They need 88 off 54 balls. 17 runs and four wickets in the last five overs.
Bhuvi's Port of Spain fact: 15 wickets in six ODIs.
03:14 hrs IST: Ravindra Jadeja back into the attack, and he gets the wicket of Carlos Brathwaite, caught at gully by Mohammed Shami. Out for three-ball duck. FoW-180/7 (35.5 overs). Kemar Roach is the new man. Two runs from the over. WI-181/7 after 36 overs. They lost three wickets for nineteen runs. And need 89 from 60 balls.
03:09 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns for his sixth over. Nicholas Pooran charges and tries to take on, but ends up getting a skier. Catch taken by Virat Kohli at mid-wicket. FoW-179/5 (34.2 overs). Pooran made 42 off 52. Bhuvi then takes a stunning return catch to send Roston Chase back, off the fifth ball. Chase made 18 off 23. One run from the over. WI-179/5 after 35 overs. Jason Holder and Carlos Brathwaite are in the centre for the Windies. They need 91 from 66.
02:56 hrs IST: Mohammed Shami returns for his sixth over. Roston Chase and Nicholas Pooran hit the third and last balls for fours. Ten runs from the over. WI-175/4 after 33 overs.
02:51 hrs IST: Khaleel Ahmed returns for his fifth over. Three runs from the over. WI-165/4 after 32 overs. They need 105 runs from 84 balls.
In the previous over, Ravindra Jadeja conceded three singles. Six runs so far from his two overs.
02:43 hrs IST: Kuldeep Yadav completes his spell of 10 overs for figures of 2/59. Five runs from his last over. WI-159/4 after 30 overs. They need 111 runs from 96 balls.
02:33 hrs IST: Kuldeep Yadav on with his penultimate over. He removes dangerous-looking Evin Lewis (65 off 80), caught at cover by a jumping Virat Kohli. FoW-148/4 (27.2 overs). Drinks.
02:29 hrs IST: Kedar Jadhav on with his fifth over. Evin Lewis hits the second ball for a four, through cover. Nine runs from the over. WI-147/3 after 27 overs. Lewis and Nicholas Pooran added 55 in 54 balls.
02:25 hrs IST: Kuldeep Yadav on with his eighth over. Evin Lewis hits the third ball for a four. Eight runs from the over. WI-138/3 after 26 overs. They need another 132 runs.
02:15 hrs IST: Kedar Jadhav continues. Evin Lewis takes a single off the third ball, and with that a well made fifty for him, in 66 balls. Nicholas Pooran hits the next ball for a four. 10 runs from the over. WI-120/3 after 23 overs. They need 150 runs.
02:10 hrs IST: Kuldeep Yadav operating in tandem with Kedar Jadhav. Nicholas Pooran hits the last ball of his sixth over for a four. Eight runs from the over. WI-110/3 after 22 overs. They need 160 runs more.
01:56 hrs IST: Kuldeep Yadav continues. And he gets the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer (18 off 20), caught by Virat Kohli at short cover. FoW-92/3 (17.6).
01:51 hrs IST: Mohammed Shami on with his fifth over. Shimron Hetmyer hits the second ball for a four, courtesy a misfield from Shami's pace mate Khaleel at backward point. Then another four off the fifth ball, this time beating Rishabh Pant. 10 runs from the over. WI-89/2 after 17 overs.
01:46 hrs IST: Kuldeep Yadav continues. Shimron Hetmyer hits the fifth ball for a four. 10 runs from the over. WI-79/2 after 16 overs.
01:42 hrs IST: Mohammed Shami returns. Evin Lewis hits the fourth ball for a four, but he looks in real pain after hooking and turning the body. Five runs from the over. WI-69/2 after 15 overs.
01:31 hrs IST: Four overs have been LOST, and the target has been revised. It's become a 46 Overs match, and the revised target is 270 from 46 overs.
00:53 hrs IST: Khaleel Ahmed on with his fourth over. Removes Shai Hope (5 off 10), LBW. FoW-52/2 (12.2 overs). Shimron Hetmyer is the new man. And an appeal for caught behind against Evin Lewis off the fifth ball. Then rain arrives, again.
00:46 hrs IST: Bowling change. Kuldeep Yadav on. Three singles. WI-52/1 after 12 overs.
00:42 hrs IST: Khaleel Ahmed on with his third over. Three singles from it. WI-49/1 after 11 overs.
00:38 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues. He traps Chris Gayle in front. Shai Hope is the new man. Six runs from the over. WI-46/1 after 10 overs.
00:30 hrs IST: Khaleel Ahmed continues. Chris Gayle takes a single off the first ball to overtake Brian Lara (10348 runs) as the most prolific scorer for the Windies in this format. Gayle then hits the fifth ball for a four. Six runs from the over. WI-40/0 after nine overs.
00:24 hrs IST: Change of ends for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Chris Gayle takes a single off the first ball, then Evin Lewis hits the last ball for a four to fine leg. Five runs from the over. WI-34/0 after eight overs.
00:20 hrs IST: Bowling change. Khaleel Ahmed on. Evin Lewis gets a thick edge off the fourth ball to get a four. Five runs from the over. WI-29/0 after seven overs.
00:13 hrs IST: Mohammed Shami continues. Evin Lewis hits the first ball for a four, behind point. Brilliant response from Shami, to keep the Windies opener quiet for the rest of the over. WI-24/0 after six overs.
00:08 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues. Five wides spoil the figures in his third over. Six runs from the over. WI-20/0 after five overs.
00:03 hrs IST: Mohammed Shami continues. Chris Gayle takes a double off the first ball, then Evin Lewis eats up the remaining deliveries. WI-14/0 after four overs.
23:59 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues. Evin Lewis hits the third ball for a six, over square leg. Seven runs from the over. WI-12/0 after three overs.
23:56 hrs IST: Mohammed Shami shares the new ball. Three runs, including a wide. WI-5/0 after two overs.
23:50 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts the proceedings in the second half. Chris Gayle, who's playing in his 300th ODI, takes a single off the first ball. His opening partner Evin Lewis gets one off the fifth. Two runs from the over.
23:28 hrs IST: Skipper Virat Kohli led from the front with a fine century, his 42nd of the career, to guide India to 279/7. Coming on to bat in the fourth ball of the innings, Kohli played aggressively and scored 120 off 125 balls to guide India's innings. He hit 14 boundaries and one six during his elegant knock.
Besides Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (71 off 68) struck third half-century of his career and together with his skipper shared 125 runs for the fourth wicket to take India to a comfortable position. Rishabh Pant made 20 off 35 balls with the help of two boundaries before inexperience did him in.
West Indies came back strongly in the last 10 overs to peg back the Indians with some clever bowling display. Comfortably placed at 212/3, India could only manage 67 runs for the loss of four wickets in the last 10 overs.
There was a brief stoppage when India were 233/4 in 43rd over.
23:14 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite with the last over of the innings. Brilliant one. Seven runs from it. His figures: 3/53. IND-279/7. Just 29 runs from the last five overs. Ravindra Jadeja unbeaten on 16 off 16.
23:10 hrs IST: Sheldon Cottrell on with his last over. Five runs from it. His figures: 1/49. IND-272/7 after 49 overs. Ravindra Jadeja is on 13 off 13 and his partner is Mohammed Shami, on 1 off 2.
23:03 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite on with his ninth over. Wicket of Bhuvneshwar Kumar off the fourth ball, caught at deep cover by Kemar Roach. Eight runs from the over. IND-267/7 after 48 overs.
22:58 hrs IST: India losing the steam here. Kedar Jadhav is run out, brilliant work from Evin Lewis. IND-259/6 after 47 overs. Two wickets for 31 runs in the last five overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are in the centre.
22:50 hrs IST: Jason Holder removes Shreyas Iyer, bowled. Iyer made 71 off 68 balls. IND-250/5 after 45.3 overs.
22:43 hrs IST: Play resumes after a brief stoppage. No loss of overs. Jason Holder on with his eighth over. Five singles from it. IND-241/4 after 44 overs.
22:13 hrs IST: Sheldon Cottrell on with his eighth over, and after two deliveries, THEN RAIN ARIVES. IND-233/4 after 42.2 overs.
22:10 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite on with his eighth over. He gets the big wicket of Virat Kohli (120 off 125), caught at long-off by Kemar Roach. FoW-226/4 (41.3 overs). Kedar Jadhav is the new man. Three runs from the over. IND-228/4 after 42 overs.
22:05 hrs IST: Oshane Thomas returns for his fourth over. Virat Kohli hits fours off the third, fifth and sixth balls. 13 runs from the over. IND-225/3 after 41 overs.
21:59 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite returns for his seventh over. Shreyas Iyer takes a single off the second ball to reach his fifty, in 49 balls. He then hits the fifth ball for a four. Nine runs from the over. IND-212/3 after 40 overs.
21:54 hrs IST: Sheldon Cottrell on with his seventh over. Virat Kohli hits the first ball for a four. Eight runs from the over. IND-203/3 after 39 overs.
21:51 hrs IST: Jason Holder continues. Virat Kohli takes a single off the first ball, and hundred. His 42nd ODI ton. Five runs from the over. IND-195/3 after 38 overs.
In the previous over, Sheldon Cottrell conceded five runs.
21:41 hrs IST: Five runs from Jason Holder's sixth over. IND-185/3 after 36 overs. Virat Kohli on 96 off 108.
21:38 hrs IST: Kemar Roach on with his sixth over. Nine runs from the over, including a four off the last ball, hit by Virat Kohli to move to a personal score of 95 off 107 balls. IND-180/3 after 35 overs.
21:33 hrs IST: Jason Holder on with his fifth over. Virat Kohli hits his rival number for a six, off the fourth ball over long-off. Eight runs from the over. IND-171/3 after 34 overs.
21:29 hrs IST: Kemar Roach on with his fifth over. Six runs from the over. IND-163/3 after 33 overs.
21:22 hrs IST: Windies skipper Jason Holder returns. Virat Kohli hits the fourth ball for a four, then Shreyas Iyer gets his fourth boundary, off the last ball. Nine runs from the over. IND-157/3 after 32 overs. They have added 56 runs in 58 balls. Drinks.
21:16 hrs IST: Kemar Roach continues. Five singles from his fourth over. IND-148/3 after 31 overs.
21:13 hrs IST: Virat Kohli hits the first ball of Roston Chase's last over for a four. Seven runs from the over. IND-143/3 after 30 overs. Chase's figures: 10-1-37-1. Brilliant stuff.
21:09 hrs IST: Kemar Roach returns for his third over. Shreyas Iyer hits the third and sixth balls for fours. Nine from the over. IND-136/3 after 29 overs. 27 runs from the last five overs.
21:05 hrs IST: Three singles from Roston Chase's ninth over. IND-127/3 after 28 overs.
21:01 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite continues. Five runs from his sixth over. IND-124/3 after 27 overs.
20:58 hrs IST: Roston Chase rushing through his overs. Four singles from his eighth over. IND-119/3 after 26 overs.
20:55 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite continues. Shreyas Iyer hits the fifth ball for a four, brilliantly timed through square. Six runs from the over. IND-115/3 after 25 overs.
20:51 hrs IST: Roston Chase on with his seventh over. Three singles from it. IND-109/3 after 24 overs. 15 runs and a wicket in the last five overs as Windies wrest back the initiative from India.
20:48 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite continues, and the wicket of Rishabh Pant. Bowled. FoW 101/3 (22.2 overs). Shreyas Iyer is the new man. Five runs from the over. IND-106/3 after 23 overs.
20:41 hrs IST: Roston Chase on with his sixth over. Four dots to Rishabh Pant, then a couple at backward point. First runs for Pant after 10 dots. Three runs from the over. IND-101/2 after 22 overs.
20:38 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite back. Four singles from the over. IND-98/2 after 21 overs.
20:34 hrs IST: Roston Chase on with his fifth over. A maiden to Rishabh Pant. Indian wicket-keeper is determined to hang on, it seems. 18 runs and a wicket in the last five overs. IND-94/2 after 20 overs.
20:31 hrs IST: Sheldon Cottrell on with his fifth over. Four singles from it. IND-94/2 after 19 overs.
20:28 hrs IST: Roston Chase continues. Rishabh Pant hits the last ball for a four, his second today, behind square. Eight runs from the over. IND-90/2 after 18 overs.
20:25 hrs IST: Sheldon Cottrell on with his fourth over. Five runs from the over. IND-82/2 after 17 overs.
20:21 hrs IST: Just after the break, India lost Rohit Sharma, caught at point by Nicholas Pooran off the bowling of Roston Chase. FoW- 76/2 (15.3 overs). Rohit made 18 off 34 balls. Rishabh Pant is the new man. One run from the over. IND-77/2 after 16 overs.
20:12 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite continues. Virat Kohli hits the last ball of the over for a four, beating third man. And fifty for the skipper, in 57 balls. He now has 55ODI fifties. Five runs from the over. IND-76/1 after 15 overs. Drinks.
20:07 hrs IST: Roston Chase on with his second over. Five runs from the over, including a four off the fourth ball, hit by Virat Kohli behind square. IND-71/1 after 14 overs.
20:04 hrs IST: Double bowling change. Carlos Brathwaite, right-arm fast medium, on. Two singles off the last two balls. IND-66/1 after 13 overs. 27 runs in the last five overs.
20:00 hrs IST: Bowling change. Roston Chase, off-spinner on. Three singles from the over. IND-64/1 after 12 overs.
19:56 hrs IST: Oshane Thomas continues. Rohit Sharma hits the first ball for a four, past the bowler. Six runs from the over. IND-61/1 after 11 overs.
19:51 hrs IST: Another good over for India. Virat Kohli hit the last ball of the over, bowled by Jason Holder, for a four. Seven runs from the over. Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma have added 53 runs in 58 balls. IND-55/1 after 10 overs.
19:46 hrs IST: Oshane Thomas continues. Nine runs from his second over, including a wide and two no balls. India have added 28 runs in the last five overs. IND-48/1 after nine overs.
19:42 hrs IST: Jason Holder on with his second over. Virat Kohli hits the second ball for a four. Five runs from the over. IND-39/1 after eight overs.
19:37 hrs IST: Oshane Thomas continues. Four runs from the over. IND 34/1.
RECORD ALERT! Kohli has become the batsman with most ODI runs against the West Indies, breaking Javed Miandad's record.
19:31 hrs IST: Ten runs off the last 12 balls. India are 30/1 after 6 overs. Kohli 20*, Rohit 6*
19:22 hrs IST: Decent over from Roach, six off it. India are 20/1 after 4 overs. Kohli 16*, Rohit 0*
19:17 hrs IST: Nice and tidy over from Cottrell, only one off it. India are 14/1 after 3 overs. Kohli 11*, Rohit 0*
19:13 hrs IST: Fine start from Kohli. Scores two boundaries in three balls. India are 13/1 after 2 overs. Kohli 10*, Rohit 0*
19:08 hrs IST: OUT! Cottrell gets the big fish. Dhawan departs. His poor form this series continues. Skipper Kohli comes to the crease. India are 3/1 after the first over. Kemar Roach comes into the attack.
19:02 hrs IST: Time for live action. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma to open. Sheldon Cottrell to begin proceedings.
18:35 hrs IST: Playing XIs
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope(w), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Jason Holder(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Kemar Roach, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, K Khaleel Ahmed
18:31 hrs IST: India have won the toss and have opted to bat
18:15 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to Outlook's live coverage of the second ODI between the Windies and India.
Another four-year cycle has started with Sri Lanka-Bangladesh and India-West Indies One-Day International series setting the tone for 50-overs cricket post-ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. But things are in a nascent stage with teams grappling with new ideas, jostling to bring in future stars while giving enough elbow rooms to fading legends. When India take on hosts West Indies in the second ODI at Port of Spain in Trinidad on Sunday, that's what fans will see – two former World Champions taking baby steps even as they try not to fall too hard while negotiating a difficult course. Get live updates and live cricket score of West Indies vs India, 2nd ODI here
And that brings us to the problems and prospects, with both the teams trying to fill in the gaps or rather solve old concerns. India have their never-ending number four conundrum while the Windies are in a rebuilding job which has been going on for years. In the midst, both the camps have seen glimmers of hope – Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul or even Kedar Jadhav emerging as solutions to the No. 4 problem for India, while investments made in Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran and Shai Hope are proving to be good business for the Windies.
Meanwhile, spare some thoughts for soon-to-be retire Chris Gayle. The self-proclaimed Universe Boss failed to find his 'Providence' in the first ODI as the rain and a very slow start reduced him to a pedestrian. No one would have believed Mr. Gayle can play a 31-ball four-run knock. Well, that's what he did. Probably, age is catching up with him too. But on his 300th ODI, Gayle can be Gayle. By the way, he is only seven runs shy of becoming Windies' all-time ODI run-scorer, currently held by Brian Lara.
Then, there is the Indian India trio of super batsmen – Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – hungry for more.
What about the bowlers?
Indian bowlers are likely to dominate with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami showing their unrivaled craft. With a hint of rain in the air, Indian pacers can be deadly, as witnessed in the T20Is and also the abandoned first ODI. And they have the support of a strong sping attack, featuring the likes of Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Windies too possess a very strong bowling attack. Kemar Roach is a known fire-breather, but he will need lots of support to silence India's star batsmen.
Here are the squads and likely XIs:
Predicted XIs:
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Jason Holder (c), Fabian Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Kemar Roach, Sheldon Cottrell
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Kedar Jadhav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav
Teams:
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Kemar Roach, John Campbell, Keemo Paul, Oshane Thomas
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, K Khaleel Ahmed, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
