IND beat WI: India beat West Indies by 8 runs- Nicholas Pooran (62) & Rovman Powell (68) tried their best but couldn’t prevent the visitors from yet another series defeat. The duo slammed the fifties in the close content that entered the last over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivered in the penultimate over and Harshal Patel kept his calm to defend 26 runs off the last over. Follow IND vs WI 2nd T20 LIVE Streaming & IND vs WI Live Updates on InsideSport.IN
IND beat WI: Virat Kohli & Rishabh Pant shine as India beat West Indies by 8 runs, seals series 2-0 after 100th T20I victory
🙌🙌#TeamIndia @Paytm #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/NjrkDCxt2q
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2022
IND beat WI: Virat Kohli & Rishabh Pant shine Earlier, Virat Kohli finally returned to form while Rishabh Pant also smacked a fifty in 2nd T20I. The duo guided India to 186/5 in the allotted 20 overs. Venkatesh Iyer also chipped in with a cameo 33(18) as India set them up ahead in WI’s do or die match. Roston Chase was the lone positive for West Indies as he ended with figures of 25/3 in his quota of 4 overs.
India takes the series 2-0 and the two teams will next face off on Sunday, February 20 in the third & final T20I.
Innings Break!
Half-centuries from @imVkohli (52) and @RishabhPant17 (52*) and an 18 ball 33 from Venkatesh Iyer propels #TeamIndia to a total of 186/5 on the board.
Scorecard – https://t.co/vJtANowUFr #INDvWI @Paytm pic.twitter.com/G6aPAw3sur
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2022
Kieron Pollard finally changed his fortunes and won the toss against Rohit Sharma. He opted to bowl first taking advantage of the dew factor at the Eden Gardens in the 2nd T20. Rohit Sharma didn’t mind batting first but Ishan Kishan will continue to open and there is no place for Ruturaj Gaikwad yet.
West Indies won the toss and opted to field
IND beat WI: Virat Kohli & Rishabh Pant shine as India beat West Indies by 8 runs, seals series 2-0 despite Pooran & Powell onslaught
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon King | 22 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 73.33 | |
| Kyle Mayers | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.00 | |
| Nicholas Pooran (WK) | 62 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 151.22 | |
| Rovman Powell | 68 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 188.89 | |
| Kieron Pollard (C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 14 (b 0, w 12, nb 0, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 178/3 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Roston Chase, Jason Holder, AJ Hosein, Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd, Sheldon Cottrell | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 |
| Deepak Chahar | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 |
| Harshal Patel | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 11.50 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Mayers | 1-34 | 5.1 |
| Brandon King | 2-59 | 8.3 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 3-159 | 18.3 |
- SIX! An entertaining knock from Rovman Powell, Harshal Patel on the edge.
- SIX! Rovman Powell hits a six to keep WI in the game.
- West Indies need 25 runs in 6 balls
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivers underpressure, just 4 runs off penultimate over against Kieron Pollard & Rovman Powell
- WICKET! Bishnoi takes a crucial catch at the right time, Pooran departs
100+ partnerships for WI vs India in T20Is
126 E Lewis – J Charles (1st wkt) Lauderhill 2016
112*E Lewis – M Samuels (2nd wkt) Kingston 2017
100*N Pooran – R Powell (3rd wkt) Kolkata 2022
- FOUR! Exceptional from Pooran to finally score a boundary when required
The #DelhiCapitals have made a serious signing….#Powell
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 18, 2022
- West Indies need 37 runs in 18 balls
An important fifty from Nicholas Pooran 👏#INDvWI | https://t.co/a9C8ROsQRw pic.twitter.com/YEt8Kw75zz
— ICC (@ICC) February 18, 2022
- SIX! Rovman Powell- When Power meets timing
- DROPPED! Butterfingers India drops another catch, Bhuvneshwar Kumar drops a crucial catch of Powell
- FOUR! Rovman Powell is ‘man on a mission’ with batting speedgun
- FOUR! Nicholas Pooran making most of Bishnoi’s over in race to the runchase.
- FOUR! Rovman Powell with straight drive, when he hits, its hardest hit of the day.
- FOUR! Luck WI’s way, Fortune favours the Brave- Rovman Powell
- The last four overs have gone for 43 runs.
- SIX! Powell’s big-hitting comes to the fore, bludgeons it towards long-off for a sixer.
- FOUR! Rovman Powell hits it hard and gets maximum runs for it after umpire check the close call that hit the boundary ad.
- FOUR! Pooran gets full value for his shot, WI eye to take on seam bowling
- FOUR! Rovman Powell picks the gap in the leg region, dew working wonders for West Indies
- SIX! Nicholas Pooran makes it most of the drop catch, sails it in the stands
- DROPPED! Ravi Bishnoi drops it off Yuzvendra Chahal- DEJA VU from last T20I- misses regulation catch of dangerous POORAN
- DEW has started to play a role but Bishnoi comes on the top
- WICKET! Ravi Bishnoi comes and strikes in his first over, Brandon Kings fails to convert it into a big one.
- FOUR! This time towards offside, Pooran welcomes Harshal Patel
- SIX! Nicholas Pooran smacks it for a maximum, picks it up quickly to bang it at deep square leg
- Brandon King given out caught behind, REVIEW overturns decision
- Chahal to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR- Ferocious start from West Indies batter
- WICKET!!!! Catch & bowled for Y Chahal, ends Kyle Mayers’ stay at the crease
- DROPPED & FOUR! Tough luck for Venkatesh Iyer, Brandon King makes the most of it.
- FOUR! Kyle Mayers drives and drives hard towards extra cover with a sweet sound off the bat.
- FOUR! First boundary of West Indies inns off Brandon King’s bat
- Deepak Chahar continues from the other end. Lack of speedsters with 140 kmph pace in Jasprit Bumrah & Mohd Shami’s absence.
- 5 WIDES! The batter gets lucky as it misses the stumps by few inches, Mayers survives
- Kyle Mayers & Brandon King start chase, Bhuvneshwar begins India’s innings with the ball
Rishabh Pant (52*) and Venkatesh Iyer (33) contributed with the bat as India posted a score of more than the 180-run mark. Pant and Iyer had formed a 76-run stand for the fifth wicket. Sent into bat, India got off to a bad start as the hosts lost opening wicket Ishan Kishan (2) in the second over. The left-handed batter was dismissed by Sheldon Cottrell. Virat Kohli then joined skipper Rohit Sharma in the middle and after the end of powerplay overs, India’s score read 49/1.
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (C) | 19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 105.56 | |
| Ishan Kishan | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Virat Kohli | 52 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 126.83 | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | 52 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 185.71 | |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 33 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 183.33 | |
| Harshal Patel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 19 (b 1, w 9, nb 2, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 186/5 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | DL Chahar, Ravi Bishnoi, B Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akeal Hosein | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 |
| Sheldon Cottrell | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 6.67 |
| Jason Holder | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 11.25 |
| Romario Shepherd | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11.33 |
| Roston Chase | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 |
| Odean Smith | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Kieron Pollard | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Ishan Kishan | 1-10 | 1.5 |
| Rohit Sharma | 2-59 | 7.5 |
| SA Yadav | 3-72 | 9.5 |
| Virat Kohli | 4-106 | 13.4 |
| VR Iyer | 5-182 | 19.3 |
🗣️🗣️Important to back yourself & trust your abilities @imVkohli talks about his mindset after his half-century.#TeamIndia | #INDvWI | @Paytm pic.twitter.com/PfIqS7vofM
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2022
- WICKET!!! Romario Shephard gets Venkatesh Iyer for 33(18) bowled out
- FOUR! Pant with a brilliant shot towards deep fine leg, smart game play
- SIX! Rishabh Pant uses a heavy bat for this one. Powered it away with shades of MSD in it– Helicopter
- FOUR! Venkatesh Iyer frustrates West Indies with classical off-drive towards the cover region.
- FIFTY partnership, good running between the wickets, 3 runs taken by Venkatesh Iyer & Rishabh Pant
- 2 WIDES! Kieron Pollard is just a spectator as Nicholas Pooran misses the stumps
- SIX! Venkatesh Iyer gets going in the death over, Holder slammed in the stands
- FOUR! Rishabh Pant this time around, 15 runs off the over
- FOUR! Consecutive boundaries from Venkatesh Iyer, good effort on the boundary by Brandon King but in vain
- FOUR! Venkatesh Iyer attacks Sheldon Cottrell with a fine leg in the ring
- FOUR! Make it a hat-trick of BOUNDARIES, 14 runs off Pollard’s over
- FOUR! And again, Pant continues his purple patch, this time towards the off-side.
- FOUR! Rishabh Pant continues from Kohli left off, Kieron Pollard punished
- FOUR! Venkatesh Iyer finishes off the over in style but Roston Chase finishes with 25/3
- SIX & WICKET! Virat Kohli survives on boundary, completes FIFTY but departs in the same over
Virat Kohli at it from the word go. Brings up a fine FIFTY off 39 deliveries 💪💪
This is his 30th in T20Is.
Live – https://t.co/vJtANowUFr #INDvWI @Paytm pic.twitter.com/PNnX5zGXbS
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2022
- FOUR! Virat Kohli racing away towards half-century.
- FOUR! Rishabh Pant slams his second boundary, this time a full toss towards mid-wicket.
- FOUR! Rishabh Pant starts off the proceedings with a boundary
- WICKET! Roston Chase to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught & Bowled
- Akeal Hosein completes his 4 overs for 30 runs at 7.5; India 69/2(9)
MUST WATCH – Two exquisite boundaries in an over – A @imVkohli special 👌👌
📽️📽️https://t.co/twIpvCBzln #INDvWI @Paytm
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2022
- FOUR! SuryaKumar Yadav drives it towards point and beats the fielder to off-the-mark
- WICKET! Rohit Sharma fails again, top-edged for 17 runs as Roston Chase strikes
- FOUR! Virat Kohli gets another boundary, another blunder on the field by West Indies.
- SIX! Rohit adds salt to the wounds, India finishes powerplay at 49/1
- FOUR! Another shot, stand and deliver, Virat Kohli towards extra cover.
- FOUR! Virat Kohli with the straight bat, he is dealing with boundaries
- Romario Shephard will bowl the last over of the powerplay
- OUR! Rohit Sharma slaps on the on-side, piles misery for Holder
- FOUR! Virat Kohli welcomes Jason Holder with a boundary at the cover region
- FOUR! HITMAN plays it towards the deep point and it races away to the boundary
- DROPPED! Rohit Sharma gets a lifeline, Brandon King the culprit at backward point.
- FOUR! Another boundary from the run machine Kohli
- FOUR! Akeal Hosein continues but is punished by Virat Kohli. Great start to his innings, can he go big today?
- WICKET!!!!!!!! Cottrell strikes, Ishan Kishan caught out by Kyle Mayers after a top edge. MAIDEN over as a bonus.
- DRS call for caught behind! Ishan Kishan is given not out by the on-field umpire. And it stays NOT OUT
- Sheldon Cottrell bowls from the other end. He needs 3 wickets to complete 50 T20I wickets.
- NO-BALL again! Rohit Sharma also manages only a single.
- FREE HIT! A big blunder from Hosein in the opening over coupled with a no-ball. Ishan Kishan misses a big shot.
- Akeal Hosein starts proceedings with the ball as Rohit Sharma & Ishan Kishan open India Inns.
As for the Team XI, India opted to go with the same squad with no place for Ruturaj Gaikwad. As for West Indies, Jason Holder replaced Fabian Allen.
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), Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd, Sheldon Cottrell
West Indies have won the toss and they will bowl first in the 2nd T20I.
A look at #TeamIndia Playing XI for the game.
Live – https://t.co/vJtANowUFr #INDvWI @Paytm pic.twitter.com/uY4p96ILmx
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2022
IND vs WI Live Score: Kieron Pollard wins toss, India bat first, no place for Ruturaj – Follow 2nd T20 Live Updates
How To watch IND vs WI Live Streaming in India?
Fans can watch IND vs WI Live on Star Sports, Hotstar.
Caribbean – Flow Sports
Bangladesh – Gazi TV
Sri Lanka – Dialog TV and Peo TV
UK – Sky Sports
South Africa – SuperSport
USA and Canada – Willow TV, Disney+ Hotstar, and ESPN+ will also present the live streaming of the matches.
Australia – Fox Sports
New Zealand – Sky Sports NZ network.
India WI LIVE Broadcast: The series will be LIVE BROADCASTED in multiple languages and on multiple Star Network channels.
The series will be LIVE Broadcasted on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports Select 2, Star Sports Select 2 HD.
Other than English & Hindi languages, series will also be available in Tamil, Telugu & Kannada language for the fans.
IND vs WI T20 Squad
India Squad for T20 series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel.
West Indies squad for T20 series: Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran (vice-captain), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Brandon King, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh Jr.
IND vs WI Live Score: Kieron Pollard wins toss, India bat first, no place for Ruturaj – Follow 2nd T20 Live Updates
For more sports news and updates, follow us at InsideSport.IN
Editor's Pick
Cricket
IND vs AUS 1st Test in Perth, Day 1 LIVE: Harshit Rana and Nitish Rana make debut, India opt to bat
Top Stories
