A destructive spell from pacer Obed McCoy (6/17) and a superb half-century from Brandon King (68) powered an all-round West Indies to a five-wicket win over India in the second T20I of five-match series on Monday.
Tight bowling by India, led by Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi's two-wicket haul respectively helped the Men in Blue defeat West Indies by 68 runs in the first T20I.
India has completed a clean sweep of 3-0 over the hosts. Following this, both the teams will be squaring off for the five-match T20I series, starting from Friday.
West Indies batting attack pushed India to its limits and had fans at the edge of their seats till the very last ball, but lost the game by three runs.
"I believe in the guys and believe in the talent that we have here and willingness of the guys to learn. Everyone wants to get better; everyone is asking questions. Everyone is asking how to get better and that's something I admire from the guys so far coming from the Bangladesh series," ESPNcricinfo quoted Nicholas Pooran as saying.
Rovman Powell helped West Indies put together a big score at home and Bangladesh fell short by 35 runs, as the hosts claimed the series lead in the second T20I.
Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 12 (ANI): SunRisers Hyderabad wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran expressed happiness after his side thrashed Gujarat Titans on Monday.
Kolkata Feb 18 PTI Bhuvneshwar Kumars form since his return from injury has often been questioned but India skipper Rohit Sharma believes in him a lot after the seamer bowled a brilliant penultimate over that helped the hosts win the second T20 against West IndiesBhuvneshwar Kumar conceded four runs in the 19th over as West Indies fell short by eight runs in an exciting finish You are always a bit scared when you are playing against these guys West Indies power hitters In the end it was a phenomenal finish Right from the start we knew it wouldnt be easy But I am proud we executed our plans under pressure It was very critical at that point when Bhuvneshwar bowled Thats where experience comes into play Bhuvi has been doing it for many years and we believe in him a lot said Rohit at the post match presentation after series sealing win He also praise the batters with India posting 186 for five at the Eden Gardens The way Virat started he took the pressure off me as well It was a very important innings And great finish by Rishabh and Venky Iyer To see that sort of maturity from Iyer is very pleasing He looks confident and towards the end he asked me if I wanted to give him an over However the fielding can be better he said We were a little sloppy in the field a little disappointed with that We could have done better if we had taken those catches We wan to try and minimise those mistakes moving forward added Rohit West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard took a lot out of the game despite the loss and praised Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell for taking the game to the final over He was phenomenal today Powell His partnership with Pooran almost took us over the line Pleased with the guys The ball was moving around and they have got good bowlers You have to give credit where its due he said In the first game you could have said we were a bit slow in the middle overs but we corrected that here We cannot call the batters out We can look at it in different ways how we could have got those eight runs We are a work in progress PTI BS KHS KHS
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