Surviving a late scare, West Indies beat India by 2 wickets in the 2nd T20I in Guyana on Sunday. The Windies won with 7 balls to spare to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
★India won the toss and chose to bat but lost opener Shubman Gill (7) and T20 specialist Suryakumar Yadav (1) by the 4th over to be 18/2, a woeful start.
★The only bright spot in the Indian innings was a 42-run stand between Tilak Varma (51) and Ishan Kishan (27). Hardik Pandya did his best to reinforce the Indian innings but fell after an 18-ball 24.
★Rest of the batting crumbled as Akeal Hosein (2-29), Alzarri Joseph (2-28), and Romario Shepherd (2-28) did most of the damage for the hosts, to restrict India to 152/7, a below par score.
★Nicholas Pooran fresh from his exploits in the Major League Cricket, smashed 4 sixes and 6 fours in his 40-ball 67.
★West Indies suffered a dramatic collapse as they were reduced from 126/4 to 129/8, losing four wickets for just three runs.
★But the Indians failed to capitalize on the collapse and the West Indies, still needing 24 runs off 4 overs with only 2 wickets, held their nerves and were saved by Akeal Hosein (16 not out) and Alzarri Joseph (10 not out), who shared an unbroken 26-run stand to take West Indies to 155/8 in 18.5 overs.
For the first time since 2016, the West Indies have won back-to-back T20Is against India. The Men in Blue will now have to win all 3 remaining T20Is if they are to win the series.
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