🏏India vs West Indies: 2nd T20Match🏏

India vs. West Indies

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit that we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that brings the victory.

India won the first T20 international against the West Indies relatively comfortably as it won the toss and made good use of the conditions.

We saw some naive tactics from the West Indies, where they failed to utilize the immense talent they have in their team. 1-0 up, India has a chance to win the series in this match.

India made some changes to its lineup and used its players quite wisely in the first T20.

We saw Ravi Bishnoi get a role in the middle as the kind of spinner that will lock down teams while Yuzvendra Chahal was given more freedom to try and win matches.

Similarly, Venkatesh Iyer was given a couple of overs as well to try and just give Rohit Sharma some flexibility.

The captaincy from Rohit Sharma was spot on and that will be an advantage for India throughout this series.

Deepak Chahar has been brought in with a specific mandate to pick up early wickets and he needs to deliver while Harshal Patel also needs to improve his showing at the end.

Harshal Patel's role as the designated death bowler, as well as his fantastic change of pace, makes him a good option.

India's batting was enough to chase down a below-par total in the previous match. It was pushed to the brink as well with all six batsmen having to bat. India is currently playing Deepak Chahar at number seven and that means it has a long tail.

Rohit Sharma top-scored and easily looked like the best batsman, and Suryakumar Yadav also looked quite fluent and it seems as India might finally have a clear plan of what it is trying to achieve. India hit more Fours than the West Indies in the previous match, but hit fewer Sixes as well.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuveshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal

West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell, Akeal Hosein, Kieron Pollard (c), Odean Smith, Fabian Allen, Romario Shepherd, Sheldon Cottrell.

IND VS WI TOSS PREDICTION

The team that wins the toss is going to want to field first. With the dew around, that should be seen as having a big advantage.

PITCH CONDITIONS -----

The weather forecast for Kolkata is quite good and so we should not have any interruptions. As far as the pitch goes, it was a bit tacky and offered some spin throughout the match. The conditions became better for batting when the dew came in during the second inning. The dimensions of the ground are quite small and we do think a lot of sixes are likely to be hit once more.

A score of around 170 seems to be par for the surface.

West Indies were not allowed to play with the freedom that it usually enjoys in T20 cricket in the previous match.

It was held down by the Indian spinners in the middle and despite having a deep batting lineup, West Indies was unsure of how hard to go at the bowling.

One of the biggest problems that we saw with this West Indies team was a tendency to keep pushing down its power-players and 'saving' them for later.

In a 20 over match, we are not sure what sense that makes. Eventually, Romario Shepherd and Fabian Allen did not face a delivery While Odean Smith just faced four.

There is absolutely no doubt in our mind that West Indies has more depth and firepower than the Indian batting, but whether it will be allowed to make full use of that strength in Indian conditions remains the question!!

The West Indian team also bowled pretty well in the first T20. It just needed one more wicket at the right time and this total of 162 could have been quite tricky for India to chase. They have six regular bowlers on which to bank on and that gives it a lot of flexibility.

Roston Chase picked up the most wickets in the previous match.

The first India Vs. West Indies T20 was competitive, unlike the ODI series. West Indies ended up on the losing side, but managed to fight despite scoring less in a game affected badly by dew. The West Indies line-up is full of power, and it is only a matter of time before they play a game in which the side fires collectively. The batting goes down to number ten, and with Mayers and Chase, West Indies has some nice accumulators in the middle of their aggressive batters.

For India, Rohit Sharma started well, and looks intent on changing India’s go slow at the start approach by himself. Ishan Kishan struggled, and Virat Kohli couldn’t get runs again. Suryakumar Yadav though, did well to steer India home under pressure and looks like a very calm head in the middle. The biggest positive though, was Ravi Bishnoi, who came in and took two key wickets.

India won the first match and is definitely the favorite for the second match as well.

We think West Indies is being undervalued by the cricket betting sites right now.

If it wins the toss or can take a couple of important Indian wickets early, the match could very well go in a different direction to the previous one. There is a chance West Indies to win..

We saw 12 sixes being hit in the match in the first T20. That was when both sides underperformed a bit with the bat. West Indies has a lot more six-hitting power at its disposal and India can also clear the boundaries quite consistently.

Indian batsmen love hitting fours as they tend to time the ball and fine gaps rather than bludgeon the ball like the West Indians. We saw 16 boundaries in the previous match from India and think we should get more boundaries this time! 😃

Tails says Pollard and tails it is. West Indies will bowl first. He says the last time dew played a big part and they want to avoid it. Jason Holder comes back in, Fabian Allen is out.

"It's a lightning outfield, we need to play our shots and then see what we need to do after the powerplay," Rohit says. "There is always room for improvement and we want to raise our game to the next level." India are unchanged.

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Congratulations to West Indies Skipper @KieronPollard55, who is all set to play his 100th T20 International.

Originally posted by: Nichuss

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