🏏India Vs WI - 2nd T20I at Warner Park at 10PM IST (Delayed)🏏

🏏India Vs West Indies - 2nd T20I at Warner Park in Basseterre at 10PM IST🏏

Will India's new T20 machine spring another surprise in St Kitts?

Rohit and his management have not been shy of thinking outside the box in the run up to the T20 World Cup

With a 1-0 lead in West Indies' favoured format, India will travel to St Kitts & Nevis with the upper hand, looking to consolidate on their rather flattering record over the hosts in the shortest format. It's a venue India will be playing at for the first time when the second T20I kicks off on Monday (August 1) at Warner Park. But they have the momentum from a comprehensive 68-run win in the opening fixture.

West Indies were not just outdone by India in the batting, bowling or fielding department, but also in terms of team selection. India opted for three spinners, while West Indies played just one - Akeal Hosein, who returned 1-14 in his four overs. Whereas, India's trio of Ravi Bishnoi, R Ashwin - who returned to the T20 set-up - and Ravindra Jadeja, shared five wickets between them.

There were further errors that cost West Indies, as Nicholas Pooran pointed out. Suryakumar Yadav was dropped by Kyle Mayers on 10, Rohit Sharma was offered freebies by Alzarri Joseph, continuing to bowl short pacey deliveries that were punished, Jason Holder failed to execute the yorkers in the death and they never got going in the chase.

PS: This match has been delayed by two hours due to some logistical issues following "significant delays in crucial team luggage arriving into St Kitts from Trinidad", where the first T20I was played. The match, which was expected to start at 10.30am local time [8pm IST], will now start at 12.30pm local time [10pm IST].

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Pitch report:

Warner Park in St Kitts has been a low-scoring ground in T20Is so far. The highest total at the stadium witnessed so far is 182. The average 1st innings total at the stadium in T20Is is 119 while the 2nd innings total is just 93. The stadium has hosted 10 T20Is so far.

Chasing is the more preferred option at this venue with the wickets here predominantly aiding the bowlers. Of the 10 games that West Indies have played here, they've won 6 and lost 2. No rain threat has been forecast for Monday.

Weather Forecast:

According to reports from weather.com, the temperature of Basseterre city of St Kitts on August 1 (Monday) will be 30° Celcius during the day and fall to 26° Celcius at night. The sky will be partly cloudy during the day and night.

Team News

West Indies:

Heymyer returned to the side, but didn't have the impact he would've liked. Depending on the conditions, West Indies may bring in another spinner to partner with Akeal Hosein.

Probable XI: Shamarh Brooks, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran (c & wk), Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy

India:

It'll be interesting to see if India will persist with the trio of Jadeja, Ashwin and Bishnoi for another game, or perhaps bring in Axar Patel or Kuldeep Yadav.

Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh

heard the match is delayed today cause luggage of indian players went missing at airport is it true?!

Players to watch

Harshal Patel had to make way in Tarouba because conditions demanded three spinners. But now that the T20 caravan has moved to Basseterre, he might find his way back into the XI. The 31-year old seamer has an uncanny knack of bowling exactly the ball that batters don't want to face in the final overs. And a captain will want an asset like that more often than not.

Kyle Mayers' all-round ability means he is never too far from the spotlight. And the fact that he opens for West Indies means that he's the sort of player who can define a cricket match. He has already done so in the toughest format of the game - remember Chittagong 2021 - so figuring out T20 cricket shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Stats and trivia:

India have used seven openers in T20Is this year. Any one fancy Hardik Pandya adding to that number tomorrow?

Among Full Member teams, West Indies' death-overs economy rate of 11.71 this year is the third worst, behind South Africa and Bangladesh.

Originally posted by: RandomWaliLadki

heard the match is delayed today cause luggage of indian players went missing at airport is it true?!

Cheers..

Originally posted by: Savera84

Yes Jo, that is true. Because of that, the match has been delayed by 2 hours.

Cheers..

And I always thought us mere mortals have to go through lost baggage or delayed baggage.

All the best to Team India